Logging Railroads of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties - Paperback
by Katy Tahja
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Availability:In StockContributor:Katy TahjaSeries:Images of RailTheme:Cultural Region/West Coast, Cultural Region/Western U.S., Geographic Orientation/CaliforniaPublish date:1/28/2013Pages:128
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9780738596211ISBN-10:0738596213UPC:9780738596211Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, RailroadsBook Topic:State & Local, History, PictorialSize:9.10 x 6.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.295Product ID:SCGBEQAQ59
Locomotive steam whistles echo no more in the forests of the north California coast. A century ago, Humboldt and Mendocino Counties had more than 40 railroads bringing logs out of the forest to mills at the water's edge. Only one single railroad ever
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9780738596211ISBN-10:0738596213UPC:9780738596211Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, RailroadsBook Topic:State & Local, History, PictorialSize:9.10 x 6.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.295Product ID:SCGBEQAQ59
Historian and author Katy M. Tahja searched universities, historical societies, museums, and private collections for photographs conveying the determination and ingenuity railroaders had in constructing railways in unlikely places to haul huge logs. Early Mendocino Coast and Humboldt State University are Tahja's earlier books for Arcadia Publishing, and she wrote Rails Across the Noyo for the Skunk Train. With her husband, she has traveled more than 20,000 miles across the United States and Canada by rail.
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