Summary: | From accompanying material: Item 19: T30N, R12W, S9 - In the bottom of Beaver Creek Canyon, a very good view of the uprooting of the timber and the entangled mass of hemlock, fir, spruce and cedar resulting. PH Coll 1422.19 On January 29, 1921, a hurricane-force windstorm struck the Washington coast. So much timber was destroyed that the storm was called "The Great Blowdown." Destruction was heaviest in the west end of Clallam County. The photographs in this collection were likely taken March 22-24, 1921 between the towns of Beaver and Mora, Washington during Governor Louis Hart's tour of the area with state and county officials.
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