[or-roots] mach women and mill camps

[Leslie Chapman]

Dale;

Do you know what company she would have been working for? Or any
identification. Unfortunately a lot of mill /  logging camps had really
original identifying name like "Camp Four" or "Mile Thirteen" and are really
hard to trace. I have a listing for one of my relatives, I forget exactly
what or when, but all I know is "Camp Three" I don't know for sure what
county even, but am pretty sure it is in Oregon, I believe Coos County, but
could be wrong.

As to your gram being "macho", perhaps not, but she had to be a pretty
strong woman to even survive as a cook in a logging camp in those days. I am
thinking more in terms of personality here than physical strength. Loggars
are definitely a rowdy bunch. It was interesting to me to discover that my
Forestry Host Country co-workers in Peace Corps were just as raunchy as any
American logger.

Les C

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[mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Harguess,
Dale
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:21 PM
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Now you got my attention.  Although my grandmother could not be
described as a "Macho" woman, she did work in a Lumber camp and that is
where we think she met my grandfather.  She was a cook and so was he.  I
have tried in vain to find where the camp was but I do have a photo of
it along with the men standing outside and a few really big trees that
had been felled and were ready to be moved.  If I could find the right
camp then I might be able to find their marriage record.  This would
have been about 1918.
Dale