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1909 1st photo Western Pine Lumber Co. Office Commissary building. Still using the Wrights sign as the name of the town would not be changed to Klickitat until 1912. This is the first ever photo of this as Oct 9 1909 is when they were still building the sawmill. It is 4 1/4\" X 3 1/4\".
See other photos I am also selling regarding this sawmill. It is NOT a postcard, but an actual photo and thus it may be the only one there is. It is 5 1/2\" X 3 1/2\".
Here is a copy/paste of information on this mill:
The first sawmill at Klickitat (Wright) was built in the fall of 1909 by the Western Pine Lumber Co., formed earlier that year by James W. Holmes and his brothers, Harrison P. and Charles P., and Max Houser of Portland.
The mill was located in Snyder Canyon, a little above the present dam which forms the log pond. It was referred to as a \"dry log mill\" and received its logs by means of an inclined railway constructed on the steep hillside immediately behind the mill. Logging was done on the plateau above the canyon, where in those days grew one of the finest stands of western yellow pine in the area.
At the head of the inclined railway was located a donkey engine which pulled the empty cars uphill and lowered loaded cars to the mill below. The operation was regarded as quite successful.
The mill was put in an operation early in 1910 and a planing mill was added to the operation. However, in June of 1911, the planing mill was destroyed by fire and a month later the sawmill burned. Both were rebuilt at once. In 1914 a dam was built across the canyon to provide a mill pond. In 1916 Fred A. Bennett finished construction of the Klickitat Northern Railroad, to bring timber from upriver to the mill. This railroad was later bought by the Western Pine Lumber Co. and was renamed the Western Pine Lumber Co. Railroad in 1918. Still later the name was changed to Klickitat Log and Lumber Co.
It just dawned on me with the amount of work I put in researching even a single card and identifying people etc that is something you are paying for as well.You are welcome :) Is it correct? Yes it is, I am a very good researcher and pretty much in the 99% success range LOL Its not bragging if it is a fact :)
I do try to combine shipping if you let me know when and what. Within a day or two.
No X on the original, this is to prevent electronic image theft.
