Bridal Veil Lumbering Company: A Glimpse into an Intact Early Logging System in the Columbia River Gorge

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Logging was an economic and cultural pillar of the Pacific Northwest. The Bridal Veil Lumbering Company, a logging company operating in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon State, was the longest continuously operating early lumber mill west of the Mississippi. The company spanned a timeframe that encompassed a wide range of technologies, immigration trends, and safety regulations. Until recently it was thought that the Bridal veil system was not intact--broken up by roads, previous development, and looting. USFS Archaeologists working in the vicinity during the Eagle Creek Fire in 2017 documented previously unknown portions of the system. Later research revealed that LiDAR technology could be used in targeting further documentation. In 2018 a Passport in Time project was coordinated to identify and document more of the system and assess it for integrity. The project is expected to continue for several more field seasons. This poster documents the preliminary results of the project.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23576