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Logging camp, likely near Mullens, W. Va.

1. Logging Camp

IDNO:
052689
Title:
Logging Camp
Date:
undated
Description:
Logging camp, likely near Mullens, W. Va.
A man, who is likely a member of the Shumate family, poses on top of a log that is ready to be hauled off by two horses.

2. Men Logging in Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049910
Title:
Men Logging in Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A man, who is likely a member of the Shumate family, poses on top of a log that is ready to be hauled off by two horses.
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

3. Loggers Stand Atop Felled Logs, Probably Dobbins, W. Va.

IDNO:
044601
Title:
Loggers Stand Atop Felled Logs, Probably Dobbins, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

4. Deforested Area in Black Water Canyon, W. Va.

IDNO:
035042
Title:
Deforested Area in Black Water Canyon, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Postcard photograph includes three teams of horses pulling felled trees and a small child (unidentified) mounted on one team horse.

5. 'Wood Scene, R. Chaffey', Hauling Felled Trees, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
035006
Title:
'Wood Scene, R. Chaffey', Hauling Felled Trees, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Postcard photograph includes three teams of horses pulling felled trees and a small child (unidentified) mounted on one team horse.

6. Logging Scene at Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
034967
Title:
Logging Scene at Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
undated

7. Babcock Lumber Company, Davis, W. Va.

IDNO:
034957
Title:
Babcock Lumber Company, Davis, W. Va.
Date:
undated

8. View of Logging Operation

IDNO:
034944
Title:
View of Logging Operation
Date:
undated

9. Overturned Log Car on 36 Inch Railroad at E. M. Bonner and Associates, Ranwood Lumber Company, Pickens, W. Va.

IDNO:
034874
Title:
Overturned Log Car on 36 Inch Railroad at E. M. Bonner and Associates, Ranwood Lumber Company, Pickens, W. Va.
Date:
undated

10. Loggers Using Crosscut Log Saw

IDNO:
034800
Title:
Loggers Using Crosscut Log Saw
Date:
undated
A view of log dump; unidentified workers stand on piled logs.

11. Log Dump

IDNO:
033668
Title:
Log Dump
Date:
undated
Description:
A view of log dump; unidentified workers stand on piled logs.
Lumber mill in Erwin, W.Va.

12. Glade Lumber Company Mill at Erwin, W. Va.

IDNO:
000656
Title:
Glade Lumber Company Mill at Erwin, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber mill in Erwin, W.Va.
Lumber mill with four smokestacks visible. Also lumber piles.

13. Lumber Mill at Ellamore, W. Va.

IDNO:
000655
Title:
Lumber Mill at Ellamore, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber mill with four smokestacks visible. Also lumber piles.
Mill and log pond in Mill Creek, W.Va.

14. Wilson Lumber Company Mill at Mill Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
000654
Title:
Wilson Lumber Company Mill at Mill Creek, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mill and log pond in Mill Creek, W.Va.
Lumber piles on a covered dock.

15. Lumber Drying Kiln at Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000653
Title:
Lumber Drying Kiln at Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber piles on a covered dock.
Cleared out area and mill. Rainelle, W.V.

16. Planing Mill at Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000652
Title:
Planing Mill at Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cleared out area and mill. Rainelle, W.V.
Many lumber piles in Rainelle, W.Va.

17. Lumber Yard and Docks at Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000650
Title:
Lumber Yard and Docks at Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Many lumber piles in Rainelle, W.Va.
Forest beside a train track near Glady, W.Va.

18. Glady on the Way Down to Wheeler, W.Va.

IDNO:
000648
Title:
Glady on the Way Down to Wheeler, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Forest beside a train track near Glady, W.Va.
Four horses pulling a large log. Neither the store nor the railroad building are still standing today.

19. 10 Foot by 4 Foot Oak Log Delivered to the C& O Railroad Station at Seibert, Pocahontas County.

IDNO:
000647
Title:
10 Foot by 4 Foot Oak Log Delivered to the C& O Railroad Station at Seibert, Pocahontas County.
Date:
undated
Description:
Four horses pulling a large log. Neither the store nor the railroad building are still standing today.
Train track in the middle of lumber piles. Rainelle, W.V.

20. Lumber Yard and Loading Docks at Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000645
Title:
Lumber Yard and Loading Docks at Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Train track in the middle of lumber piles. Rainelle, W.V.
Lumber mill and tracks.

21. Lumber Mill at Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000644
Title:
Lumber Mill at Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber mill and tracks.

22. Lumber Yard at Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000642
Title:
Lumber Yard at Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Lumber mill and log pond. Rainelle, W.V. Built 1910.

23. Meadow River Lumber Company, Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000641
Title:
Meadow River Lumber Company, Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber mill and log pond. Rainelle, W.V. Built 1910.
No. 2 Climax Engine pulling lumber carts.

24. Log Train of South Fork Lumber Co. near Moorefield, W. Va.

IDNO:
000638
Title:
Log Train of South Fork Lumber Co. near Moorefield, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
No. 2 Climax Engine pulling lumber carts.
Class C Shay. Shay train engine no. 11 pulling log carts. Men are in the cabin. Two people walking beside the train.

25. Shay No. 11 and Log Cars

IDNO:
000636
Title:
Shay No. 11 and Log Cars
Date:
undated
Description:
Class C Shay. Shay train engine no. 11 pulling log carts. Men are in the cabin. Two people walking beside the train.
'A small dimension mill could utilize much material now wholly wasted.'

