Loggers, High Leads, Donkeys, and Shays: Railroad Logging on the Oroville District, Plumas National Forest, 1909-1938

摘要

The report is a detailed history of railroad logging activity on a portion of the Oroville Ranger District, Plumas National Forest during the 1909-1938 period. It focuses particularly on the history of the major railroad logging company working in the area, the Swayne Lumber Company, but also gives the history of other minor companies--Truckee Lumber Company, Butte and Plumas Railroad, and the Butte County Mill and Lumber Company. The report discusses changing logging technologies, day to day operations of the companies, description of logging camps, various logging occupations in the woods operations, ethnic composition, labor strife, accidents, and working conditions and daily life. Management recommendations are made for the management and protection of archaeological sites associated with railroad logging.