Saw Mill Museum: Logging for History?

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In the mountain town of Monroe, Oregon, the Hull-Oakes lumber company still runs one of America’s last steam powered saw mills. A recent proposal to make this historic site a working museum includes the request for federally-supplied timber for logging at the mill. Terry FitzPatrick reports on reaction to the proposal.

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