Roots Newsletter Archive
Below are links to PDF versions of articles from Roots of Motive Power newsletter Highline. At this time, issues older than 1998 are not available to us. The process of conversion is a slow one even for issues later than 1998, and these will be added a few at a time until we are one year behind the current issue of Highline.
Some of the Issues between 1998 and 2011 are partial, being taken from the compilation Men to Match the Redwoods. The list is sorted with the most recent available issue on top.
Highline, Vol 32, No. 3, Dec 2014 (contents and cover only)
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Highline, Vol 32, No. 2, Aug 2014 (contents and cover only)
Members Only: A PDF of the complete August 2014 issue is available to members who register and log in to this website. Click here to see how
Highline, Vol 32, No. 1, Apr 2014 (contents and cover only)
Preview of Volume 32, No. 1, April 2014: Contents and Cover. Contents Cover: Walker Tilley: Growing the Next Redwood Forest Cover photo: Walker Tilley, Masonite’s Chief
Highline, Vol 31, No. 3, Dec 2013 (contents and cover only)
Preview of Volume 31, No. 3, December 2013: Contents and Cover. Contents Cover: Irvine and Muir Lumber Company Revisited Cover photo (wrap around to back cover):A
Highline, Vol 31, No. 2, Aug 2013 (contents and cover only)
Preview of Volume 31, No. 1, April 2013: Contents and Cover. Contents Cover: The Little Engine That Could: The Skookum, Part I Cover photo: Deep River Logging
Highline, Vol 31, No. 1, Apr 2013 (contents and cover only)
Preview of Volume 31, No. 1, April 2013: Contents and Cover. Contents Cover: Long Spans And Fast Cars: The Story of Cecil Matthews Cover photo: Compare
Highline, Vol 30, No. 3, Dec 2012
Volume 30, No. 3, December 2012 Contents Cover: Moving a Lidgerwood Tower Skidder: Challenging the Impossible Cover photo: Compare this photo of Chris Baldo standing on
Highline, Vol 30, No. 2, Aug 2012
Volume 30, No. 2, August 2012 Contents Cover: Frank Tunzi: The First of the Ecologgers Cover photo: Over fifty years ago, Comptche’s Frank Tunzi was a
Highline, Vol 30, No. 1, Apr 2012
Contents Cover: The “Paul Bunyon” Boaks: Five Generations in the Logging Woods Cover photo: Ted “Paul Bunyan” Boak (at left on log) working as Side Rod
Highline, Vol 29, No. 3, Dec 2011
Contents Cover: The Closure of Camp 6: The Mecca of Pacific Northwest Logging History Cover photo: The Western Forest Industries Museum’s Camp 6 logging museum in
Highline, Vol 29, No. 2, Aug 2011
Contents Cover: California Western Railroad and Navigation Company [The Skunk Train]: A Centennial Tribute to the 40-mile Railroad that Linked Willits and Ft. Bragg with
Highline, Vol 29, No. 1, Apr 2011
Contents Cover: Lumber, Family, and Faith: The Story of the Southwick Family Sawmills Cover photo: A view of the William I. Southwick & Sons sawmill on
Highline, Vol 28, No. 3, Dec 2010
Contents Cover: The Roots of Roots: When We Were Young Cover photo: Roots of Motive Power’s first project, a Murray Brothers vertical spool donkey sits alone in
Highline, Vol 28, No. 2, Aug 2010
Contents Cover: Ernest “Max” McKee, Jr., A Rebel in the Redwoods Cover photo: Ernest Maxwell McKee Jr. changed the landscape and demography of Mendocino County forever. Article: From
Highline, Vol 28, No. 1, Apr 2010
Contents Cover: Special Issue: Mason County Logging No. 7 Centennial Cover photo: Little Lake Lumber Company, Willits, California, as it appeared in June, 1952. SW 1/4 Sec
Highline, Vol 27, No. 3, Dec 2009 (partial)
Contents Cover: Necessity and Technology in the Mendocino Woods: The Essence of the Roots Collection Cover photo: The Washington Iron Works Trakloader and the International TD-24
Highline, Vol 27, No. 2, Aug 2009
Contents Cover: Crofoot Lumber Company Cover photo: Crowfoot Lumber Company Article: From the President’s Desk by Chris Baldo Feature Article: Crofoot Lumber Company by Chris Baldo
Highline, Vol 27, No. 1, Apr 2009
Contents Cover: Sawmills of Mendocino County, 1946 – 1960 Cover photo: Little Lake Lumber Company, Willits, California, as it appeared in June, 1952. SW 1/4 Sec 18, T18N,
Highline, Vol 26, No. 3, Dec 2008
Contents Cover: Harwood Products: Family, Lumber and Community in the Mendocino Woods Cover photo: Logo for Branscomb Enterprises, the name of the Harwood sawmill business at Branscomb
Highline, Vol 26, No. 2, Aug 2008
Contents Cover: Logging on the East Branch: The Story of Coombs Lumber Company Cover photo: Rogan Coombs: December 27, 1935 – May 4, 2008 Article: From
Highline, Vol 26, No. 1, Apr 2008
Contents Cover: Joe Brundage, Only in America Cover photo: Joe Brundage poses with his International “Old Hulda” as she gets loaded under the Skagit jammer on
Highline, Vol 25, No. 3, Dec 2007
Contents Cover: Don Philbrick: The Spirit of the Three Rivers Cover photo: Don Philbrick and his trademark Studebaker pickup at MP 10 on the Masonite Road in
Highline, Vol 25, No. 2, Aug 2007
Contents Cover: Bud Eastman: The Legend Behind the Yellow and Red Peterbilts Cover photo: The Eastman shop on Franklin Street in Fort Bragg in 1954 with
Highline, Vol 25, No. 1, Apr 2007
