"Cat Road Build to Retrieve One Log"
Logging
A man surveys the aftermath of a cat road put in by Georgia-Pacific to retrieve a log days before Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the act that established Redwood National Park.
unknown
Lucille Vinyard Papers
1968
English
"Mark Twain" 33 ft. in diameter
Lumbering
People
A photograph of the "Mark Twain" tree, 33 feet in diameter. A logging crew is shown positioned around the log and its stump in the forest. This picture was taken in the Sierra Nevada.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.1580
A Giant Redwood for the World's Fair
Logging
World's Fair
Redwood
An article printed in the Pacific Rural Press, in 1893 describing the Redwood tree used for a display at the World's Fair.
California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside, <http://cdnc.ucr.edu>
04/22/1893
Image/jpeg
English
Among the Humboldt Redwoods, California; Excelsior Redwood Co., Eureka, Cal.
Freshwater
Landscapes
Lumbering
Railroads
People
A loaded train hauls 24 sections of redwood logs at Excelsior Redwood Co. in Eureka, California. The sign on side of train reads "The Humboldt Logging Railway Co."
Ericson
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.3386
Among the Redwoods in California
Lumbering
Redwoods
People
Equipment
Portraits
Six men pose with a large saw next to the stump and base of a massive redwood log.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.02.0337
Among the Redwoods in California (Giant Redwood Log)
Lumbering
People
Essex
Historic logging photograph in Vance woods, showing the massive scale of a fallen Redwood tree.
Ericson, A.W.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
n.d.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.02.0256
Among the Redwoods in California (Logging With Oxen)
Landscapes
Lumbering
People
Animals
Loggers use a team of oxen to pull redwood logs out of the forest.
Ericson, A.W.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
n.d.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.02.0260
Among the Redwoods in California (Portrait of Redwood Loggers in Vance Woods)
Lumbering
People
Essex
A group of men poses in the undercut of a huge redwood tree: two inside the cut, two on springboards next to the tree, and one in front.
Ericson, A.W.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
n.d.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.02.0255
Bull Donkey Logging
Lumbering
Steam donkeys
People
Men are using a "spool donkey" to pull redwood logs.
Ericson, A.W.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.02.0267
California Barrel Co. Factory Logging Camp
California Barrel Company
Trinidad (Calif.)
People
A logging camp cookhouse and some employees including Annie Kirkpatrick, niece of George Bullwinkel, and Marie (Peters) Reeves. Left to right: Annie K., Marie R. Circa 1910 in the Essex/Dows Prairie area.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Balke, William
1910
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0033
California State Assembly Natural Resources Committee Statement by Dr. Robert Curry
Erosion
Logging
This is a statement by Dr. Robert Curry, a nationally recognized geologist and specialist in hillslope erosion, on the effects of timber industry practices on Northern California soil and watersheds.
Robert Curry
California Legislature Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Conservation
12/06/1971
English
007.04.0004
Camp Construction
Hammond Lumber Company
Camps
Scene of partially completed logging camp, with 7 half-cabins on a siding and a steam locomotive transporting other half-cabins on a track near the steam shovel.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Cole, Ken
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0105
Crowning Moment
Redwood National Park Inauguration
This news clipping describes the events that took place before and during the dedication ceremony for Redwood National Park. The participants included many local figures as well as First Lady Mrs. Lyndon Johnson.
Don Carlton
1968
English
Donkey Engine on Slope
Lumbering
Steam donkeys
This is a picture of men at a logging operation using a "steam donkey" engine. The caption reads, "Lumbering in the West. A large Donkey Engine pulling itself up a steep incline."
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Balke, William
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0021
Dynamite Logging Scene, Eureka
Lumbering
People
Equipment
A logging crew poses with trees split using dynamite.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Baker, William E.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
English
1999.03.1584
Elk River Mill & Lbr Co., Falk, Calif.
Camp
Logging
Falk (Calif.)
Elk River (Ca. : River)
A hand-drawn blueprint for the town of Falk.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
1920?
