I seem to remember that an abandoned logging camp from the 1930's in Humbolt County, California, was discovered some years ago.
Supposedly, according to my memory of the reports, it contained the undisturbed tools, crosscut saws, and logging equipment, intact and undisturbed. I remember seeing a picture of a wooden (Disston?) shipping crate, showing the special redwood-length saws still coiled inside, in the original factory wrappers.
Or maybe this was just a fantasy of my own - it would be kinda cool though! Does anyone know if this fantasy was truth, and if so, what happened to all the stuff?
jim.
ABANDONED 1930'S LOGGING CAMP?
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Starling_Saw
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Re: ABANDONED 1930'S LOGGING CAMP?
It is true!
The closure of Pacific Lumber Company's Yager Creek Camp brought an end to the camp where decades of logging legends were created. First via the company railroad, then by off-highway truck, the finest old growth redwood logs in the world passed through Yager, Carlotta, Alton, and into the company town and sawmill at Scotia.
Eddyville which was part of the logging activity no longer exists. Eddyville is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California It was located 6.5 miles (10 km) south of Arcata, at an elevation of 36 feet It still appeared on maps as of 1942.
Eddyville was founded in 1916 as the original lumber camp for the Pacific Lumber Company.[2]
It only had a post office and general store. Also Boy Scout camp no longer exists except for one small building. I have over 100 photos as well mostly from the early 1900’s with some up into the 1950’s. All of these photos are in Yager drainage located East of Scotia and Rio Dell.
I have many photos of the logging camp and sawmills of the area. This information and photos I received from Larry Harris and Don Jastad. There are several hundred photos, and I'll try to them put together in the future.
John Starling
The closure of Pacific Lumber Company's Yager Creek Camp brought an end to the camp where decades of logging legends were created. First via the company railroad, then by off-highway truck, the finest old growth redwood logs in the world passed through Yager, Carlotta, Alton, and into the company town and sawmill at Scotia.
Eddyville which was part of the logging activity no longer exists. Eddyville is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California It was located 6.5 miles (10 km) south of Arcata, at an elevation of 36 feet It still appeared on maps as of 1942.
Eddyville was founded in 1916 as the original lumber camp for the Pacific Lumber Company.[2]
It only had a post office and general store. Also Boy Scout camp no longer exists except for one small building. I have over 100 photos as well mostly from the early 1900’s with some up into the 1950’s. All of these photos are in Yager drainage located East of Scotia and Rio Dell.
I have many photos of the logging camp and sawmills of the area. This information and photos I received from Larry Harris and Don Jastad. There are several hundred photos, and I'll try to them put together in the future.
John Starling
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