Comments for Sierra Nevada Logging Museum http://snlm.wordpress.com Visit the history of the logging industry in California's Sierra Nevada Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on 50‘s photos from the Blagen Mill by Bill Perkins http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/the-blagen-mill/50s-photos-from-the-blagen-mill/#comment-836 Bill Perkins Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:55:06 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/50s-photos-from-the-blagen-mill/#comment-836 Rollon Clifford Walker. Outside of work most people called him R.C. Or Chief . Rollon Clifford Walker. Outside of work most people called him R.C. Or Chief .

]]> Comment on 50‘s photos from the Blagen Mill by snlm http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/the-blagen-mill/50s-photos-from-the-blagen-mill/#comment-835 snlm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:03:24 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/50s-photos-from-the-blagen-mill/#comment-835 Bill, How delightful to hear from you. Your grandfather was a very popular man with the Blagen and Linebaugh people. Everyone with whom I've spoken about the Chief speaks very highly of him. Funny story about writing his history. The photograph that you have looked at is from a 1958 box of Kodachrome slides loaned to us by my cousin. My cousin told me that the Chief had died a tragic death when a log rolled off an killed him. I wrote the history that way. Then, talking to Dale Brooks, I found out that the log fall had damaged the Chief badly, but that he survived and worked many more years for Doc. Since then, I always check my cousin's stories with Dale. What was the Chief's real first name? Thanks for the post. John Bill,
How delightful to hear from you. Your grandfather was a very popular man with the Blagen and Linebaugh people. Everyone with whom I’ve spoken about the Chief speaks very highly of him. Funny story about writing his history. The photograph that you have looked at is from a 1958 box of Kodachrome slides loaned to us by my cousin. My cousin told me that the Chief had died a tragic death when a log rolled off an killed him. I wrote the history that way. Then, talking to Dale Brooks, I found out that the log fall had damaged the Chief badly, but that he survived and worked many more years for Doc. Since then, I always check my cousin’s stories with Dale. What was the Chief’s real first name?

Thanks for the post.
John

]]> Comment on 50‘s photos from the Blagen Mill by Bill Perkins http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/the-blagen-mill/50s-photos-from-the-blagen-mill/#comment-834 Bill Perkins Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:31:34 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/50s-photos-from-the-blagen-mill/#comment-834 I moved away from White Pines in 1977. I had gotton an e-mail from a grade school freind so I got to looking up Hazel Fisher school and found the Logging Musuem, clicked on pictures and to my suprise there is my grandpa "Chief"Walker,looking just like I always remember him, when I would ride with him his old Logging truck.he drove # 153 and then # 192 how I'v always known that is beyound me. But is has always stuck in my mind. If there was a quiz on all the old loggers from about 1961" the year I was born" until 1977 that worked for S.C.Linebaugh Logging I just might have a good score. I hope to make down and visit someday soon. I moved away from White Pines in 1977. I had gotton an e-mail from a grade school freind so I got to looking up Hazel Fisher school and found the Logging Musuem, clicked on pictures and to my suprise there is my grandpa “Chief”Walker,looking just like I always remember him, when I would ride with him his old Logging truck.he drove # 153 and then # 192 how I’v always known that is beyound me. But is has always stuck in my mind. If there was a quiz on all the old loggers from about 1961″ the year I was born” until 1977 that worked for S.C.Linebaugh Logging I just might have a good score.
I hope to make down and visit someday soon.

