Everett & Monte Cristo Railway Company train near Tunnel #4 along the Stillaguamish River canyon. The Everett & Monte Cristo Railway Co. was incorporated in 1892 and was a common carrier of mine and timber cargo. Photograph by Kirk, c. 1900. 

Mine number four of Northwestern Improvement Company in Roslyn, Washington. The company was the largest producer of coal in Washington State with six mines in the Roslyn field, an output of over 7,000 tons per day and 2,500 employees. Photograph by Bevilacqua, c. 1908.

The Bicycle Tree, located a mile south of the Snohomish on property owned by Abel Johnson. An old-growth cedar with a circumference of 48 feet and an archway carved through it on commission of the Snohomish Bicycle Club The tree was extant until December 1927. Photograph c. 1906.

Text from photo: "Log 28 foot long. Scaled 9000 foot. Sawed at Port Gamble, Washington. February 10, 1900." The mill pictured above is believed to be the oldest establishment under original management on the Puget Sound.

Unidentified man poses in front of lumber at the Puget Mill Company in Port Gamble, Washington. Photograph likely February 10, 1900, in reference to TPL item WIL (B)-046.

Thomas Bordeaux company logging crew in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington. Thomas Bordeaux and brother Joseph operated a large shingle mill which produced 250,000 shingles daily. Photograph by Jeffers Studio, c. 1909. 

Forest area nine miles from Port Angeles, Washington. Photograph by S.G. Morse, Fulmer's Studio, Port Angeles, Washington, c. 1906.

Forest near Bordeaux in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington, named after logging company owners Thomas and Joseph Bordeaux. Photograph by Morse, S. G., c. 1909.

Thomas Bordeaux company logging crew in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington. Thomas Bordeaux and brother Joseph operated a large shingle mill which produced 250,000 shingles daily. From photo back: "Near Thos. Bordeaux's Camps." Photograph by Jeffers Studio, c. 1909. 

Two loggers from the Thomas Bordeaux company pose in a deep cut in a standing tree in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington beside a whipsaw. Photograph by Jeffers Studio, c. 1909. 

The Adna Mill Company in Adna, Washington, six miles west of Chehalis on the South Bend branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In the early 1900s, Adna consisted of two general merchandise stores, two hotels, a blacksmith shop, one Evangelical church and a public school. The Adna Mill had an average capacity of 60,000 feet of lumber and 830,000 shingles per day and employed 90 men. Photograph c. 1909.

The Chehalis River near Adna, Washington, six miles west of Chehalis on the South Bend branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Photograph c. 1909.

Three men stand timbers loaded onto railway cars at the Adna Mill Company in Adna, Washington, six miles west of Chehalis on the South Bend branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Adna Mill had an average capacity of 60,000 feet of lumber and 830,000 shingles per day and employed 90 men. Photograph c. 1909.

Logging crew for the Adna Mill Company working with a steam powered locomotive. The Adna Mill had an average capacity of 60,000 feet of lumber and 830,000 shingles per day and employed 90 men. Photograph c. 1909.

Mt. Hood from the Cloud Cap Inn, located on the northeastern portion of the mountain. The Cloud Cap Inn was built in the summer of 1889 at an elevation of 6000 feet and was the area's first permanent resort. Photograph c. 1902.

Two workers for the Stillwater Lumber Co. posing next to felled lumber (9 ft. 2 in. diameter and 9 ft. 8 in. diameter). The Stillwater Lumber Co. at Little Falls had a daily capacity of 100,000 feet of lumber and employed over one hundred workers. Photograph c. 1909.

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.

Child on unpaved road near Kelso, Washington. Photograph by J.R. Hargrave, 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.

Two loggers posing on springboard planks felling a tree with pictured axes and a whipsaw in Grays Harbor, Washington. 

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.