White Pine logs waiting to be sent to the flume.
This file appears in: The River Pigs of Logging: Logging on the River
Decked logs waiting to be send down the river to the mill. Logs were cut during the winter months. In the spring when creeks and rivers were swollen with melting snow the logs were sent downstream to a larger river or lake where they would be towed to a mill. Courtesy of the Museum of North Idaho.
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.