Shasta Memory Bank 4.5.09

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 Photo courtesy of the Shasta Historical Society

N. W. Elmore and family take a break in front of their cabin at Flatwoods, Big Bend Cattle Camp, circa 1890. Flatwoods became the major logging area of Big Bend Wood & Lumber Co. starting in 1896.

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