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The logging company wangan train, called a Mary Anne, was a caravan of wagons pulled by four- or six-horse teams where roads followed the river to transport the tents, blankets, food, stoves, and tools needed by the log drivers. [12] For log drives, the ideal river would have been straight and uniform, with sharp banks and a predictable flow of ...
Log boom on St. Croix River in Maine, aerial photo taken in 1973 Timber marks on a log building in Sweden where they are called flottningsmärke. A log boom (sometimes called a log fence or log bag) is a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests. The term is also used as a place ...
The Ambajejus Boom House is an historic logging facility in remote central Maine. Built in 1907 on a small island in Ambajejus Lake , it is the only surviving structure associated with the great logging drives that drove the economy of inland Maine for decades.
The Whisky Creek Cabin is a rustic log cabin located in southwest Oregon along the section of the Rogue River that is designated as a National Wild and Scenic River. It is the oldest remaining mining cabin in the Rogue River canyon. The Bureau of Land Management purchased the cabin and surrounding property in 1973.
Three arks for a log drive on Pine Creek in Lycoming County or Tioga County. The left ark was for cooking and dining, the middle ark was the sleeping quarters, and the right ark was for the draft horses. The arks were built for just one trip down river and then dismantled and sold for their lumber.
The Dells of the Big Rib River, below Goodrich, are believed to be the rapids where Father René Menard disappeared in 1661, which attempting to reach a band of Huron Indians near Lake Chelsea. He left his partner at the rapids to carry some supplies and was never seen again. [4] Log drives began on the upper Rib River around 1874 and continued ...
A log flume or lumber flume is a watertight flume constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain using flowing water. Flumes replaced horse- or oxen-drawn carriages on dangerous mountain trails in the late 19th century.
In 1925, the log house was built for the guests by Harry Garfield and Delpha Doriot on their 20-acre property on Bull Mountain. [1] Later in the year 1947, the Riders sold the property to Charles and Alberta Ryder.