[or-roots] Logging camps in western oregon

[Leslie Chapman]

One thing I didn't think of earlier is to look for company records at Universities. Also have you contacted any Historical or Genealogical groups in Longview, Washington? I would think a lot of timber that would have been harvested near Rainier would end up there. What you would be looking for at Universities would be payroll records and such, so if you don't have a specific company to search, I think that would be like a needle in a haystack, but the folks in Longview might be able to narrow your focus based on time frame.
Les C
PS; Some of my Melvin cousins who I know spent a lot of time in logging camps ended up not too far down the River from Rainier.

--- On Sat, 1/28/12, Janet Valade <janet at janetvalade.com> wrote:

From: Janet Valade <janet at janetvalade.com>
Subject: [or-roots] Logging camps in western oregon
To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 4:24 PM

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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