[or-roots] Logging camps in western oregon

[Janet Valade]

The person in this book who came from Maine to Oregon is Herbert Orville 
Howard. He was born in Maine of a logging family in 1853. His parents 
were Maryann Corliss and Joel Hamilton Howard. He married Abbie Emerson 
(his second wife). Emerson is the family I am interested in. He went to 
Oregon while she was pregnant, then she followed. Their first child, 
Calvin Fay Howard, was born in Rainier on Aug 14, 1877. They also had a 
daughter Lizzie.

Herb had a younger sister, Laura, who married Charles Henry Briggs in 
Maine. They also came to Oregon. Charles Briggs and Herb Howard bought 
80 acres on Milton creek in 1879. They soon bought more tracts. Herb 
Howard saves money and began his own logging. He began working on Milton 
creek early in the 1889s, one of several small logging operators along 
the creek. There are account books that Herb kept naming people who 
worked for him.

In 1891, there was a sawmill on Dart Creek listed as Howard-Corliss 
Lumber Company, but it soon became Herb's mill. Herb's home farm was the 
land on Dart Creek where he established his sawmill. At the time of the 
writing of this book, 1983, Herb's son, Ira Howard, with his wife, still 
lives in the spacious house built 70 years ago.

There's a lot of information about him. He had 5 wives. If you think 
this is your family, I would be glad to scan the appropriate pages and 
send them to you off the list.

Janet

On 2/1/2012 5:51 PM, Ronda Howard wrote:
> Hi Janet,
> I'd be interested in the Howard information.
> Thanks!
> Ronda Howard
> Whizinc at Comcast dot net
>
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> Valade
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> Subject: [or-roots] Logging camps in western oregon
>
> Since several people here seem to have researched and have materials on
> Oregon logging camps, I thought I would ask here about my grandfather.
> His name was Joseph Bauman. He was a logger in 1914 and for some time before
> that, but I don't know how long. He was a logger in 1922 and probably for
> some time after that, but I don't know how long.
>
> He and my grandmother lived in Rainier Oregon (Columbia County). They are in
> the 1920 census there, with my mother and uncle. He and my grandmother
> divorced in 1922. I assume he worked in a loggin camp somewhere near
> Rainier, but I'm not sure since I know he was gone for work for periods of
> time, at least sometimes, and not returning home every nite. I know he was
> working somewhere that he didn't come home every night in 1922.
>
> He was born in 1870 in Germany. He died in 1943 when he was living in
> Rainier. At that time, he had a shoe repair store. He living other places in
> between. I have his obit, but it's not that helpful.
>
> So, I thought I would put this out there, in case anyone researching this
> stuff ran across him or had some useful references.
>
> I also wanted to let you know that I have a book called "Homes in the Oregon
> Forest: Settling Columbia County, 1870 - 1920". It's the chronicle, with
> pictures, of a group of families who were loggers in Maine. They came as a
> group to log in Astoria, Milton Creek Valley, and inland Columbia County.
> Deer Island. The family I am interested in is Emerson. Other names are
> Perry, Corliss, Howard, Briggs, Daggett, and others. If anyone thinks there
> might be information for them in this book, I'll be glad to look it up.
>
> Janet Russell Valade
>
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