https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalHistory/permalink/2827966660747433/

Up till about 1951………Great historic color movie

 

 

Pino Grande-Michigan California Lumber Company, Saw Mill , Logging Railroad & Mill Town-1892-1951

Pino Grande Mill Town-About 1902

There has been considerable material written about the lumber mill at Pino Grande which was the hub of the logging, narrow gauge railroad of the Michigan California Lumber Company. For starters  read R.S. Polkinghorn’s “PINO GRANDE, Logging Railroads of the Michigan-California Lumber Company”, Howell-North Books, Berkeley, California, 1966/Revised/Enlarged Edition Trans -Anglo Books, Glendale, California 1984.Professor Polkinghorn’s books are the authoritative documents for lumbering on the central Georgetown Divide-Eldorado National Forest areas during the late 19th Century through the middle of the 20th Century.

Pino Grande Michigan California Lumber Railroad Video 1939-1941…Thanks to George Mihal

For a quick read on Pino Grande try the El Dorado County Historical listing

or try this slide show on early photos of the Pino Grande Mill and Michigan California Lumber Railroad

Pino Grande 1916

                                         Pino Grande Site-El Dorado County, Eldorado National Forest

 

 

 

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