Early logging

Ted describes how the men cut down the trees using a steel platform high up on the tree to stand on and make the cut. Also how the logs were moved down from the mountain by oxen teams dragging them over greased “skids” or logs placed on the ground.
Creator: Faye Ellis
Source: Ted Toft
Date: 1977-04-12
Type: Oral History
Coverage:
  • San Lorenzo Valley
  • 1960s
Identifier: FE-SLV-logging-06

Collection

Faye Ellis Collection

Citation

Ellis, Faye. “Early logging.” Ted Toft. 1977-04-12. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/143987. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.