Historical Bunk Houses - Polson Logging Camp #4 19B — circa 1907 — #G1395_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State)
Thanks to Sam Talley, who adds: "In the 1900 era these logging camps were built on rail cars so they could be moved to different locations. I and Ivars Madisons of Wishkah, who worked in forest management, would locate these old overgrown sites in the early 1960's and salvage artifacts; especially from the garbage dumps. They would be covered by a foot or two of moss. They were all laid out in the same general configuration, so once we determined where the tracks had been, it was fairly easy to locate the dump area. We found many rotten leather cork (logging) boots which were only about 6"-8" long. They were worn by hi-jacked Chinese sailors who were from visiting ships. They were forced to work in the woods and were treated like slave laborers."
