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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalHistory/permalink/2827966660747433/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalHistory/permalink/2827966660747433/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Up till about 1951………Great historic color movie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><i><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none'>Pino Grande-Michigan California Lumber Company, Saw Mill , Logging Railroad & Mill Town-1892-1951</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=300 height=179 style='width:3.125in;height:1.8645in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DC57A8.9FCC97A0"></span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none'>Pino Grande Mill Town-About 1902</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none'>There has been considerable material written about the lumber mill at Pino Grande which was the hub of the logging, narrow gauge railroad of the Michigan California Lumber Company. For starters read R.S. Polkinghorn’s “PINO GRANDE, Logging Railroads of the Michigan-California Lumber Company”, Howell-North Books, Berkeley, California, 1966/Revised/Enlarged Edition Trans -Anglo Books, Glendale, California 1984.Professor Polkinghorn’s books are the authoritative documents for lumbering on the central Georgetown Divide-Eldorado National Forest areas during the late 19th Century through the middle of the 20th Century.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD4jnZ0iP9w"><span style='color:#2EA3F2'>Pino Grande Michigan California Lumber Railroad Video 1939-1941…Thanks to George Mihal</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none'>For a quick read on Pino Grande try the <a href="http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/stories/narrow_gauge.html"><span style='color:#2EA3F2'>El Dorado County Historical listing</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none'>or try this slide show on early photos of the <a href="http://www.pacificng.com/imglib/main.php?g2_itemId=3694"><span style='color:#2EA3F2'>Pino Grande Mill and Michigan California Lumber Railroad</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=264 height=300 style='width:2.75in;height:3.125in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DC57A8.9FCC97A0"></span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none'>Pino Grande 1916</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=300 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