. English: Loggers with assortment of saws standing on stump which reads LLLL (for Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen) and below sign reading Simmond saws are the best, camp 1F, 57th Spruce Squadron, Palix River, ca. 1918 . English: Caption on image: Camp 1F, Palix River, 57th Spruce Sqdn. C. Kinsey Photo, Seattle. No. 67x PH Coll The Palix River rises in the high country south of South Bend in west central Pacific County and flows west to Willapa Harbor at Bay Center. Three forks of the river join in a wide tidal estuary. The name is Chinook Indian, meaning 'slough covered with tr
. English: Loggers with assortment of saws standing on stump which reads LLLL (for Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen) and below sign reading Simmond saws are the best, camp 1F, 57th Spruce Squadron, Palix River, ca. 1918 . English: Caption on image: Camp 1F, Palix River, 57th Spruce Sqdn. C. Kinsey Photo, Seattle. No. 67x PH Coll The Palix River rises in the high country south of South Bend in west central Pacific County and flows west to Willapa Harbor at Bay Center. Three forks of the river join in a wide tidal estuary. The name is Chinook Indian, meaning 'slough covered with trees.' The middle fork is known as Tomhays River, for an Indian who lived at the river forks in the 1850s. The middle fork appears on some old maps as Canyon River. In 1857, James G. Swan called the stream Palux River in his journals. Another early version of the name is Copalux River. Subjects (LCTGM): Loggers; Crosscut saws; Lumber camps--Washington (State); United States. Army. Spruce Squadron, 57th--People--Washington (State); United States. Army. Spruce Squadron, 57th--Facilities--Washington (State); Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen; Pacific County (Wash.) . circa 1918 8 Loggers with assortment of saws standing on stump which reads LLLL (for Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen) and below sign (KINSEY 762)
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