Makah Native American halibut fishers on Neah Bay, c. 1906. Photograph by S. E. Morse, Port Angeles, Washington, c. 1906. 

Fishermen hauling in fishing nets with salmon at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph taken August 2nd, 1901.

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.

The Puget Mill Company sawmill in Port Gamble, Washington. Photograph taken June 14, 1900.

Fishermen loading a salmon trap at Shultz & Gross near Roche Harbor, Washington in the San Juan Islands. Photograph c. 1903.

The Michigan steamer loaded with salmon at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen emptying nets of salmon into the Michigan steamer at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen emptying nets of salmon into the Michigan steamer at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen emptying nets of salmon at the Cattle Point fish trap off of the San Juan Islands. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen using the brailing method to gather salmon from the water at the Cattle Point fish trap off of the San Juan Islands. Photograph c. 1903.

Panoramic photo of the Stanwood Lumber Co. in Stanwood, Washington, located in Snohomish County. Photograph c. 1903.

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 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.

Logger for the Frank H. Lamb Timber Company posing in forest four miles from Montesano, Washington. Photograph by J. F. Ford, Portland, OR, 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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