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2. Choker setter - Wikipedia

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   Choker setters at work attaching a log to a skyline in Cowlitz County, Washington (October 1941). A choker setter or choke setter is a logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines.

3. Skidder - Wikipedia

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   The winch or grapple holds the trees while the skidder drags them to a landing area. Cable skidders are more labor-intensive than grapple skidders because someone (the operator or a second person) must drag the winch line out to the logs and hook them up manually. Nowadays, cable skidders are less popular than in the past.

4. Royal Land Company of Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Land Company of Virginia was established in Rockingham County, Virginia, on March 27, 1876, for the purpose of purchasing and developing mineral lands, mines, and manufacturing their products. It purchased, in 1876, from private parties and corporations, the fee simple and leases of numerous tracts of coal, iron, other mineral, and ...

5. Craigsville, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The Craigsville School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [6]The history of Craigsville can be traced back to 1721 when a Scotch-Irish couple, William and Jeanette Craig, Scottish immigrants, received a land grant from the government for the purpose of farming.

6. Driver, Suffolk, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The commercial area of Driver, seen from State Route 125. Driver is a neighborhood in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It is located at the junction of State Route 337, State Route 125, and State Route 627. The Driver Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

7. South Hill, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   South Hill is a town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.The population was 4,709 at the 2020 census.Located on major Interstate and U.S. highways, it has a full-service hospital (serving patients from several rural counties), a tobacco market, and several hotels.