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 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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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