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Railroad Service From Bordeaux To Seattle Connected With Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Line

December 28, 2011 By Carol Wilkerson 3 Comments

Washington State Railroads and Lumber Mills Today, I received an interesting vintage postcard from a new friend who had found it on Ebay. Postmarked 10 May 1915, it was a confirmation from the Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company of Bordeaux, Washington sent to George F. Nilder (or Hilder), a representative of the Chicago, Milwaukee and [...]

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1938 Bordeaux Washington Old Growth Logs

October 29, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

I found a couple additional Bordeaux – Mason County Logging Photos this week and want to share them with those of you following the history of Bordeaux, Washington on this blog. My dad (William Gale Yates) would probably be able to tell you who the man is in this photo, but I’m sorry to say, [...]

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2010 Census: Keep A Copy For Your Descendants

June 13, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

1930 Yates family, Bordeaux, WA Have you filled out your 2010 census and sent it back yet? If not, make sure you do, and be sure to make a copy for your records so your descendants can find it 72 years from now! Granted, there’s not a lot of information they ask for in this [...]

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This was Logging in Washington State

June 7, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

Chuck Brodish recently contacted me about a 480 foot Douglas fir that was reportedly felled in the 1930′s in or near the Black Hills here in Washington. I wasn’t able to find the exact tree he was speaking of, but I do have a book I inherited from my parents entitled “This was Logging” by [...]

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MyFamily Confusion With Old And New Sites

June 3, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

Years ago, when I first subscribed to Ancestry, they had free MyFamily sites. I had two of them in those days: Yates and Allied Families, and Wilkerson and Allied Families. I happily added tons of census records, photos, and any other sundry that pertained to our history. Then, MyFamily decided this was a pretty lucrative [...]