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Logging in Wisconsin / Diana L. Peterson and Carrie M. Ronnander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, Diana L., author.
- Ronnander, Carrie M., author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logging--Wisconsin--History.
- Logging.
- Logging--Wisconsin--Chippewa River Valley--History--Pictorial works.
- Wisconsin--History.
- Wisconsin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- Logging in Wisconsin explores the 70 years when logging ruled the state, covering the characters who worked in forests and on rivers, the tools they used, and the places where they lived and worked.Wisconsin was the perfect setting for the lumber industry: acres of white pine forests (acquired through treaties with American Indians) and rivers to.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Why Wisconsin?
- 2. The Cast of Characters
- 3. Life in a Logging Camp
- 4. Tools of the Trade
- 5. A Trip Down the River
- 6. The Cutover and Conservation Efforts
- Bibliography
- About the Chippewa Valley Museum and the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 126).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-6143-X
- OCLC:
- 1000298920
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