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Historical Photo Gallery
Soper-Wheeler’s collection of historical photos. Click on the images to enlarge.
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The Soper brothers: James, Alexander, and Arthur
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James Soper Merril, president of Soper-Wheeler in the 1930’s
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The Wheeler & Dusenbury mill and crew at Newtown, PA ca. 1890
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Early logging camp ca. 1900
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Hand falling using springboards and a two-man crosscut saw, often referred to as a “misery whip”.
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Stump puller, ealy 1900’s. Many ranchers removed redwood stumps to clear the land for grazing.
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Gibsonville in the 1890’s, note the cut-over forest
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LaPorte, California, looking south from Bald Mtn, 1886
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Butte County Timber Cruisers, Aug. 8, 1911: left to right: Tom Hedge, son Melbourne Hedge, and William Hedge.
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C.F. Huntington and C.G. Leeson putting up signs for the new Feather River Auto Route, 1914
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Strawberry Valley School ca. 1927 Front: Jimmy Williams, Bernice Gee, Lloyd Silva Middle: Loretta Gee, Nelle Bean, Stanley Travis Back: Bennie Gee
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Soper Wheeler portable salvage mill in operation on Mooreville Ridge in 1953
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Soper-Wheeler portable salvage mill on the move, 1953
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Loading logs on one of the company’s new diesels in the 1960’s
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Train trestle, DeVilbiss Ranch, Mendocino County. Steam-powered trains hauled logs to the mill over this structure in the early 1900’s
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Nancy Reagan commemorates the company’s planting of its one-millionth tree, May 1973
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Assemblyman Rick Keene and Congressman Wally Herger plant a ponderosa pine dedicating Soper-Wheeler’s 100th year on Arbor Day, 2004
