Northwest Timber Heritage Society

06/05/2015

With the recent sale of the mill assets in Mason County of Simpson Lumber Company to Sierra Pacific Industries, we are more determined than ever to accomplish our vision to preserve the old and new history of the Northwest Timber Industry. Thanks to an anonymous donor, we were able to purchase insurance for another year so that we may participate in upcoming events throughout the region. One event we have been invited back to this year is Hudson Bay Heritage Day, Sunday, August 16th, in Dupont, WA. See you there!

05/17/2015

Today we were celebrating historic preservation month at the Shelton Civic Center. We would like to thank the Mason County Historic Preservation Commission for hosting the event and special guest speaker Stan Graham.

03/03/2015

We have also received two Griffin railroad wheels that were made in Tacoma in 1907.
A special thanks to Grant Hughes from Hughes Excavation for hauling and offloading the items.

03/03/2015

This morning we are in the process of moving two bandsaw wheels that have been given to us by Tacoma Power. These 9 foot wheels are from the Pearson Mill that used to operate on Hood Canal.

12/19/2014

From our Simpson archives comes a picture from Grisdale Logging Camp in 1950. A crew is putting the track back on a Caterpillar.

08/09/2014

Tomorrow at the Grays Harbor County Fair there is free admission from 10-11 am. If you make it out here make sure to find our booth and say, 'hello'.

08/08/2014

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? The Grays Harbor County Fair runs through Sunday. We have a booth there showing off some of our collection so make sure to come see what we have.

08/06/2014

We are so happy to announce that we are going to build a traveling museum that we can take to events, schools, demonstrations....etc. To help with the cost of this we have received a grant from the Mason County Historic Preservation Commission! We want to thank the County Commission and the Preservation Commission for their help and sharing our vision! If anyone wants to help us out or donate to the project please give us a call at 360-490-9276.

07/25/2014

This year we will be attending this festival and will have a booth there. This is a wonderful event that the Dupont Historical Museum puts on so if you are wondering what to do August 17th keep this in mind.

We hope to see you all at Hudson Bay Heritage Days, the third weekend in August. There are all kinds of awesome heritage themed events spread over the weekend, many of which benefit the museum. Check back for more information and flyers as they come about!

07/16/2014

This is a wonderful photo from the MCHS archive.

This is a picture from our Simpson collection. We don't know who these men are or where this picture was taken so if anybody recognizes them please let us know. One thing we do know, this is a great picture of tree fallers in the Olympic Peninsula.

06/07/2014

Today and tomorrow we are manning our booth at the Antique Tractor and Engine show, tractor pull and swap meet. This event is at the Port Orchard and put on by the Olympic Peninsula Antique Tractor and Engine Association. They were very kind to us and let us set up our booth for free! Here are just a couple pictures from today including a drag saw and a hit and miss engine that is powering a portable saw mill. There are probably close to 100 tractors and just as many hit and miss engines!

05/30/2014

For Forest Festival the Angle Agency let us have a window display. We can't thank them enough for their support.
We will have a booth at Loop Field for Forest Festival on Saturday.