Reed's Sawmill, Dry Buck, and Reed Bros. Logging Crew

1892 GLO map showing location of Reed & Williams sawmill

Joseph L. Reed bio

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Dry Buck Creek, Joseph L. Reed sawmill
1892-DryBuckCreekJosephLReedsawmill
1892, Ralph Reed on horse in center
1892 Dry Buck Creek, Joseph L. Reed sawmill, Joseph on far left with pike
1892, sawmill, Joseph on far left with pike
1902DryBuckCreekJosephLReedcamp
1902 Dry Buck Creek Joseph L Reed camp
1918-Jim&RalphReedwithLoggingHorses
1918-Jim & Ralph Reed with Logging Horses
Jim & Ralph Reed with logging team
Jim & Ralph Reed with logging team
Ed & Ralph Reeds logging
Ed & Ralph Reeds' logging

1890's Warners Mill, near Cascade
Ed Reed far right, Ralph Reed on stump
Crew at Warners Mill, Ed Reed far right, Ralph Reed on stump
Warners Mill near Cascade
Ralph & Ed Reed's tie contract, Warners Mill
1920,Cascade-Intermountain Railway Jammer working on Reed Bros job
1920,Cascade-Intermountain Railway Jammer working on Reed Bros. job

1922 Pioneerville and Grimes Creek
1922 Pioneerville Reed logging crew Hall Gulch
"1922 Pioneerville, Reed logging crew Hall Gulch"
1922, Pioneerville Reed logging crew Hall Gulch
"1922 Pioneerville, Reed logging crew Hall Gulch"
1922 Pioneerville Ralph Reed logging Hall Gulch
"1922 Pioneerville, Ralph Reed logging Hall Gulch"
1922 Pioneerville Ralph Reed logging Hall Gulch
"1922 Pioneerville Ralph Reed logging Hall Gulch"
Grimes Crk, Ed & Ralph Reed
"Grimes Creek, Ed & Ralph Reed's logging operation"
Grimes Crk logging job,Jim Reed & Carma Rhodes
"Grimes Creek logging job, Jim Reed & Carma Rhodes"

Payette River
Payette R. Ralph Reed riding the river
"Payette River, Ralph Reed riding the river"
 
"Payette River, Ralph & Ed Reeds tie drive down river"

Hugh Hartman photo collection - Thank you!

Additional reading and background
The Lumber Industry and Logging, by Nellie Ireton Mills
The Payette River is Beautiful but deadly, by Arthur Hart
"Payette River Log Drives," "River Tales of Idaho" by Darcy Williamson, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1997 (google books)



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