So Here's the Scoop
We live in an area that was highly productive in logging and timber. There is still production in some cities such as Riddle, but I don't think there are as many employed in the entire logging/timber industry as there had been 45 years ago. That is when Myrtle Creek Saw Mill closed from what I understand. I did not understand why it had closed down, or why the entire operation seems to have dwindled and why the railroads have almost a deserted feel. As we were visiting with a native Oregonian who had remembered generations of her family living in Myrtle Creek though she now lives in Winston. She had remembered a time when the community thrived and when there had been more logging and timber related jobs. I've actually met others who ...