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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: May 30, 2016
Caption: Tie Hack Memorial Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (left side, top to bottom) Tie jams were risky and dangerous situations.; Polers managed and monitored the logs riding them on the river walk.; Wooden water channels called flumes were built to carry logs down steep canyons sides to await down river transport.; Tie hacks were paid 12 cents per tie in 1913, which grew to 30 cents in the 1930s. By World War II tie hacks earned almost 50 cents per tie. An efficient tie hack cutting 50 ties could earn $25.00 a day!; (right side, top to bottom) Floating ties down the Wind River.; Splash dams held back water and ties until conditions were right for a river drive.
Submitted: July 30, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p357912
File Size: 3.350 Megabytes

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