Lumber Page 1
Axe cutting and Rollways
Lumber Page 2
Big Wheels
Lumber Page 3
Blacksmiths and buildings
Lumber Page 4
Buildings and lumber camps.
Lumber Page 5
Buildings and camps
Lumber Page 6
Business, money, stores.
Lumber Page 7
Modern images and pictures of lumberjack camps.
Lumber Page 8
Gates, Dams, and Horse sleds with lumber
Lumber Page 9
Horse sleds and lumber
Lumber Page 10
Horse sleds and lumber
Lumber Page 11
Bunk houses, Early hydrolic equipment, and the interior of some sawmills.
Lumber Page 12
Using the railroad to transport logs.
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circa 1890
Logs en route to Muskegon River.
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circa 1910
Picture of "straw boss". See above description.
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circa 1890
Picture of loaded sleigh with description.
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1897
Nestoria, MI.
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1892
Nestoria Michigan, 1892, at the Chicago World's Fair. 50 pine logs. Weight: 144 tons.700551 feet log scale.
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circa 1890
Stickney and Johnson Company. Whitefish River, Upper Penninsula, MI.
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circa.1893
Ontanogon County, MI.
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The pictures above show images of Michigans lumbering industry in the 1890's through the 1920's. Millions of trees were cut and shipped to markets through out the world.
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Lumber Page 13
Log Marks and log piles.
Lumber Page 14
Log salvage, log slides, and maps
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Mess Halls
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Mess Halls
Lumber Page 17
Oxen teams and river scenes.
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Camp pictures.
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Camps and general pictures.
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Ice sprinklers and sawmills.
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Saw crews and shipping
Lumber Page 22
Storage pens and tools.
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