Blog posts : "lumber"

“snuggled at the foot of a mountain slope and picturesquely located thirty miles west of Duncan.”

February 25, 2011

The Youbou of 1948, a 'pretty fine spot'

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The area now known as Youbou was called Cottonwood in its early days.

February 11, 2011

The continuing chronicles of Youbou, aka Cottonwood

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Trees of two and three feet diameter now grow up on this former narrow gauge railway grade from the turn of the last century

June 8, 2010

June 8th 2010

Our history is under siege and disappearing

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