26. Wood Scraps at Sawmill

IDNO:
000635
Title:
Wood Scraps at Sawmill
Date:
undated
Description:
'A small dimension mill could utilize much material now wholly wasted.'
Man standing on top of logs. 'Sound logs of good quality are obtained from Appalachian hardwoods. Selective logging and protection of young growth will insure continuous supplies of such logs.'

27. Portable Sawmill and Operator

IDNO:
000634
Title:
Portable Sawmill and Operator
Date:
undated
Description:
Man standing on top of logs. 'Sound logs of good quality are obtained from Appalachian hardwoods. Selective logging and protection of young growth will insure continuous supplies of such logs.'

28. Locomotive and Train With Pulp Cars

IDNO:
000633
Title:
Locomotive and Train With Pulp Cars
Date:
undated
Train engine going around a bend while pulling logs.

29. Shay No. 3 Pulling Log Cars

IDNO:
000632
Title:
Shay No. 3 Pulling Log Cars
Date:
undated
Description:
Train engine going around a bend while pulling logs.
Train engine beside a hillside. Man in the cabin of the train with W. M. on the Door.

30. Locomotive

IDNO:
000631
Title:
Locomotive
Date:
undated
Description:
Train engine beside a hillside. Man in the cabin of the train with W. M. on the Door.
View from behind a log truck driving in the snow.

31. Log Truck in Winter

IDNO:
000629
Title:
Log Truck in Winter
Date:
undated
Description:
View from behind a log truck driving in the snow.

32. Mill, Power Plant, and Planing Mill at Rainelle, W. Va.

IDNO:
000628
Title:
Mill, Power Plant, and Planing Mill at Rainelle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Mill with six smoke stacks visible.

33. Lumber Mill

IDNO:
000627
Title:
Lumber Mill
Date:
undated
Description:
Mill with six smoke stacks visible.
Three logs being lifted by a crane.

34. Log Crane at Work

IDNO:
000624
Title:
Log Crane at Work
Date:
undated
Description:
Three logs being lifted by a crane.
The Jacob L. Rumbarger Lumber Company Shay No. 1 hauling log cars. Crew rolls logs into the water from the train.

35. Log Train Unloading at Blackwater Branch of Cheat River

IDNO:
000623
Title:
Log Train Unloading at Blackwater Branch of Cheat River
Date:
undated
Description:
The Jacob L. Rumbarger Lumber Company Shay No. 1 hauling log cars. Crew rolls logs into the water from the train.

36. Loggers Cutting Down a Tree

IDNO:
000622
Title:
Loggers Cutting Down a Tree
Date:
undated
Loggers pose with their horses.

37. Horse Teams in a Logging Camp

IDNO:
000621
Title:
Horse Teams in a Logging Camp
Date:
undated
Description:
Loggers pose with their horses.
Circular Stream Saw Mill on Harper Anderson Place- 1 mile east of Lobelia, Pocahontas County, W.V. Product was blanks for Barrel Stands. Property owned by Peter M. Hauer in 1975.

38. Circular Stream Saw Mill and Crew

IDNO:
000620
Title:
Circular Stream Saw Mill and Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
Circular Stream Saw Mill on Harper Anderson Place- 1 mile east of Lobelia, Pocahontas County, W.V. Product was blanks for Barrel Stands. Property owned by Peter M. Hauer in 1975.
Train pulling lumber carts in Dobbin, W.Va.

39. Shay No. 2 on the Dobbin Line

IDNO:
000619
Title:
Shay No. 2 on the Dobbin Line
Date:
undated
Description:
Train pulling lumber carts in Dobbin, W.Va.

40. Shay No. 4, Chaffey's Log Engine, William, W. Va.

IDNO:
000618
Title:
Shay No. 4, Chaffey's Log Engine, William, W. Va.
Date:
undated
A giant Chestnut when they were alive - before the blight. This tree was over six feet in diameter on the stump when cut.

41. Giant Chestnut at Desert Fork

IDNO:
000617
Title:
Giant Chestnut at Desert Fork
Date:
undated
Description:
A giant Chestnut when they were alive - before the blight. This tree was over six feet in diameter on the stump when cut.
Two Lumbermen stand with saw behind a large poplar log. Gibson, Albright. W. Va

42. Loggers Posing with a West Virginia Poplar

IDNO:
000616
Title:
Loggers Posing with a West Virginia Poplar
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Lumbermen stand with saw behind a large poplar log. Gibson, Albright. W. Va
Stumps and logs of a cleared out area. Camp and log train in background.

43. Deforested Area After Logging

IDNO:
000615
Title:
Deforested Area After Logging
Date:
undated
Description:
Stumps and logs of a cleared out area. Camp and log train in background.
Logging crew loading truck.

44. Logging Scene in Forest

IDNO:
000612
Title:
Logging Scene in Forest
Date:
undated
Description:
Logging crew loading truck.
The Jacob L. Rumbarger Lumber Company's Shay locomotive, No. 1 and crew unloading logs.

45. Train Unloading Logs at Black Water Branch of Cheat River

IDNO:
000611
Title:
Train Unloading Logs at Black Water Branch of Cheat River
Date:
undated
Description:
The Jacob L. Rumbarger Lumber Company's Shay locomotive, No. 1 and crew unloading logs.