Ohio Match Company Railway

The Ohio Match Company Railway was a logging railroad in northern Idaho that operated from Garwood, Idaho, around Hayden Lake and followed the Burnt Cabin Creek to the Little North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River.

The Ohio Match railroad aided in harvesting white pine timber reserves that remained after the fire of 1910 for the production of matchsticks.

[1][3][2] Perl Bailey managed the Ohio Match Company’s western operation.

[3] The Ohio Match railway was initially 25 miles (40 km) long, and stretched from the Spokane International in Garwood, Idaho around the north end of Hayden Lake over several grades to follow the Burnt Cabin Creek to the Little North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River.

The railway eventually extended beyond Horse Heaven covering a total of 48 miles (77 km).

A 1924 Spokesman Review article on the construction of the Ohio Match Company railway. Note H. G. Riggs and is horse Dude.
A 1924 Spokesman Review article on the construction of the Ohio Match Company railway. Note H. A. Biggs and his horse Dude.
Ohio Match Company No. 1 Builders Photo - 1923
Ohio Match Company No. 1 Builders Photo - 1923