I went looking for a video of this on line. Glad I found it. Visited the PLC with my parents in summer of 84. Both my parents have passed. This was a fond memory I had going on the tour with them. I can still remember being in the room with the hydro washer when the log was rolling around the room would shake. That equipment would move the log like toothpicks. Thanks for the memories. Great job.
spnativ lol i ran a debarker for several years theyre terrifying. my grandfather owns a smaller local logging company and i worked with them for a while. he did actually own Palco and his Father built the entire town sadly it isnt under the Murphy name any longer
some good memories here together with lost times. I recall working in my Dad's printing plant pouring lead ingots for a Linotype and learning to hold my breath for 3 min so I didn't inhale lead fumes from the melting pot. today it's copy shops and letter press is history. thanks for the memories.
Thanks Ken a great video, I visited the mill back in 1991 when on trip to US, took stills but no video. If I remember right main bandsaw was 16" wide x 90', hell of an operation but shame it was processing old growth. It amused me you had this massive operation yet across the road from the enterance a one man woodmizer working. 20 years on I've a mill processing sticks by comparison in Lithuania. One of these days I'll be back to California/ Oregon are there any good mills still to visit?
David Iredale that was just after the hostile takeover in which my grandfather was bought out of his own family herritage so its probably the same aside from the logging tactics back then they clear cut because they arent local theyre only here for the money
my great grandfather (not by blood) built palco and scotia and his son my grandfather who my grandmother married before i was born owned and operated it until 1985 when an asshole "partner" affiliated with a corporate lumber industry out of atl executed a "hostile takeover" by buying the majority 51 percent of the company. i usually dont even brimg it up cuz no one believes me. the non local company has very little regard for anything but profit and began clear cuttin huge areas right away. needless to say most dont have very positive views about tue whole thing
If your family built PL then you must be in the Murphy family.. I had three generations of family get screwed by that sawed off texan Charles Horowitz....and the new company isn't community friendly I hear....I grew up running around martin and Shirley's hunting and fishing on lp...and was one of Harry's boys in the 80s...never worked for PL....I moved to ky a yr ago...not all the issues here...and don't break into a house here!! I guess the pond is gone..the big headrig as well..,.those were the days to be no more
@@daleharvey3278 Sad what happened to P. L. My Dad, and both my uncles worked for P. L. in the 50's and 60's. I was born there in 1951. My Dad drove a bulldozer in the woods for P. L.
If your Dad is still alive my Grandfather was a brush mechanic at yager ck they called him Wild Bill Elliott...Floyd Elliott my uncle worked there also. The camp gate man was called hotcakes
@@lauratran7638 I ran into a man in Montana bitterroot at the rocky knob tavern... George ..was a cat skinner at yager...talked about Harvey Holt the woods boss had got his first 4x4.. he left PL in 1960... My Dad was a filer...but had been working with the men who were hilled in the drum debarker on the madrone chipping project ..
@@daleharvey3278 My Dad, Fritz Porter, passed away over 10 years ago. The name Harvey Holt sounds familiar to me. I think my Dad mentioned him one time. My Uncles George and Bill Johnson worked in the boiler room at P.L. Nice talking to you, its fun to reminisce. Oh, and I remember the Murphy's, they had a summer home in Larabee where I lived when I was a kid. Miss that little area.
Laura did you get to go to theater at Christmas time? The Old P L took care of their own...the hyd debarker and pond are gone...in 92 the quakes caused fires in Scotia and Rio Dell...the Stafford slide did it's worst on the west side of 101 ....the logging and fishing are a thing of the past for Humboldt County.....I'm in Kentucky and hopefully things will hold for my time.
@@daleharvey3278 One of my fond memories is going to the theater and get our free gift. I was jealous of my brother though because he got $5, and us younger kids got a toy. I loved the toys, but sure would have liked that $5, lol.
That part at the {{ ua-cam.com/video/IeOCxo-fDME/v-deo.html }} was the factory I worked there for 10 years, I recognize each of them. I remember that day when the camera crew came through. I think they had me stacking that day that's why I wasn't in any shots. Kevin with the black glasses was like an extension of that rip saw. From my time there I coined the phrase: "Too many people are taking jobs away from good machines."
@@misterkeo Thanks again for sharing. It was ten years of my life. We fast forward to life today working in tech surrounded by computers, what a journey. But your video brought my back to THAT day. Then again every day was about the same LOL. Glad you were an independant and NOT part of their propaganda machine. But don't get me wrong for that time in my life it was just the right place to be. Well, better get back to my job the problems with software won't solve themselves (at least for now)
Thanks for the comments and info David. I haven't been back to Scotia in many years but I suspect there are still northern California saw mills in operation, if not that particular one. If you make it back to California and tour any saw mills, do take some video. You can drop me a line at misterkenosborn@gmail.com.
ken osborn i live like.. 15 minutes away i could possibly provide a current video of the facility. it would hurt but i cant help but still have some love for the place
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I went looking for a video of this on line. Glad I found it. Visited the PLC with my parents in summer of 84. Both my parents have passed. This was a fond memory I had going on the tour with them. I can still remember being in the room with the hydro washer when the log was rolling around the room would shake. That equipment would move the log like toothpicks. Thanks for the memories. Great job.
Glad I could help reliving those memories. The power of that hydro wash was incredible.
