Summary: | From accompanying material: Item 21: T30N, R12W, S10 - In Beaver Creek Canyon just above Beaver Falls, where the wind caught the hemlock on the ridge fairly, while the trees in the bottom withstood it. The trees are much larger than they look in the photograph. PH Coll 1422.21 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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