The Great Oregon Steam-Up in Brooks has been showcasing antique machinery every summer since 1969. The machines on display can be as large as a crane or as small as a coffee grinder. Visitors can also ...

Working sawmills in western Sonoma County during the late 19th century and 20th century were not quiet places. The mill whistle and steam donkey engines made shrill noises. Workers yelled “Timber!” ...

A decade ago, the Hull-Oakes Lumber Co. still literally operated under its own steam. The sawmill, some 10 miles west of Monroe in Benton County, was one of the last to operate under steam power and ...

BROOKS, Ore. — Time travel feels almost real each year at the Great Oregon Steam-Up, when around 15,000 people gather over two weekends to celebrate a bygone era of steam-powered and early gas-powered ...

When David Remington went back to the Red House sawmill at Allegany State Park five years ago, he said the walls radiated the personality of the building. “You can feel these people in here,” he said ...

Volunteers are pictured in the Red House Sawmill. The formerly closed sawmill will reopen May 11 for tours from 10 a.m. to noon Sundays until Columbus Day Weekend. RED HOUSE – The Friends of Allegany ...

History coughed and whistled and whined back to life Friday for more than 100 Sebastopol students treated to a demonstration of the North Coast's sole surviving steam-powered sawmill. The rare outing ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A century ago, sawmill towns like this one in Longleaf, Louisiana, were common. They were scattered across the state and cut away the virgin pine forest at an alarming rate. ...

In the years between Montpelier the presidential mansion and Montpelier the historic home of James Madison was Montpelier the country castle of Marion duPont Scott. In those years, the estate was a ...