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Logging at Booth-Kelly Camp 18
Booth-Kelly Camp 18, east of Wendling, Oregon, c1917-1922
L-R: Emmett Courtright, Art Lott, Charles Fullager
Booth-Kelly Camp 18 was about 7.5 miles east of Wendling where the Straight Creek highline wraps around the headwaters of Mill Creek. Camp 18 had two historical points of uniqueness. First, it was the first Booth-Kelly camp to have a school. It was a constructed building (not in a boxcar like some later camps). Second, it was the only camp known to have a Woodmen of the World lodge constructed at camp. Most other camps just held the meetings in the dining hall.
This log is being carried by a hayboom rack, which was a common constructed tool to load logs onto railroad cars. The tongs that hold the logs, are similar to ice tongs, and the more the log pulls down the tighter it grips. However they were known to slip periodically resulting in injury to the nearby men, in some cases leading to death.
Logging at Booth-Kelly Camp 18
Booth-Kelly Camp 18, east of Wendling, Oregon, c1917-1922
L-R: Emmett Courtright, Art Lott, Charles Fullager
Booth-Kelly Camp 18 was about 7.5 miles east of Wendling where the Straight Creek highline wraps around the headwaters of Mill Creek. Camp 18 had two historical points of uniqueness. First, it was the first Booth-Kelly camp to have a school. It was a constructed building (not in a boxcar like some later camps). Second, it was the only camp known to have a Woodmen of the World lodge constructed at camp. Most other camps just held the meetings in the dining hall.
This log is being carried by a hayboom rack, which was a common constructed tool to load logs onto railroad cars. The tongs that hold the logs, are similar to ice tongs, and the more the log pulls down the tighter it grips. However they were known to slip periodically resulting in injury to the nearby men, in some cases leading to death.