RR Ties n’ Such – Newsletter March 2023
The Francis H. Leggett was an American-flagged steam-powered schooner built in 1903 by Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, as a timber-hauling ship serving Andrew Benoni Hammond’s timber operations on the United States West Coast. She served in this capacity for 11 years before she sank off the Columbia...
Read moreFEBRUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER “FLYTYER OF THE MONTH”
Well folks, this is a new feature of the Benchbuddys website that I am really jazzed about. This inaugural edition comes to y’all courtesy of Kevin Erickson, a fellow Oregonian who resides in Beaverton. I encountered Kevin quite innocently a few years back by responding to an ad that...
Read moreBARN FINDS – NEWSLETTER – January 2023
No, I’m not talking about 1960s muscle cars, rare oil paintings by Dutch Masters or some cultural treasures that were buried in caves during WWII. What I’m talking about actually is wood. You know, boards, slabs, rough-sawn timbers, and burls. Stuff that has been gathering dust, having birds and...
Read moreRR Ties n’ Such – Newsletter March 2021
The Francis H. Leggett was an American-flagged steam-powered schooner built in 1903 by Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, as a timber-hauling ship serving Andrew Benoni Hammond’s timber operations on the United States West Coast. She served in this capacity for 11 years before she sank off the Columbia...
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