Episode 27: Timber Town

Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast · Oregon Voices Network

May 22, 202432m 26s

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Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford through the woods of Oregon to hear about the history of the logging industry and the tales of the trees they fell.

Sources:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/zambia-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-2367672#:~:text=Archaeologists%20working%20in%20Zambia%20have,an%20estimated%20476%2C000%20years%20ago.

Centuries-old ship at ground zero likely from Philly | CNN

https://palletenterprise.com/view_article/4985/Timber-Over-Time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrochronology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing_Young

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/trademarks/Pages/lumber.aspx#:~:text=Lumbering%20began%20in%20the%20Oregon,on%20Chehalem%20Creek%20in%201837.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_flume

https://www.history.co.uk/shows/ax-men/articles/history-of-logging#:~:text=Loggers%20relied%20on%20axes%2C%20handsaws,remote%20camps%20near%20their%20worksites.

http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/railroads.html#:~:text=Railroad%20History%20in%20Oregon%20began,Portland%20south%20for%2020%20miles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Holladay

https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/HistoricalSociety/GeneralStore/1887loggerswages.htm

https://worldforestry.org/tracing-oregons-timber-culture/

https://worldforestry.org/world-forestry-centers-timberland-investment-conference-gets-a-new-name/

https://www.wallowa.com/news/majestic-monarch-clings-to-life-in-eagle-cap/article_e07c79be-e654-52e6-8894-f1f0180522da.html

https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/agerecords/usa/oregon/

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