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Logging workers standing in from of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, July 1894

 
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Title
Logging workers standing in from of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, July 1894
Creation Date (Original)
July 1894
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Description
Photo--black and white: Photo identified by Ralph Sturgeon as " Logging #11." Logging workers standing in front of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, July 1894. Handwritten on photo verso by Ralph Sturgeon: Berry's Sawmill--a mile or so down from Fern Springs, where creek takes in other draws and water is this sawmill site. When Robert Wade Sturgeon and I (Ralph S. Sturgeon his father) fell 2nd growth fir and redwood in this very same area, trees from 55 to 90 year old, we found pieces of machinery & old timber and parts of old cook stoves, etc. Bob and I, Ralph S. Sturgeon worked here in the early 1960's . Andrew J. Blaney logged it, Adrion McDowell's trucks hauled it. This 2,000 acres belonged to A. J. B. (Blaney), Ejnar Henningsen and myself. Logs were to Bob Schneider's sawmill, north of Cazadero a mile or so, some to Berry's Sawmill Cazadero, in fact most went to Berry's and some went to Cloverdale sawmills, or mill. These two Berrys not at all related as far as I know. Note--Man on right of seat of front wagon to right is Lee Morelli."
Item Format or Genre
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Digital Collections Identifier
casebwsc_pho_011525
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