When the white pine was king : a history of lumberjacks, log drives, and sawdust cities in Wisconsin / Jerry Apps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apps, Jerry, 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logging--Wisconsin.

Logging.

Loggers--Wisconsin.

Loggers.

Wisconsin.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This is the story of the logging era in Wisconsin, of lumberjacks and camp cooks, of log drives and log jams, of sawmills and lumber barons and the echo of the ax in the Northwoods as yet another white pine tree fell to the ground. Jerry also walks readers through the aftermath of the logging era, including efforts to farm the cutover, reforestation work, and the legacy of the state's lumber and wood products industry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Before the loggers arrived

The logging boom

Setting up camp and crew

The lumberjack's life

From forest to sawmill

Logging and lumber leaders

Life in a sawmill town

Growth, change, and the end of the era

The plow followed the ax

Reforestation efforts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Apps, Jerold W., 1934- When the white pine was king

ISBN:

9780870209345

0870209345

OCLC:

1141028830

Publisher Number:

99985023332