In the Cottage Grove 1909 book there are reports of local loggers cutting old growth timber up to 13’ in diameter. One account reported a big fir 13’ in diameter 250 feet in height containing 75,000 feet of lumber. The other stat for this tree is that it would supply enough wood for an ordinary family for 15 years.

Timber fallers used two-man crosscut saws to cut through these old growth trees. Do you know what the most sawyers called them?