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US Army Spruce Division soldiers sitting on a stump, c. 1918. Photo- Gerald W. Williams Collection: OSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research CenterTwo loggers with a felled tree. Photo- Gerald W. Williams Collection: OSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research CenterLoggers on a Cedar stump near Deming, Washington, 1905. Photo- NARAThe Redwoods have survived along the northern coast of California for around 20 million years and are linked to tree species that lived 160 million years ago. The tallest trees reach heights of around 350 feet (107 meters). thevintagenewsLoggers with felled trees. Photo- Gerald W. Williams Collection: OSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research CenterStanding by a Sequoia log in California, c. 1910. Photo- Library of CongressThe length and breadth of the tree trunks are highlighted by the men, who are dwarfed by the tree’s sheer size. Daily MailDramatic photos show the measure of a man in contrast to the enormity of nature. Daily MailAfter logging on Vance’s Mad River. The man in the center of the picture shows the height of the tree trunks in comparison to him. Daily MailA team of horses pulls a number of logs along after the redwoods have been felled. Daily MailA team of oxen helps out in the first part of the logging process. Daily MailThe densely forested northern California area accounts for twenty percent of the state’s total forest production and the team of oxen, here, used to remove the enormous logs from the forest for processing. Daily MailAbove, loggers in 1892 standing in the trunk of a tree they chopped down at Camp Badger in Tulare County, California. The tree went to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago the next year. Daily Mail
