Pocket Map of Mendocino County and Part of Lake County. - Rare Book Insider
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(CALIFORNIA; MENDOCINO COUNTY). LENTELL, J. N. [cartographer]

Pocket Map of Mendocino County and Part of Lake County.

Edward Denny & Co. 1902 [but 1905], San Francisco: 1902
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Folding pocket map printed mainly in blue but with some colors. It measures 23 x 19 inches, When folded into the publisher's stiff card folder it measures 3 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches. Some discoloration to front but the map is in wonderful condition. OCLC only locates the copy at Sonoma State but Rumsey/Stanford has a copy as well.Logging was the primary industry of Mendocino County since the days of the Gold Rush. The biggest operation was the Mendocino Lumber Company which officially commenced operations in 1853 with a lumber mill built by Henry Meiggs. By 1873, the name of the operation had changed to the Mendocino Lumber Company and the mill was the most important in Mendocino County. But it was wild and difficult country and transporting the logs, especially Big Trees, was often filled with obstacles and injuries. "By 1883 the difficulties of using horses and oxen for moving logs to the river pool encouraged building railroads to reduce the friction of skidding logs. Railway branches were built to reach trees and then dismantled after those logs had been moved to Big River. Total length of track was never more than 25 miles (40 km). Teams of working animals pulled the logs on flatcars until 1901. In July of that year the first locomotive was put in place ensuring much quicker and more reliable transportation. The railroad was rebuilt after extensive flood damage in 1904. Union Lumber Company purchased the Mendocino Lumber Company sawmill, railroad, and timberlands in 1906; and again rebuilt the railroad after flood damage in 1907. This map shows the county when the Mendocino Lumber Company was still, largely, the only game in town.
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