BLACKMAN BROTHERS LOGGING COMPANY ONE OF THEIR EARLY LOGGING CAMPS WAS AT THE BOG HOLE A LITTLE THE SKYKOMISH BOTTOM NEAR THE FORKS OF SKYKOMISH AND LAKE ON THE LABORIOUS PROCESS OF GETTING THE LOGS OUT SNOQUALMIE RIVERS. BEGAN BY YARDING (DRAGGING) THEM TO THE MAIN ROAD WHERE THEY WERE BOUND TOGETHER AND HAULED OVER THE MAIN SKID ROAD WITH FOUR YOKE THEY WERE ROLLED INTO THE LITTLE LAKE, POLED DOWN A OF OXEN. ANO PULLED OUT ONTO A SKID ROAD. SLOUGH FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE. AFTER BEING HAULED ANOTHER QUARTER OF A MILE TO THE RIVER. THEY CAP BLACKMAN VISITED THE BOG BEGIN THEIR WATER TRIP TO THE MILL. 1888 AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WATCHING THE LOGS HOLE CAMP OFTEN IN HE ASKS THE CAMP BOSS FOR A MAN TO HELP ON THEIR TRIP TO THE RIVER. PEARSALL GOT THE NOD. THE SILENT HIM FOR A FEW DAYS AND H.E. BLACKMAN SAID NOTHING UNTIL THE PAIR REACHED THE RIVER. HE TOLD PEARSALL THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAUL THE LOGS FROM THE SLOUGH WITH PEARSALL SAW NOTHING TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN CABLE POWERED BY STEAM. ■■JUNK” EXCEPT A PILE OF JUNK THAT HAD COME UP RIVER BY BOAT. THE CONSISTED OF A LITTLE PORTABLE ENGINE AND BOILER, A FEW COG WHEELS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, A COIL OF STEEL CABLE AND A A FEW CASTINGS, PEARSALL HELPED BLACKMAN SET UP COUPLE OF LOGS BY THE SKID ROAD. AN ENGINEER ARRIVED AT THE DEVICE AND AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK, THE SITE. WHILE THE MAN GOT UP STEAM, PEARSALL AND BLACKMAN STRETCHED THE CABLE TO THE SLOUGH. THEY ANXIOUSLY WAITED AND WATCHED AS THE FIRST LOG WAS ATTACHED AND PULLED OUT OF THE WATER. IT SLID NICELY ONTO THE SKID ROAD AND COMPLETED ITS JOURNEY TO THE RIVER LANDING. BLACKMAN SAID, IT WAS THE FIRST LOGGING TO BE DONE WITH STEAM AND CABLE IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, AND MAYBE THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE. PEARSALL OBSERVED THAT THE LITTLE ENGINE HAD PUT THREE YOKE OF OXEN OUT OF A JOB. IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS LATER THAT LOGGING ENGINES CAME INTO THE WOODS AND THE OXEN WERE RETIRED FROM THEIR LABORS ALTOGETHER. , OCR Text: BLACKMAN BROTHERS LOGGING COMPANY ONE OF THEIR EARLY LOGGING CAMPS WAS AT THE BOG HOLE A LITTLE THE SKYKOMISH BOTTOM NEAR THE FORKS OF SKYKOMISH AND LAKE ON THE LABORIOUS PROCESS OF GETTING THE LOGS OUT SNOQUALMIE RIVERS. BEGAN BY YARDING (DRAGGING) THEM TO THE MAIN ROAD WHERE THEY WERE BOUND TOGETHER AND HAULED OVER THE MAIN SKID ROAD WITH FOUR YOKE THEY WERE ROLLED INTO THE LITTLE LAKE, POLED DOWN A OF OXEN. ANO PULLED OUT ONTO A SKID ROAD. SLOUGH FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE. AFTER BEING HAULED ANOTHER QUARTER OF A MILE TO THE RIVER. THEY CAP BLACKMAN VISITED THE BOG BEGIN THEIR WATER TRIP TO THE MILL. 1888 AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WATCHING THE LOGS HOLE CAMP OFTEN IN HE ASKS THE CAMP BOSS FOR A MAN TO HELP ON THEIR TRIP TO THE RIVER. PEARSALL GOT THE NOD. THE SILENT HIM FOR A FEW DAYS AND H.E. BLACKMAN SAID NOTHING UNTIL THE PAIR REACHED THE RIVER. HE TOLD PEARSALL THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAUL THE LOGS FROM THE SLOUGH WITH PEARSALL SAW NOTHING TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN CABLE POWERED BY STEAM. ■■JUNK” EXCEPT A PILE OF JUNK THAT HAD COME UP RIVER BY BOAT. THE CONSISTED OF A LITTLE PORTABLE ENGINE AND BOILER, A FEW COG WHEELS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, A COIL OF STEEL CABLE AND A A FEW CASTINGS, PEARSALL HELPED BLACKMAN SET UP COUPLE OF LOGS BY THE SKID ROAD. AN ENGINEER ARRIVED AT THE DEVICE AND AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK, THE SITE. WHILE THE MAN GOT UP STEAM, PEARSALL AND BLACKMAN STRETCHED THE CABLE TO THE SLOUGH. THEY ANXIOUSLY WAITED AND WATCHED AS THE FIRST LOG WAS ATTACHED AND PULLED OUT OF THE WATER. IT SLID NICELY ONTO THE SKID ROAD AND COMPLETED ITS JOURNEY TO THE RIVER LANDING. BLACKMAN SAID, IT WAS THE FIRST LOGGING TO BE DONE WITH STEAM AND CABLE IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, AND MAYBE THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE. PEARSALL OBSERVED THAT THE LITTLE ENGINE HAD PUT THREE YOKE OF OXEN OUT OF A JOB. IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS LATER THAT LOGGING ENGINES CAME INTO THE WOODS AND THE OXEN WERE RETIRED FROM THEIR LABORS ALTOGETHER. , Granite Falls Historical Society,Library (Books & Booklets),General Library,Searchable Books,Blackman Brothers Logging Company.pdf,Blackman Brothers Logging Company.pdf Page 1, Blackman Brothers Logging Company.pdf Page 1