A twenty foot high sled of logs being pulled by two horses, surrounded by the Baker Brothers logging crew of the Whitefish Lumber Company, three miles east of Whitefish, Montana. Photograph c. 1906.
Conveyer for receiving wooden panels at the E. K. Wood Lumber Company in Hoquiam, Washington. Managed by O.M. Kellogg, the mill had a capacity of 110,000 feet of lumber every ten hours and employed 140 people. The company also produced electric lights and maintained a general merchandise store. Photograph c. 1903.
Unpaved road between Port Angeles and Lake Crescent in Clallam County which included stops at Lake Sutherland. Photograph by Leo Hettzel, Port Angeles, c. 1903.
Unpaved road between Port Angeles and Lake Crescent in Clallam County which included stops at Lake Sutherland. Photograph by Leo Hettzel, Port Angeles, c. 1903.
Timber hoisted on a Lamb Cableway above the Black Creek, a branch of the Wynooche River near Montesano, Washington. The Lamb Cableway was invented by Hoquiam resident Frank H. Lamb to lift logs from waterways to high land where they can be skidded to railroads and navigable waters. Photograph c. 1903.
Logger William Hepfinger pictured skidding lumber in South Aberdeen, Washington, to be shipped by rail to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 for Hepfinger's "Western Washington Exhibit." Photo copyright William Hepfinger, c. 1903.
Logger William Hepfinger pictured beside lumber in South Aberdeen, Washington, to be shipped by rail to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 for Hepfinger's "Western Washington Exhibit." The banner hung on the lumber reads, "The State of Washington." Photo copyright William Hepfinger, c. 1903.
Splash dam created by the Lytle Logging and Mercantile Company near Hoquiam, Washington on the Elk River. A splash dam is a temporary wooden structure used to raise the water level of streams to float logs downstream. The company employed over 250 men and produced 45 million feet of logs in 1902. Photograph c. 1903.
The Stillwater Lumber Company in Little Falls, Washington in southern Lewis County. The company employed 200 men and had a capacity to process 100,000 feet of lumber daily during this period. Photograph c. 1909.
The American Lumber Company (alternately, The American Mill Company) mill in Aberdeen, Washington. company had a capacity to process 125,000 feet of lumber every ten hours and employed 75 workers. The company was owned by B.F. Johnson and managed by G.M. Autrim. Photograph c. 1903.
The Puget Mill Company sawmill in Port Gamble, Washington with three masted sailing ships docked for shipments and a log pond in the foreground for lumber awaiting processing. Photograph taken June 14, 1900.
Cowboy Buffalo Vernon wrestling a steer at the Round-Up rodeo event in Pendleton, Oregon, 1910. The following year, steer wrestling or, "bulldogging," became an official event at the Pendleton Round-Up. Photograph by W. S. Bowman, September, 1910.
Cowboys assembled for a steer roping contest. The 1910 Round-Up was the first annual event and drew 7,000 attendees. Text from photo: "Cow boys ready for the steer roping contest. The Round-Up. Pendleton, OR." Photograph by W. S. Bowman, September, 1910.
Ella Lazinka on horseback holding a trophy for the relay race at the 1910 Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon. Lazinka won first place for the first two years of the competition and retired in her third year due to an accident which injured her leg. Photograph by W. S. Bowman September, 1910.