New archaeological research updates role of women in Oregon’s early timber industry

New archaeological research updates role of women in Oregon’s early timber industry

This story is a special collaboration with the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology and the Oregon Historical Society, with support from Roundhouse Foundation.Iron pipe, concrete foundations and an abandoned railroad grade off a dirt road deep in an Eastern Oregon forest mark a once-bustling mill community that operated in the early 20th century. A team of archaeologists found evidence of family life amongst the ruins of the Bak…