Black Bart
Hoo-Hoo Club 181
About Us –
We are Built on
a Foundation
of Traditions
The Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club #181 is a fraternal organization of people representing all facets of the forest products industry. We encourage and promote friendly relations and cooperation in the forest products industry through social interaction. We educate, instill confidence in and support people and communities within our sphere of influence. We believe that supporting the welfare and promotion of our industry keeps it healthy and able to continue to provide valuable benefits to society. Within Hoo-Hoo you become colleagues, not competitors, and the value of a handshake deal is honored and upheld today. The key components of the founding fathers is encouraged to be carried on today. We have a century-plus under our belts and we take the lessons
Our Story – More Wood than Wine
The Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club was chartered on May 2, 1956, as the 181st chapter of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. Named after a colorful stagecoach bandit from the early days in Northern California, our group has a like-minded sense of mystery and fun. Our geographic birthplace and charter location is Ukiah, California, in Mendocino County. We serve the areas north of San Francisco Bay, which includes Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino Counties. Although this region is well known for its products in a bottle, our expansive forests and history of lumbering helped build much of California and beyond.
We exist to unite the forest products industry by providing a professional and fun platform that promotes fraternity, fellowship, networking, and goodwill toward others. We strive to serve the forest products industry and our communities by educating the next generation of lumber people and through our charitable community contributions. We preserve the heritage of great lumber related professions and also the Hoo-Hoo fraternity by passing on valuable industry knowledge and tradition.
