The Holly Schoolhouse

Riverside Timber Company, c.1902

Railroad tracks running in front of the Bourke's Point post office & store. Behind the store is the dance hall / community center. Fred Wyatt's home is seen in the far upper right corner; A house that still stands today. This photo was probably taken from the base of pier that extended into the canal from the north side of Holly Bay.
Railroad tracks running in front of the Bourke’s Point post office & store. Behind the store is the dance hall / community center. Fred Wyatt’s home is seen in the far upper right corner; A house that still stands today. This photo was probably taken from the base of pier that extended into the canal from the north side of Holly Bay.
#2: Between 1902 & 1905, the Riverside Timber Company bought 21,000 acres of timberland around the Holly area. The logging operation involved 1 locomotive, 6 donkey engines, & 10 miles of railroad track that extended to Hintzville. The railroad carried the logs to Anderson Cove & dumped them in the water where they were formed into booms and towed by tugboat to the sawmills. In this photo you can see the railroad tracks running in front of the Bourke's Point post office & store. Behind the store is the dance hall / community center. Fred Wyatt's home is seen in the far upper right corner; A house that still stands today. This photo was probably taken from the base of pier that extended into the canal from the north side of Holly Bay. Photograph donated by Florence "Flossie" Clark

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