A typical logging camp scene from 1889 is depicted, with several men identified in writing on the photograph itself as John VaHaNiemi, Sackri Tan, and Eli Albertson, who was labeled as "The Boss" in the photo. One of the largest logging operations in the area, it was known as the Albertson Camp and was located on the west side of Church Avenue near its junction with the North Cloquet Road.
A photograph of a load of logs. Containing a total of 31,400 feet. 21 feet high with an estimated weight of sled chains, and logs is 5 tons. Being pulled by four horses.
Lumberjacks stand in the snow outside the buildings that made up their camp. On the back of this card is a note from one man to a woman named Belle in DeSota, Kansas telling her that he might be coming to see her next week.
Logging crew are having a meal on the Mississippi River on the downriver side of Anoka-Champlin Bridge. Food was prepared in the wannigan in the background. Dr. Kline's sanitarium is across the river to the right of the bridge.
Men standing on pile of logs ("Eleven thousand and seventy-four feet of white oak") cut for St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway at Clough Brothers and Hartley Camp.
Dead heads piled up against Coon Rapids Dam after completion in 1916. A sluice way through the dam permitted logs to be floated through after 1916 when this photo was taken of the new dam.
Horses pulling a load of 36 logs, featuring three loggers. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-08-20
Description:
The oral history of Bob Silver describes life in early Schroeder (called Cross River), early residents of Schroeder, Minnesota, the steamship "America," Cramer, Minnesota, building roads, trails, fish boxes, logging, Navy Seabees on Tinian Island, Pacific theater in World War II, atomic bomb on Tinian Island, Pacific theater, and historical perspective of the Schroeder, Minnesota area.
Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places.
A photograph of the Ann River Logging company with the largest load of logs hauled. Weighing 37,120 pounds with 56 logs. Three men and four horses hauling.
