Working and Living - Crocker Ridge Area and Camp 17
( All of the photographs on this page were contributed by Mr. Loren Lacy,
a grandson of an employee of the Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company. )
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| Steam Powered Engine. |
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Employees taking a restbit near railroad.
Note the "Spar Tree" behind the Shay locomotive. |
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| Train of YVRR cars loaded with huge logs ready to head for Incline |
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Hoisting Logs on to YVRR cars.
Note: By this time trucks were part of logging - the log bunks of a truck at left. |
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Mr. Emmit Lacy standing on the stump of the tree he has just fallen. Note the tools of a faller also on the stump. |
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| Living quarters for the employees at Camp 17 |
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Mr. Emmit Lacy, grandfather of contributor, standing on the stemps of his residence at Camp 17. |
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Appears to be a day of leisure at Camp 17, quit an assortment of 1930 automobiles |
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Note: Crocker Ridge is one of the main ridges that run north to south towards the Merced river Canyon and Camp 17 was located at a place now called "Five Corners" today on Crocker Ridge. |