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1965
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Fame, fortune, adventure and
circumstance - -- these were the
magnets that drew the pioneers to
Shelton and Mason County.
There were forests to be logged,
railroads to be built, mills to be
established and new towns to be
raised up.
And there were men of vi~i,on
and hardiness, willing to fora.~i,e
steadier lives to pi()nec: ibis g,e:.'l
new world of 2Jorthv,,e:~t loggL:;~'.
THEY CAME froin ;ill occr-
from Scotland to Canada to down-
east Maine-.-all for their own spe-
cial reasons and ~11 to make con-
tributian to a picturesque new era.
Some made fortlmes while oth-
ers lost their shirts, but they came
all the stone and they've left u,~ a
colorful, tangy past.
In 1384, a group of Seattle.
businessmen ventured into tim
area to bnild the Satsop Railroad.
They were C. F. W'hite, James
Currie, R. R. Spencer and J. lS:.
McDonald and they were backed
by eastern capital.
THEY, SELECTED a site at the
head of a bay on David Shclton's
donation claim.
Others soon followed, hoping t:o
find success in the new logging.
Some of the names heard were
those of Sol G. Simpson, W. tt.
Knee!and, MarR Draham, the Bof
deaux Brothers and A. H. Ander-
son.
'1'hose men laid out rails and
knocked down trees and set up
logging camps, and the woods re-
sounded with the bellowing of ox
teams, tile whacking of axes and
zinging of saws.
IN THE LATE 18.~30's, Sheltou
was a bustling place. Ponrth of
July (:elebr,qti(m~ hel,.1 h~l'e v,'ero
second to lione. AI ~:]}~??ton P,;ii}[,
where the pi~,;",'v~v =.,iall;. '. iyl
j(c~j,t'):;,
tile t:io~;cel. L.~nh;.:!~ ~:':,',},:¢'d i