Ash Davidson showed up in Klamath in March of 2014 to interview people for her book about the last years of old-growth logging. But even though she had lived in Klamath as a child, she didn’t know anyone there anymore, and few of her would-be informants even returned her phone calls. Fortunately, her mother had […]
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Dolbeer’s Donkey Engine
“… improvement is the order of the day, and there is no reason why the ox team should not make way for the steam engine as the stage coach has the [railroad] engine.” — Humboldt Times, July 31, 1881 Depending on your point of view, the Dolbeer Steam Donkey was the greatest labor saver in […]
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Interior Secretary Haaland is Coming to Town
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will be in Humboldt County this week to meet with local, state, federal and Tribal leaders on a number of issues, ranging from clean energy and a massive redwood forest restoration project to investments in Tribal communities and govermental efforts on the crisis of murder and missing Indigenous people. […]
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Crescent City Man Killed in Logging Accident
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation after a logging accident killed a 70-year-old man on a rural property near Orick yesterday. According to a press release, two pieces of logging equipment collided, injuring the John Henry Sims Jr., of Crescent City, who died at the scene. Cal OSHA is also investigating […]
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Rainbow Ridge Treesitter Comes Down
After two months, a treesitter who goes by “Rook” has come down from a perch in the canopy of a giant Douglas fir where she was protesting Humboldt Redwood Co.’s timber activities at Rainbow Ridge, according to a release from Earth First! Humboldt. Rook was escorted from the scene by security but was not arrested. […]
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Come See for Yourself
Safety of employees, contractors and trespassing individuals is Humboldt Redwood Co.’s first priority. We are aware of trespassers on our property (“Straight from the PALCO Playbook,” July 18). We have a fully licensed and bonded professional security group looking out for everyone’s safety in the area of operations near Rainbow Ridge. Because someone is moving […]
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The Bear Harbor Railroad, 1892-1905
Last week, we followed the saga of the Bear Harbor Railroad from the delivery in 1892 of a “Gypsy” locomotive — what would become Bear Harbor Lumber Company No. 1 — to the early 1900s, when the grandiose plans of lumberman Neff Anderson began to be fulfilled with construction of the mill town of Andersonia, […]
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Tensions Mount in Rainbow Ridge Protests
Several days of protests over plans to log in a grove that contains old growth Douglas fir on Rainbow Ridge reached a peak just before 3 p.m. yesterday after demonstrators blocked the southernmost exit/entrance from U.S. Highway 101 to Scotia and the Humboldt Redwood Company Lumber Mill. Video by Earth First in Humboldt uploaded to […]
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North Coast Night Lights: The Essence of Eureka, 1990
In 1990, the LP pulp mill out on the Samoa Peninsula represented the essence of Eureka. Logging, of course — and the smell. Logging was economic king in those days, at least on the legal side. But I’m no historian, nor do I mean to stir up politics here. I’m a photographer, and this scene […]
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Former Crabs Infielder Killed in Logging Accident
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office and the California Occupational Health and Safety Administration are investigating the death of Scott Eskra, 42, who died yesterday morning on a logging operation in Hydesville. According to scanner traffic, Eskra was injured when a tree branch fell on him, breaking a femur. Samantha Karges, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, […]
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Logging On
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds transformed into the 79th annual Redwood Region Logging Conference in Eureka this weekend. The sounds of saw mills and chainsaw carvers at work and the whistle of a vintage steam railroad engine keep a large crowd moving among the massive equipment and logging displays. Also available were historic displays, a wildlife show, […]
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Oregon Man Killed in Logging Accident
A 31-year-old Oregon man was killed Monday when the tree he was felling came down on him. Chief Deputy Coroner Ernie Stewart said Travis Jon Cornelison, of Rogue River, was working on a commercial operation for Lord’s Light Logging when the accident occurred near Timber Ridge Lane in the Blue Lake area. The accident is […]