| The West Branch Mill of the Sierra Lumber Company: Early Logging in Northeastern California Contributor(s): Mark, Andy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609497414 ISBN-13: 9781609497415 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 338.767 |
| LCCN: 2012038841 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the late 1800s, the green gold of California's inland timber belt included the long-coned sugar pine and cinnamon-dusted ponderosa pine of Big Chico Creek Canyon. Tucked into the steep terrain of present-day Butte and Tehama Counties, the bustling West Branch Mill logging operations moved timber from the foothills east of Chico to waiting markets in Sacramento, Marysville and San Francisco. Local author Andy Mark recounts the lesser-known history of the West Branch Mill, recalling a time when resident physician Newton T. Enloe treated the daring men who faced daily peril, John Bidwell's bumpy and sometimes treacherous Humboldt Wagon Road was essentially the only route to town and Big Chico Creek was lined with an elevated flume running lumber and ambulance rafts. |