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Bill Abbott's sawmill on Wagner Creek. Covered sawmill structure; men, oxen and cut timber in foreground, lumber piles in background. Two unidentified, Allen Abbott, 2 unidentified, Reno Goddard, Bill Abbott, unidentified on lumber pile; on back of photo:

'Sawmill owned by Bill Abbott. On Wagner Creek, about five miles from Talent. Cut pine lumber only.' 'Oxen have white line down their back was very common in early days in the valley. Short-horn Durham stock and crosses. Also the yokes were

Year or Date Range
ca. 1890
Location
G38 F 5
Accession Number
1969.65.441