What’s New
October 8, 2007 by snlm
Spring 2008 Newsletter on line !
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New photos in “Early 1900’s Logging Photos”
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Patrick Karnahan — Featured Artist for 2008 OSH Calendar
Great News! Patrick’s Prints now on Special Sale Reduced by 1/3 rd. !!!!
Patrick Karnahan, acclaimed railroad artist and manager of our Shay restoration project, was selected as the featured artist for the 2008 Orchard Supply Hardware Train Calendar. Thirteen of Patrick’s paintings grace the OSH calendar, with the Logging Museum’s Yosemite Lumber Company Shay No. 4 on the cover. The calendars were distributed in December to OSH store customers throughout California. We’re sorry to report that the museum does not have copies of the calendar for distribution or sale.
Shay Prints for Sale!
Great News! Patrick’s Prints now on Special Sale Reduced by 1/3 rd. !!!!!
In cooperation with Patrick, the logging museum is selling collector-quality prints of two of his paintings that are in the OSH calendar. All proceeds from these sales go to support the restoration of Yosemite Lumber Co. Shay No.4. The Company Store has all the details.
Tuolumne County Logging History Project
Our new project on Tuolumne County logging history is underway. We have been visiting the Tuolumne County Historical Society, talking with logging families, digging on the web, and visiting mill sites to put together a survey of county logging activities. Our first articles are a very brief summary of the period from 1849 to 1882, and the story of the Big Creek Lumber Company, a family-owned mill at Smith Station, just off Highway 120 out of Groveland. When we get back to the project in the spring, we’ll be moving into the era of Thomas Bullock and Count Andre Poniatowski, the men who created Tuolumne’s railroads and big lumber companies.
Calaveras County (and other) Mills
If you haven’t already seen the articles, our focus last year was on the many mills that operated in and around Calaveras County. The articles on McKays’ Clipper Mill, the Thornburg Mill, the Toyon Mill, and the Pino Grande cable, as well as multiple histories tied to the move of the Blagen mill to White Pines in 1938/39, were our first articles produced for the digital museum.
–John Hofstetter & Mark Johnson