Contents Cover: Washington “Oakies” Transform An Industry: The Story of the Aborigine Lumber Company Cover photo: The Aborigine fleet of LJ Mack trucks is loaded with
Highline, Vol 24, No. 3, Dec 2006
Contents Cover: The Masonite Road: The Creation of a Resource Cover photo: At Miller Ridge at the 12 Mile on the Masonite Road, one looks southwest
Highline, Vol 24, No. 2, Aug 2006 (partial)
Contents Cover: Divine Lumber: The Sawill Operations of Christ’s Church of the Golden Rule Cover photo: Summer, 1946. Christ’s Church of the Golden Rule’s Mill3 was
Highline, Vol 24, No. 1, Apr 2006
Contents Cover: Greek Blue and White: The Story of Chris Nicolos, The Greatest Trucker of them All Cover photo: Redwood Construction Truck #226 rolls to the
Highline, Vol 23, No. 3, Dec 2005 (Partial)
Contents Note: Only the feature article from this issue is currently available. Cover: Fred C. Holmes: Redwood in His Blood Picture: Fred C. Holmes Feature Story: Fred
Highline, Vol 23, No. 2, Aug 2005
Contents Cover: The Post-War Lumber Boom in Mendocino County’s Dairy Land Picture: Raymond “Chub” Ohleyer and Ray Ellis, BOJOCK Lumber Company Article: From the President’s Desk by Chris
Highline, Vol 23, No. 1, Apr 2005 (partial)
Contents Feature Story: Robert B. Jensen: Mendocino County Timberman By Chris Baldo and Theron Brown Article: New Acquisitions: Heisler Locomotive Click Here to Download PDF
Highline, Vol 22, No. 3, Dec 2004
Contents Cover: Hulbert and Muffly Lumber Company Picture: Jerry Muffly and Wayne Hulbert Article: From the President’s Desk by Chris Baldo Feature Story: Hulbert and Muffly Lumber
Highline, Vol 22, No. 2, Aug 2004
Contents Cover: Joe J. Rossi & Co. Picture: Rossi off-highway truck #19 Article: President’s Message by Chris Baldo Wasington Iron Works Estep Diesel Yarder, donated by
Highline, Vol 22, No. 1, Apr 2004
Contents Article: From the President’s Desk by Chris Baldo Feature Story: Irvine and Muir Lumber Company, Two Rock Operation-Logging in Willits’ Backyard By Chris Baldo
Highline, Vol 21, No. 3, Dec 2003 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: The Saga of Roy Stoddard Cover photo: Driver’s side photo of Stoddard Truck #24with the “Biggest Load” in September,
Highline, Vol 21, No. 2, Aug 2003 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Ruelle Inc.: The Story of C.V. “Vic” Ruelle Cover photo:Vic Ruelle’s new 1947 Kenworth delivers Santa Claus
Highline, Vol 21, No. 1, Apr 2003 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: The Story of the F.M. Crawford Company Cover photo: Frank and Vivian Crawford. Feature Article: F.M. Crawford Lumber
Highline, Vol 20, No. 3, Dec 2002 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Albert Elmer Logging Company Cover photo: Albert A. Elmer, who was a major force in logging in
Highline, Vol 20, No. 2, Aug 2002 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: The Pacific Coast Company Cover photo:The demand for building materials to feed the West Coast’s post-WWII building
Highline, Vol 20, No. 1, Apt 2002 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Wolf Creek Timber Company Cover photo: Wolf Creek Timber Company’s sawmill at Wheeler in the far northwest corner
Highline, Vol 19, No. 3, Dec 2001 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Hollow Tree Lumber Company Mill “D” Cover photo: Hollow Tree Lumber Company Mill “D” Under Construction, Spring
Highline, Vol 19, No. 2, Aug 2001 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Roots of Motive Power Priority – Laying Track to the Maintainence Facility Cover photo: (Circa 1989?) Engineer John Bradley
Highline, Vol 19, No. 1, Apr 2001 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Hollow Tree Lumber Company Cover photo: Hollow Tree Lumber Company, Hales Grove, California, Circa 1948. Feature Article: Hollow
Highline, Vol 18, No. 3, Dec 2000 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Masonite: A Celebration of Fifty Years in the Redwoods Cover photo:Masonite’s Tree Farm sign at Mile Post
Highline, Vol 18, No. 2, Aug 2000 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Camp: The Story of M. T. Luebberke & Company Branscomb, California Cover photo:Winter of 1949 brought a heavy
Highline, Vol 18, No. 1, March 2000 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: The Evolution of the Log Loading Machine at Union Lumber Company, 1946‑2000 Cover photo:P & H Model
Highline, Vol 17, No. 3, Dec 1999 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Big Red in the Redwoods: The Saga of International Harvester at Union Lumber Company Cover photo: International TD-24
Highline, Vol 17, No. 2, Aug 1999 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: Congratulations to all twenty-eight students who attended the Steam Engineer’s Class of ’99. Cover photo: Congratulations to
Highline, Vol 17, No. 1, Apr 1999 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Cover: The Washington Trakloader At Union Lumber Company Cover photo: Washington Iron works TL-15, ULCO #430, now in the
Highline, Vol 16, No. 3, Dec 1998 (partial)
Contents (Portion from Men to Match the Redwoods) Article: Roots of Motive Power Receives Governor’s Historic Preservation Award for 1997 Feature Article: Off-Highway Log Trucking on