Image/jpeg
English
1999.15.0414
Emerald Creek Committee Newsletter
Redwood National Park
Environmentalism
Activism
Watersheds
The first page of an Emerald Creek Committee newsletter urging public action over the logging near Redwood National Park.
Emerald Creek Committee
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
1975?
Copyright to the unpublished Becking material is the sole property of Humboldt State University Library. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Special Collections Librarian.
Paper document
English
Box 63, Folder 2
Encased Redwood Log
Redwood (Wood)
Logging
Redwood Log showing smaller tree encased by larger tree
Baker, Ray
HSU Special Collections
n.d.
Black and White Photograph
Image/jpeg
1999.01.0648
Facts and Fiction About the Redwood Forests: Responsible Citizens Should Know Which is Which
Timber
Logging
This memo from the North Coast Timber Association shows the logging industry's point of view regarding conservationism and the impact of logging on redwood habitats.
North Coast Timber Association
Redwood National Park
01/10/1972
English
Series 7.04, Folder 6
Group Portrait on Railroad Tracks
Portraits - Group
Lumbering
Railroads
Children
People
A group of people poses next to a railroad track in a logging camp.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Williams
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.0039
Hayrack Boom with Man by Load, Incline Logging
Equipment
Lumbering
Scene from a redwood logging operation showing a hayrack boom used to move logs.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Baker, William E.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.1599
Log Float
Lumbering
Pacific Lumber Company
The postcard reads, "Pacific Lumber Co Mill Pond. Daily capasity [sic] of output 250,000 bd. feet, Scotia, California."
Art-Ray
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Black and White Postcard
Image/jpeg
English
2007.02.0974
Logging - Crosscut Saw/Unknown
Forests and forestry
Lumbering
People
Logging photograph with cross-cut saw.
Baker, Ray Jerome
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
n.d.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.01.0629
Logging By Arcata Redwood Company
Logging
Machinery clearing a road for the logging of the East side of Bald Hills Road, Section 18 T. 10 N. R. 2 E HM
Dave Van De Mark
Lucille Vinyard Collection, Box 109, Oversize
02/12/1968
680213.1 #12
Logging by Georgia-Pacific Corporation Within Senate Compromise Redwood Park Bill S. 2515
Citizens for a Redwood National Park
S. 2515
Georgia-Pacific
Logging
Redwood National Park
R.B Pamplin
A press release sent out by the President of Citizens for a Redwood National Park, David Van de Mark. This document addresses the accusation that Georgia-Pacific has been logging inside national park lines. There is a map included which illustrates the areas affected.
Van de Mark, David
HSU Special Collections
Citizens for a Redwood National Park
11/16/1967
Citizens for a Redwood National Park
Newsletter
Application/PDF
English
Redwood National Park - 1967
Logging Camp Construction
Lumbering
Hammond Lumber Company
Equipment
Camps
A steam shovel with a crane unloads house parts from flat cars behind locomotive No. 3 at a new logging camp for Hammond Lumber Company.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Cole, Ken
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0103
Logging near Trinidad with Animals
Lumbering
Transportation
Animals
Equipment
A team of mules and horses pulls logs north of Trinidad, California.
Gilfillan, A.W.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Susan, Gwyneth
pre-1900
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0729
Logging with Donkey Engine
Lumbering
People
Portraits
A photograph showing a "steam donkey" used to log redwood trees. Three men are standing in front of a large log with cables attached.
Cherry, Edgar
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.1518
Logging- Fallen Timber
Lumbering
People
An image of a logging crew on piles of downed redwood logs.
Baker, Ray Jerome
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
n.d.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.01.0192
Logging, Hammond Camp 10
Lumbering
Railroads
People
Hammond Lumber Company
A group of workers poses for a photo at Camp 10 of the Hammond Lumber Company. The machine pictured may be a spool donkey - they had railroads in the woods and sent logs to Samoa.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Spinas, Alice
1910
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0917
Men Standing in Undercuts
Forestry
Lumbering
Redwoods
Portraits
Workplaces
Nine men standing in undercuts, on burls and on spring boards in the base of a redwood tree.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Black and White Photograph
Image/jpeg
2003.01.0434
Moment of Repose!