]]> Comment on McKays’ Clipper Mill by Sylvia Large http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/mckays%e2%80%99-clipper-mill/#comment-832 Sylvia Large Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:01:58 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/mckays’-clipper-mill/#comment-832 Regarding SAMMY MERRILL SPRINGS: I spent alot of time there growing up (Reeves Cabin; 3rd on the R as you enter SMS from Long Barn). My uncle, Chuck Reeves, bought 80 acres of SMS back in 1960 from John Mills? He used to "harvest" sawdust from the old mill site for his gardens. What's left (if anything) of that old sawdust pile is just below the Edwards cabin (1st cabin on the right). ALSO: one of the old Italians, Marge Busso, struck up a conversation with an old man who was wondering around near her cabin some years back. Turned out he had been a kid in the old lumber camp and he ended up sending her a set of old photos from that era (that I have copies of)! The Busso cabin also has a small outbuilding (about the size of a double bed) that used to house the Chinese cook(s) for the camp, but Marge is dead now and her cabin was sold. Chuck's son, Paul Reeves (bit of a recluse) still lives in a trailor next to the Reeves cabin and Edward's decendents still vacation there... The Old Busso cabin: 2nd from last, on L (after you veer L on Brownes Meadow Road from 3N01). To: JERRY MATKIN I don't know if Lemos' are still alive but my uncle also knew your father. A couple times, I ventured back to Brownes Meadow as a young teen and walked up the creek for miles... Folks back there would tell me to leave of course, but I'd heard that no one could own a river exactly, so I braved it just to see one of the most beautiful places on earth! I'd love to know more about your history! (Also watched 'em film some "Bonanza" episodes there...) Write: gregnsyl@netvision.net.il if interested in set of old SMS photos... Syl Large Regarding SAMMY MERRILL SPRINGS:
I spent alot of time there growing up (Reeves Cabin; 3rd on the R as you enter SMS from Long Barn). My uncle, Chuck Reeves, bought 80 acres of SMS back in 1960 from John Mills? He used to “harvest” sawdust from the old mill site for his gardens. What’s left (if anything) of that old sawdust pile is just below the Edwards cabin (1st cabin on the right).
ALSO: one of the old Italians, Marge Busso, struck up a conversation with an old man who was wondering around near her cabin some years back. Turned out he had been a kid in the old lumber camp and he ended up sending her a set of old photos from that era (that I have copies of)! The Busso cabin also has a small outbuilding (about the size of a double bed) that used to house the Chinese cook(s) for the camp, but Marge is dead now and her cabin was sold. Chuck’s son, Paul Reeves (bit of a recluse) still lives in a trailor next to the Reeves cabin and Edward’s decendents still vacation there…
The Old Busso cabin: 2nd from last, on L (after you veer L on Brownes Meadow Road from 3N01).

To: JERRY MATKIN
I don’t know if Lemos’ are still alive but my uncle also knew your father. A couple times, I ventured back to Brownes Meadow as a young teen and walked up the creek for miles… Folks back there would tell me to leave of course, but I’d heard that no one could own a river exactly, so I braved it just to see one of the most beautiful places on earth! I’d love to know more about your history! (Also watched ‘em film some “Bonanza” episodes there… ;)

Write: gregnsyl@netvision.net.il if interested in set of old SMS photos…

Syl Large

]]> Comment on Fall Newsletter by snlm http://snlm.wordpress.com/fall-newsletter/#comment-829 snlm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:38:06 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/fall-newsletter/#comment-829 Heidi, To the best of my knowledge, we have little or no information on the cow camps along Highway 4. I would guess that the Calaveras County Historical Society or the Alpine Historical Society would be a good place to start looking. Lumbering and cow grazing probably had some interactions, but we have no history on the cow camps. John Hofstetter Heidi,

To the best of my knowledge, we have little or no information on the cow camps along Highway 4. I would guess that the Calaveras County Historical Society or the Alpine Historical Society would be a good place to start looking.

Lumbering and cow grazing probably had some interactions, but we have no history on the cow camps.

John Hofstetter

]]> Comment on Fall Newsletter by heidi oneto http://snlm.wordpress.com/fall-newsletter/#comment-828 heidi oneto Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:19:21 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/fall-newsletter/#comment-828 Hello Ginny or whomever may receive this, I am interested in whatever information you may have on the cow camps located on highway 4 in Alpine County. Are these private or government owned? My husbands family lives in San Andreas and we would love to own or opporate one. I would love any info you could send my way - or any ideas because I am having problems finding info on this. Thank-you - Heidi Oneto Hello Ginny or whomever may receive this,
I am interested in whatever information you may have on the cow camps located on highway 4 in Alpine County. Are these private or government owned?

My husbands family lives in San Andreas and we would love to own or opporate one. I would love any info you could send my way - or any ideas because I am having problems finding info on this.

