Comments on: TIMBER: BIG BUSINESS IN THE OLD WEST

By: ramblingbob

ramblingbob — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:43:21 +0000

No, timber was just on of many diffrent bussiness. But the need for building materils and mine and railroads chewed up many forests in the west. A big sore point with many Indians was the destruction of many woods along the wagon train trails for fire wood. A good stand of timber near any settelment was a money maker for a smart bussiness man.

By: DunnoDani

DunnoDani — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:50:42 +0000

So what your saying out of all this timber was a major part of the west?

By: ramblingbob

ramblingbob — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:20:25 +0000

In the fifth picture, in the above article, it shows a large set of wheels used to move large logs. This was done by lifting the end of the log off the ground up underthe axle, then the tail end of the log was draged along the ground. A set of these large wheels may be seen at the entrance of Knott’s Berry Farm, in Calif.

By: ramblingbob

ramblingbob — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:29:03 +0000

As you maybe noted the photos, added by my daughter, are from East Texas alone. Think of all the other areas of the country that were logged at the same time. Most of the time we think of the Northwest or Northeast logging industry only.