This is such a rich resource for what is no longer there. This is a recording of a ghost of American industry
thank you
Remember going there in grade school from Arcata. Early 70's.
Thanks Ken. History back.
i remember touring palco and the hydraulic debarker when i was little! still have the direction list printed on redwood sheets!
spnativ lol i ran a debarker for several years theyre terrifying. my grandfather owns a smaller local logging company and i worked with them for a while. he did actually own Palco and his Father built the entire town sadly it isnt under the Murphy name any longer
some good memories here together with lost times. I recall working in my Dad's printing plant pouring lead ingots for a Linotype and learning to hold my breath for 3 min so I didn't inhale lead fumes from the melting pot. today it's copy shops and letter press is history. thanks for the memories.
Thanks Ken a great video, I visited the mill back in 1991 when on trip to US, took stills but no video. If I remember right main bandsaw was 16" wide x 90', hell of an operation but shame it was processing old growth. It amused me you had this massive operation yet across the road from the enterance a one man woodmizer working. 20 years on I've a mill processing sticks by comparison in Lithuania. One of these days I'll be back to California/ Oregon are there any good mills still to visit?
David Iredale that was just after the hostile takeover in which my grandfather was bought out of his own family herritage so its probably the same aside from the logging tactics back then they clear cut because they arent local theyre only here for the money
my great grandfather (not by blood) built palco and scotia and his son my grandfather who my grandmother married before i was born owned and operated it until 1985 when an asshole "partner" affiliated with a corporate lumber industry out of atl executed a "hostile takeover" by buying the majority 51 percent of the company. i usually dont even brimg it up cuz no one believes me. the non local company has very little regard for anything but profit and began clear cuttin huge areas right away. needless to say most dont have very positive views about tue whole thing
If your family built PL then you must be in the Murphy family.. I had three generations of family get screwed by that sawed off texan Charles Horowitz....and the new company isn't community friendly I hear....I grew up running around martin and Shirley's hunting and fishing on lp...and was one of Harry's boys in the 80s...never worked for PL....I moved to ky a yr ago...not all the issues here...and don't break into a house here!!
I guess the pond is gone..the big headrig as well..,.those were the days to be no more
@@daleharvey3278 Sad what happened to P. L. My Dad, and both my uncles worked for P. L. in the 50's and 60's. I was born there in 1951. My Dad drove a bulldozer in the woods for P. L.
If your Dad is still alive my Grandfather was a brush mechanic at yager ck they called him Wild Bill Elliott...Floyd Elliott my uncle worked there also. The camp gate man was called hotcakes
@@lauratran7638 I ran into a man in Montana bitterroot at the rocky knob tavern... George ..was a cat skinner at yager...talked about Harvey Holt the woods boss had got his first 4x4.. he left PL in 1960... My Dad was a filer...but had been working with the men who were hilled in the drum debarker on the madrone chipping project ..
@@daleharvey3278 My Dad, Fritz Porter, passed away over 10 years ago. The name Harvey Holt sounds familiar to me. I think my Dad mentioned him one time. My Uncles George and Bill Johnson worked in the boiler room at P.L. Nice talking to you, its fun to reminisce. Oh, and I remember the Murphy's, they had a summer home in Larabee where I lived when I was a kid. Miss that little area.
The Pacific Lumber Company. My father worked here. (Nobody calls it "The Scotia Sawmill." Ever.)
Thanks for the info. I'll change the title to Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia.
Pacific Lumber, or P.L. Wow Sebastian, I didnt know your Dad worked there.
Laura did you get to go to theater at Christmas time? The Old P L took care of their own...the hyd debarker and pond are gone...in 92 the quakes caused fires in Scotia and Rio Dell...the Stafford slide did it's worst on the west side of 101 ....the logging and fishing are a thing of the past for Humboldt County.....I'm in Kentucky and hopefully things will hold for my time.
@@daleharvey3278 One of my fond memories is going to the theater and get our free gift. I was jealous of my brother though because he got $5, and us younger kids got a toy. I loved the toys, but sure would have liked that $5, lol.
That part at the {{ ua-cam.com/video/IeOCxo-fDME/v-deo.html }} was the factory I worked there for 10 years, I recognize each of them. I remember that day when the camera crew came through. I think they had me stacking that day that's why I wasn't in any shots. Kevin with the black glasses was like an extension of that rip saw. From my time there I coined the phrase: "Too many people are taking jobs away from good machines."
Thanks for the history, Steve. I was there as a tourist and not part of a camera crew but knew it was worth capturing some on (then) film.
@@misterkeo Thanks again for sharing. It was ten years of my life. We fast forward to life today working in tech surrounded by computers, what a journey. But your video brought my back to THAT day. Then again every day was about the same LOL. Glad you were an independant and NOT part of their propaganda machine. But don't get me wrong for that time in my life it was just the right place to be. Well, better get back to my job the problems with software won't solve themselves (at least for now)
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Thanks for the comments and info David. I haven't been back to Scotia in many years but I suspect there are still northern California saw mills in operation, if not that particular one. If you make it back to California and tour any saw mills, do take some video. You can drop me a line at misterkenosborn@gmail.com.
ken osborn i live like.. 15 minutes away i could possibly provide a current video of the facility. it would hurt but i cant help but still have some love for the place