Exploring Oregon’s Logging History
After reading several sources about Pacific Northwest logging, I developed a map that identified different types of important historical locations. The Ghosts of Oregon Timber Industry Map locates sites from old company towns, to abandoned mills, and county museums.
Additional Sources:
Logging: the Principals and General Operations in the United States
From Woods to Sawmill: Transportation Problems in Logging
The Geomorphic Legacy of Splash Dams in the Southern Oregon Coast Range
The hunt for wigwam burners: COLETTE KIMBALL
Particulate Waste from Sawmill Burners
GIS Data: Splash Dams and Log Drives of Western Oregon