Area	Caspar Creek
Topic	Tour: Historical Photos of Caspar Creek

 

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This photo by Watkins taken in the 1860's shows log butts strewn throughout the Caspar Creek lagoon. Note the lumber schooner anchored off the point. Photo courtesy of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Photo downloaded off Bancroft Internet site.


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Caspar Mill on the lagoon of Caspar Creek, circa 1860. Scrap wood from the mill is being burned in open piles at right. Photo courtesy of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Photo downloaded off Bancroft Internet site.


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Caspar mill circa 1905 and the town of Caspar on the bluffs above. Photo courtesy of the Held-Poage Museum and Library and the Mendocino Historical Society. From the collection of Robert Lee.


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The log chute at the mill pond formed by damming the Caspar Creek lagoon was a local tourist attraction prior to 1930. Image from a picture post card on file at the Held-Poage Museum in Ukiah. Permission also granted for use in KRIS by the Mendocino Historical Society.


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Caspar Mill post card from Held-Poage Library and Museum in Ukiah, circa 1930. Permission also granted for use in KRIS by the Mendocino Historical Society.

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