Lucille photographed and writing about her experience displaying the destruction of the logging industry for the Sierra Club.
1967.06.09
Part of World's Fair Tree
Forests and forestry
Lumbering
People
A logging crew posing with their equipment in the center of a tree cut and hollowed out for display at the World's Fair in 1893.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
1892
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.1581
Portrait of a Logging Crew
Portraits
Logging
A portrait of a large group of workers in a logging camp.
Gilfillan, A.W.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.1946
Railroad Trestle Bridge
Lumbering
Railroads
Bulwinkle
Little River Redwood Company
A logging railroad trestle construction over Balke Creek in Little River Valley, circa 1907-1910. Little River Redwood Co. constructed a short line to join the Carson Co. line toward Fieldbrook. This was the highest single spile trestle (110 ft) in the world at that time. The engineers didn't like going over this trestle, as it wiggled.
Ericson
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Balke, William
1907-1910
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0045
Redwood Board
Redwood (Wood)
Timber
Logging
Man stands with arms wide open to display width of Redwood Lumber plank.
HSU Special Collections
n.d.
Photoprint
English
2003.01.1043
Redwood Loggers
Forests and forestry
Lumbering
Portraits - Work place
Two workers pose with tools used in logging operation.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.0436
Redwood National Park: A 50 Year Struggle
Redwood National Park (Calif.)
This is a newspaper article printed right after the induction of Redwood National Park. It details the efforts to gain National Park status and the immediate effects that followed.
10/1968
English
Redwood Saw Mill Freshly Cut Log
Redwood (Wood)
Sawyers
Mills
Scotia (Calif.)
The postcard reads, "'#2 Head Rig Mill B. The Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Calif. Redwood Log Area 4,482 board feet." "The Sawyer" is labelled in the photo.
Ray, Art
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Black and White Postcard
Image/jpeg
English
2007.02.0983
Senate's Redwood Park
Redwood National and State Parks (Calif.)
Maps
Legislation
Environmentalism
Logging
Two maps printed in a newspaper illustrating the vague nature of the proposed boundary lines for the Redwood National Park.
HSU Special Collections
03/13/1968
Newspaper Article
Application/PDF
English
Redwood National Park - 1968
Shay Locomotive
Lumbering
Railroads
Bulwinkle
Little River Redwood Company
Shay locomotive, a loaded logging train, is seen at Bulwinkle mill pond in 1914. Goat Rock and Bulwinkle are in the background.
Biler
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Cole, Ken
1914
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0075
Side Spool Donkey Closeup by Logging Train Engine
Lumbering
Railroads
Steam donkeys
Little River Redwood Company
A spool donkey is shown next to a logging train in California, at Little River Redwood Company.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Cole, Ken
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0062
Speeder
Lumbering
Railroads
People
Hammond Lumber Company
Camps
Ken Cole (right) and a friend pose on a "speeder," a simple rail car used for small trips. The speeder was home made and used as private transportation from Camp 20 to town on the logging lines, as there were no roads.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Cole, Ken
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.0092
Train Load of 16 Logs Measuring 88,568 feet, from the Logging Woods of John Vance
Logging
Redwood
Railroads
A logging train is shown with a group of people watching it. Some people are on top of logs on the train.
Grant, M. H.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
1885?
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
2003.01.1974
Undercut in a Redwood Tree
Logging
Redwoods
Timber
A photograph showing a logging crew posing in the process of cutting down an enormous Redwood tree.
Ericson
HSU Special Collections
n.d.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.02.0300
View of Logging Camp
Lumbering
Hammond Lumber Company
Camps
A view of the Hammond logging camp.
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Baker, William E.
Image/jpeg
Black and White Photograph
1999.03.1558