Timbering & Logging News

• Ranger: The Hagedorn saw mill moved to Ranger last week, but haven’t done much so far on account of bad weather. Tell City News, Nov. 18, 1911.
• Since the Birdseye conflagration, but little timber is being taken there from this part of Perry. Dealers in ties, staves & shaved hoops feel the effects of the burn out. Tell City News, Sept. 16, 1893.
• Clark: There are quite a number of families in this township, who are dependent upon their daily labor for the support of themselves. As the most of the choice timber has been manufactured into staves, and logging, lumber rafting and flat boating is no more, the only pillar of consolation seems to be the development of the mineral resources underlying the barren knot and fertile valleys of this part of Perry County. “Red Top”. Tell City News, Jan. 13, 1894.
• Derby: Mogan Brothers shipped 50,000 hoops on the Cincinnati Packet Wednesday, they are also loading two barges with railroad ties. Tell City News, Apr. 14, 1894.
• Derby: Lote of railroad ties coming in now. Its ties or no bread with a good many country people as their crops were a failure this summer. Tell City News, Dec. 8, 1894.
• Derby: Mr. H.C. Hargis shipped 100,000 hoops to New Orleans on the steamer Longfellow, Sunday. Tell City News, Dec. 15, 1894.
• Derby: Snyder & Clutinger have started to New Orleans with their hoop boat. Tell City News, Mar. 23, 1895.
• Troy: Uncle Joe Wright took a raft of logs to Evansville for J. Bailis, who accompanied the raft. Tell City News, May 18, 1895.
• Derby: Our hustling timber men R. Little & J.Q. Webb are now busily engaged preparing a raft of logs for the Tell City market. We understand they are to prepare a raft of one thousand loge. Cannelton Enquirer, Feb. 19, 1898.
• The river has been full of log rafts lately. The high water enabled logs to be brought from 20 miles back from the river. Cannelton Enquirer, Apr. 23, 1898.
• Bristow: Charles Splater’s stave bucker is making music for the people in the vicinity of Bristow. Cannelton Enquirer, May 7, 1898.
• Anderson Valley: Kraus & Company have moved their saw mill to Moeby and are now converting big logs into lumber.
• Naegle & Sandage have gone into the saw log business. They are busy at present cutting out drifts so they can float their logs out when the high water comes. Tell City News, Jan. 3, 1899.
• Apalona: There were eight crews making staves on Frank Paulus’ land. Tell City News, Jan. 21, 1899.
• Anderson Valley Quite a number of hands were working on the creek Sunday getting out saw logs.
• Jesse Little has gone into the sawlog business & is now floating logs down the Anderson river. Jesse used to be an old flat boatman and has run many coal boats from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Uncle Jesse is getting along in years, but is still very active & is an expert on the water.

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