[or-roots] mach women and mill camps

[Sue Steward]

My husband's grandmother, Elizabeth (Dean) Thomas, was also a cook at a 
logging camp.  I do not know the name of the camp but it was in Coos County.

I have a picture of the camp cook along with all the loggers there at the 
camp at that time.  Some of the names of those in the picture (I don't know 
all of them):

    Carl Carlson
    Billdad Howell
    Richard Freeman "Free" Steward
    Harry McCue
    Allan Leneve
    Harry Hunt
    Elmer McCue
    Chas. McCreay
    Jess Nelson
    Another Howell
    Charlie McCue
    John McCue

The picture is larger than my scanner so I've scanned in two parts.  If 
anyone is interested I'd be happy to provide the picture off list.

Sue Steward


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:43 PM
Subject: [or-roots] mach women and mill camps


> Dale;
>
> Do you know what company she would have been working for? Or any
> identification. Unfortunately a lot of mill /  logging camps had really
> original identifying name like "Camp Four" or "Mile Thirteen" and are 
> really
> hard to trace. I have a listing for one of my relatives, I forget exactly
> what or when, but all I know is "Camp Three" I don't know for sure what
> county even, but am pretty sure it is in Oregon, I believe Coos County, 
> but
> could be wrong.
>
> As to your gram being "macho", perhaps not, but she had to be a pretty
> strong woman to even survive as a cook in a logging camp in those days. I 
> am
> thinking more in terms of personality here than physical strength. Loggars
> are definitely a rowdy bunch. It was interesting to me to discover that my
> Forestry Host Country co-workers in Peace Corps were just as raunchy as 
> any
> American logger.
>
> Les C
>