Sierra Nevada Logging Museum — Attraction in California

Iff anyone is interested in the old way's of logging, where grown men would work from the time they could see the stump until the steam donky whistle blew. Then this will show you how hard these men worked to help build what AMERICA IS TODAY.. I AS A FORMER TIMBER FALLER MYSELF, COULD NOT EVEN FATHOM WHAT THESE HARD WORKING AMERICANS PUT THEIR BODIES THROUGH TO HELP BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, LET ALONE THE PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL THEY PUT THROUGH 3 LUMBEF MILLS & THEY FIRST HAD TO PUT IT ON AN OLD NARROW GUAGE SHAY RAILROAD JUST TO GET IT TO THE MILL.. WAY TOO MUCH WORK FOR THHE COMMON MAN,...

After hiking the Arnold Rim Trail, which ends at the museum, I visited there. Outside are a number of large items on display, including various logging equipment and even a steam locomotive. The chainsaw display was very interesting, and the device to haul logs from where they were cut to a truck or train to be carried to the sawmill.

Inside the museum was also very interesting with a model of a sawmill and a display showing how cables were used to pull train cars of logs up a curved track going uphill.

No charge for the museum, but donations...

This place was amazing! Small but very informative, interesting place. We are an arborist family visiting from the East coast so my husband was in heaven seeing all the West coast logging stuff. Our kid also loved walking around and exploring the big machines, cool pictures, and adorable kids corner with books, train sets, coloring books, and more!

The two men at the museum were helpful & friendly, seemed to really love being there. Grateful they opened this museum and will definitely...