River Pigs on Priest River.
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River Pigs dismantling a log jam on Priest River. Once the logs started to move the men made a mad dash to avoid being swept downstream with the freed logs. Sometimes dynamite was needed to break up a jam. Courtesy of John Howard.
This file appears in: The River Pigs of Logging: Logging on the River
The River Pigs of Logging: Logging on the River
Logging Companies used rivers and lakes to move logs from the logging camps to the mills. The brave men that guided the logs on the journey were called the River Pigs.