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When the White Pine Was King
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Jerry Apps
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-14 - Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

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“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding of many of Wisconsin’s communities, Jerry Apps does an ou
When Pine was King
Language: en
Pages: 253
Authors: Lewis Charles Reimann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-02 - Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

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Lewis Reimann was the son of German immigrants who ran a boarding-house for miners and loggers in the Iron River district of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. When
White Pine
Language: en
Pages: 215
Authors: Andrew Vietze
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The history of the ubiquitous pine tree is wrapped up with the history of early America—and in the hands of a gifted storyteller becomes a compelling read, al
Out of the Northwoods
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Michael Edmonds
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-24 - Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

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Every American has heard of the lumberjack hero Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox. For 100 years his exploits filled cartoons, magazines, short stories, and child
Minnesota Logging Railroads
Language: en
Pages: 214
Authors: Frank Alexander King
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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During the heyday of lumberjacks and sawmills, railroads such as the Duluth and Northern Minnesota and the Alger-Smith enabled logging companies to break away f