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SHIPS AND TIMBERS

OF GRAYS HARBOR, WASHINGTON


FACTUAL REPRESENTATION

OF OUR WESTERN TREASURES

Folks, author Robert A. Weinstein chronicles the Pioneer Days in the Logging Camps and Mill Towns of Grays Harbor, Washington as photographed by Charles R. Pratsch. Pratsch was a part-time photographer and son of a pioneer Aberdeen hotel owner who photographed Grays Harbor people, places, and events over a period of thirty years. His eloquent images, apparently made more for is own enjoyment than for profit, provided a magnificent window into the life in the harbor’s infant communities. They present, however a story that is

A ONE OF A KIND REMEMBERANCE OF GRAYS HARBOR

Please read this. There were many a western story published – the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on Ebay every day but the rarer ones about the pioneers of the old west like this one are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest.

Here’s one of ‘em.

FOLLOWING PURCHASE AND PAYMENT, IF YOU WILL WRITE ME OF YOUR SPECIAL NAME OR INTEREST, I WILL DO A FREE SEARCH OF MY WEBSITE AND UNINDEXED STORIES AND NAMES.

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IF I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK MERITS YOUR INTEREST, I WILL WRITE A REVIEW AND PLACE IT ON EBAY AND GIVE YOU NOTICE AND A HEAD START TO

BUYITNOW!

Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western pioneers. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell.

This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost.

Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive

I hope you appreciate the effort.


Folks, sooner or later - Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are laying on some dealer's dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, it’s worth all the time I spend.

SHIPS AND TIMBER

By Robert A. Weinstein

Photographed by Charles R. Pratsch

ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1880’s – 1900’s

ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: WASHINGTON

GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE:

DOLAN, Ed

GOHL, Billy *

HEWITT, Fred *

McCOOK, Johnny *

McKENZIE, Colin S., Photographer *

PEASLEY, Matt *

PERKINS, Harry *

PHELPS, Ernie *

PRATSCH, Charles R., Photographer

WEATHERWAX, J. J., Captain

WEINSTEIN, Robert A., Author

PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE:

Picture 1: Loading lumber on the steam schooner “Santa Barbara” and “Santa Monica” in Aberdeen, Washington, circa 1910. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 2: Charles R. Pratsch. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 3: Teams of timber fallers interrupt their work for the photographer. With the undercut cleanly chopped out and sawing nearly completed, only a few inches of heartwood await the bite of the “misery whip” before this centuries-old Douglas fir topples to earth. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 4: The Clark and Mills crew pose for photographer Colin McKenzie. Bark has been stripped from the log to ease its ox-drawn journey along the crude skid road. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 5: With introduction of the steam donkey, logging technology – and production – took a great leap forward. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 6: Aberdeen grew without much planning from river’s edge up and over the low hills. Piled on docks for shipment, sawn lumber symbolizes town’s prosperity. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 7: Aground on mudflats at low tide, logs wait to be dragged up the ramps of a Grays Harbor sawmill. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 8: On Aberdeen’s Barbary Coast, this grubby street was a sailors’ and loggers’ paradise. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 9: Their tinsel somewhat tarnished in glare of day, bartenders, bouncers, and “ladies” of Ed Dolan’s Eagle Dance Hall and Casino line up for posterity. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 10: Two noted Aberdeenians at Fourth of July log-bucking contest. The winners: shipmaster Matt Peasley and notorious Billy Gohl. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 11: Members of Aberdeen’s 1890 Square Deal Baseball Team. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 12: A stellar attraction on the Grays Harbor beaches in 1892 was Harry Perkins on his high-wheeled bicycle. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 13: Aberdeenians Fred Hewitt, Ernie Phelps, Johnny McCook, and Colin S. McKenzie display the results of a day’s fishing. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 14: Old-soldier members of the Grand Army of the Republic celebrate at their picnic grounds near Westport, aided by the City Band of Aberdeen. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 15: Captain J. J. Weatherwax, an early sawmill owner, built this 384-ton schooner, named for himself, in Aberdeen in 1890. The launching was attended by almost everyone in Aberdeen. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 16: Schooner “Melrose,” built by Hitchings and Joyce in 1902 at their Hoquiam yard, is towed downriver on her maiden voyage. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

Picture 17: At the Slade mill dock the schooner “Newburg” tops off a staggering deckload and fills her fresh water tanks. Off her bow the schooner “F.M. Slade,” built in Aberdeen in 1900, towers over the scene. *

(Courtesy of the Charles R. Pratsch Collecion of the Washington State University Library. Pullman)

PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURE:

Aberdeen, Washington *

Aberdeen’s 1890 Square Deal Baseball Team *

Aberdeen’s Barbary Coast *

Chehalis River

City Band of Aberdeen *

Clark and Mills Crew

Columbia River

Cosmopolis, Washington

Douglas Fir

Ed Dolan’s Eagle Dance Hall and Casino *

“F. M. Slade,” four-mast schooner *

Grand Army of the Republic Picnic *

Grays Harbor, Washingon

Hitchings and Joyce’s Hoquiam shipyard

Hoquiam, Washington

“J. J. Weatherwax,” three-mast schooner *

“Melrose,” four-mast schooner *

“Newburg,” steam schooner *

Pacific Northwest

Pope and Talbot Company

Sailors Union of the Pacific

San Diego

San Francisco

San Pedro

“Santa Barbara,” steam schooner *

“Santa Monica,” steam schooner *

Slade Mill Dock *

Strait of Juan de Fuca

Washington State University Library

Westport, Washington

Wishkah River

SHIPS AND TIMBER

By Robert A. Weinstein

Photographed by Charles R. Pratsch

GRAYS HARBOR MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING

While others clip ads from magazines, I save history. It’s a shame that our past is being lost. It’s as simple as that.

My wife kids me that after I find a piece I like, buy it, read it, research it, take a picture, scan it, write the blurb, pay the Ebay entry fee and commission, that I end up making about 50 cents an hour. But, OH HOW I LOVE THIS OLD WESTERN HISTORY. What a story, Rare Story!!! Great Pictures. You will love it as it was published in this old complete western magazine printed on heavy slick paper many years ago. The issue is in good condition, the cover is in vibrant color.

As clearly stated in my description, this is featured story in a rarely found and seldom read unusual and complete western magazine. I don't give out name of publication or date because I have caught competitors copying my index and work and trying to sell it as theirs. I hope you understand.

Buyer pays postage of $3.50 Media Mail to U. S.; $5.00 Priority; $4.50 to Canada; $13.25 via USPS Priority Mail International Mail. Texans must pay 8-¼ % sales tax. Thanks,

Tom

THIS INDEX IS A GENEALOGY IMAGESOFHISTORY COPYRIGHTED PRESENTATION


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