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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: May 4, 2018
Caption: Area Industries Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (center left) Early Salmon River mining operation. The mule carried an ore care over 60 miles from McCall to the Good Enough Mine.l (bottom left) River dredge from the 1930s. Signs of river dredging and the adits and shafts of hardrock mining are still visible today.; (upper center) By 1916, Herschel Clay's freighting company hauled Salmon River produce to Meadows on a regular basis. Here, Herschel and his team are posing in front of the Meadows School.; (center) Load of lumber from Race Creek sawmill en route to Riggins.; (bottom center) Beginning in the 1920s, cattle and sheep drives were a unique part of Riggins life. Some 25,000 sheep and 7,000 head of cattle were driven through town on their way to and from the summer range. The Circle C Ranch was the largest cattle ranch in the area from 1925 through the 1970s. The livestock industry has since dwindled and only a few ranches remain today.; (top right) The Pipes and Clay sawmill was located up the west fork of Race Creek.; (lower right) The Salmon River Lumber Company. Additional historical information and photos are available for public viewing in the lobby of the Salmon Rapids Lodge overlooking the original mill site.
Submitted: June 27, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p432657
File Size: 3.696 Megabytes

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