| Area | Basinwide/Regional |
| Topic | Tour: Mendocino/Big River Historical Photos Lifestyle & Work Scene |
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Napoleon Bever with his three-horse team pulling lumber cars from the Big River Mill to the incline. Probably prior to 1900. In the earlier days a team of bulls or oxen were used. L-#02804 McCloud. Photo provided courtesy of the Mendocino Historical Society and the Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library (from the Collection of Robert Lee). Wetland area at left was likely a former slough arm of the Big River estuary.
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Water wheel at an unknown location in Big River. Photo provided courtesy of the Mendocino Historical Society and the Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library (from the Collection of Robert Lee). L-06289. John C. Vaughn collection.
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John Patterson and Louis Larson with a red automobile in front of the carpenter shop-Mendocino Mill. 02809 Escola. Photo provided courtesy of the Mendocino Historical Society and the Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library (from the Collection of Robert Lee).
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Photo provided courtesy of the Mendocino Historical Society and the Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library (from the Collection of Robert Lee).
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Photo provided courtesy of the Mendocino Historical Society and the Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library (from the Collection of Robert Lee).
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Photo provided courtesy of the Mendocino Historical Society and the Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library (from the Collection of Robert Lee).
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1870's Joshua Grindle at camp. CE Watkins. Photo provided courtesy of the Mendocino Historical Society and the Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library (from the Collection of Robert Lee).
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This post card view from the Held Poage Research Library shows a lumber camp. Permission to use the photo was provided by the Mendocino Historical Society.
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