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Click on image to enlarge (64K). Click here to display a larger version (436K).This photo shows a view of Wendling (present day town of Navarro) taken in 1915. Steam in the center left of the photo shows the Navarro Lumber Mill (originally Stearns Lumber Co 1905-1914). The Ft. Bragg and Southwestern Railroad was completed from Wendling to Albion in 1905, where steam schooners were loaded with lumber. Later in 1909, the railroad was extended to Christine on Mill Creek. Photo courtesy of the Anderson Valley Historical Society.
Click on image to enlarge (81K). Click here to display a larger version (432K).The photo shows a view of Navarro Sawmill around the turn of the century with sections of large diameter coniferous trees floating in the log pond. Photo courtesy of the Anderson Valley Historical Society.
Click on image to enlarge (60K). Click here to display a larger version (192K).This photo shows Monty Bloyd and Al Brusa unloading tanoak bark near the Christine area in the Anderson Valley. A tanoak extractor was put into operation in Anderson Valley before 1900. Tannin from the bark was reduced to liquid, shipped out to Greenwood in barrels and then to San Francisco. Tan oak harvest may have helped release coniferous forests in some areas of the watershed. Photo courtesy of the Anderson Valley Historical Society.
Click on image to enlarge (117K). Click here to display a larger version (456K).This photo shows mule teams clearing a route for the Floodgate railroad extension just north of the Floodgate Store. The railroad was extended from Navarro (Wendling) to Christine on Mill Creek in 1909. Photo courtesy of the Anderson Valley Historical Society.
Click on image to enlarge (117K). Click here to display a larger version (289K).This photo shows Charlie and Alvie Price falling a 10-foot diameter redwood tree in the Navarro watershed, likely prior to 1900. Photo courtesy of the Anderson Valley Historical Society.
Click on image to enlarge (98K). Click here to display a larger version (593K).This photo shows a view of Max Rawles at his ranch in Anderson Valley looking northwest. The photo is undated, but most likely taken at around 1900. Sheep first arrived in Anderson Valley around 1852 when the California Census shows 28 sheep countywide. Sheep populations in Mendocino County peaked at approximately 250,000 in 1880 (Karenin, 1948). Photo courtesy of the Anderson Valley Historical Society.
Click on image to enlarge (71K). Click here to display a larger version (184K).This photo shows the Albion logging train in the Navarro Basin. The exact location is unknown but it is likely in the lower Navarro or North Fork around 1900 when the railroad was extended over to Flynn Creek. Photo courtesy Anderson Valley Historical Society.
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