Thank-you -
Heidi Oneto

]]> Comment on How The Shay Survived by Kyle Wyatt http://snlm.wordpress.com/shay-locomotive-status/the-survival-story-of-ysl-no-4/#comment-816 Kyle Wyatt Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:04:06 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/shay-locomotive-status/the-survival-story-of-ysl-no-4/#comment-816 I was personally involved in the purchase of the Shay by the State of Nevada from the Wasatch Railroad & Museum Foundation, one of the several owners of equipment operated by the private Heber Creeper (which actually operated under several names over the years). The Shay was part of a large purchase of equipment at Heber that ultimately involved 7 separate purchase agreements with 4 separate groups and individuals, plus several other creditors being paid out of escrow funds. The combined collection was purchased in bulk, knowing that it included some individual items that Nevada would not ultimately need. At the time of the purchase in the early 1990s the Shay had already been out of service for several years and was not operable. Nevada never operated it; it was stored in the dry climate of Boulder City. The Sierra Nevada Logging Museum was considered an historically appropriate organization to receive the Shay, and a mutually satisfactory agreement was reached for its acquisition and subsequent shipment back home to California. Kyle Wyatt I was personally involved in the purchase of the Shay by the State of Nevada from the Wasatch Railroad & Museum Foundation, one of the several owners of equipment operated by the private Heber Creeper (which actually operated under several names over the years). The Shay was part of a large purchase of equipment at Heber that ultimately involved 7 separate purchase agreements with 4 separate groups and individuals, plus several other creditors being paid out of escrow funds. The combined collection was purchased in bulk, knowing that it included some individual items that Nevada would not ultimately need.

At the time of the purchase in the early 1990s the Shay had already been out of service for several years and was not operable. Nevada never operated it; it was stored in the dry climate of Boulder City. The Sierra Nevada Logging Museum was considered an historically appropriate organization to receive the Shay, and a mutually satisfactory agreement was reached for its acquisition and subsequent shipment back home to California.

Kyle Wyatt

]]> Comment on An Overview of Calaveras County Logging History by snlm http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/overview-of-calaveras-county-logging-history/#comment-802 snlm Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:40:40 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/overview-of-calaveras-county-logging-history/#comment-802 Nancy, We'd love to help you with this project, but our history is more historical than what you need. Our web site has quite a bit about the 50's and early 60's logging in our area, but we have little about the timber industry in Calaveras County after the Blagen Mill closed in 1962. We also have some additional history in the museum itself. For more recent information covering the 70's to the present, you might contact Steve Kafka at SPI. He's local, his mom is our president, and if can't give you what you need in regard to local trends, I'd bet in can put you in contact with whomever can. Also, how about Jim Behm in the USFS Hathaway office? John Hofstetter Nancy,

We’d love to help you with this project, but our history is more historical than what you need. Our web site has quite a bit about the 50’s and early 60’s logging in our area, but we have little about the timber industry in Calaveras County after the Blagen Mill closed in 1962. We also have some additional history in the museum itself.
For more recent information covering the 70’s to the present, you might contact Steve Kafka at SPI. He’s local, his mom is our president, and if can’t give you what you need in regard to local trends, I’d bet in can put you in contact with whomever can.

Also, how about Jim Behm in the USFS Hathaway office?

John Hofstetter

]]> Comment on An Overview of Calaveras County Logging History by Nancy Whittle http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/overview-of-calaveras-county-logging-history/#comment-801 Nancy Whittle Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:25:00 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/logging-history/local-mills/overview-of-calaveras-county-logging-history/#comment-801 Can you help the Calaveras County Business Council. We are working on the Economic Element to the General Plan. Mintier is the contractor for this element. They do not have an adequate history of the logging industry in the 50's and 60's. We are trying to show that until, I believe, the early 1980's, timber harvest and mining were among the higher paid jobs in the county and now we have nothing to replace those jobs. Anything you have tracing the decline of the timber industry from the 1980's to today would be helpful. Any ideas you may have regarding the future of timber harvesting would be helpful. Can you help the Calaveras County Business Council. We are working on the Economic Element to the General Plan. Mintier is the contractor for this element. They do not have an adequate history of the logging industry in the 50’s and 60’s. We are trying to show that until, I believe, the early 1980’s, timber harvest and mining were among the higher paid jobs in the county and now we have nothing to replace those jobs. Anything you have tracing the decline of the timber industry from the 1980’s to today would be helpful. Any ideas you may have regarding the future of timber harvesting would be helpful.

]]> Comment on Spring 2008 Newsletter by Jim Price http://snlm.wordpress.com/spring-2008-newsletter/#comment-799 Jim Price Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:31:17 +0000 http://snlm.wordpress.com/?page_id=358#comment-799 John, As usual I'm enjoying my travels through your website. I'm not sure I'll have enough time in this lifetime to read it all. If I can figure out a way to afford fuel for the truck, I hope to make it down for Jamboree this year. And I'm hoping to see you at the Binder Bee in about a month. It may quit raining by then. JP John,
As usual I’m enjoying my travels through your website. I’m not sure I’ll have enough time in this lifetime to read it all. If I can figure out a way to afford fuel for the truck, I hope to make it down for Jamboree this year. And I’m hoping to see you at the Binder Bee in about a month. It may quit raining by then.

JP

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