Reply by Gene Howe

Mesquite, some oak and some AZ walnut. I don’t know how AZ oak and walnut differs from that grown elsewhere, other than it’s lot’s smaller.
We have a lot of cottonwood but, I don’t use it. We also have a lot of Tamarak and I’ve never considered using it. I wonder?
What do you think of it as wood for wood working, Raymond?

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton