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MyLumbering Background and Links
During the last half of the nineteenth century, lumbering was a big business in the Midwest and the Eastern United States. The vast white pines and other trees that grew abundantly in New England, the Eastern Mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest became the prime resource for an industry that made a tremendous impact on the economy and history of those areas. Logging camps, sawmills, and boom towns sprang up, while the vast forest quite literally turned into villages, towns, cities, and wasteland, stripped of timber.
The lumbering days of the Great Lakes region provide an ideal study for young readers. This colorful segment of American history contains many wonderful legends, tales of adventure, and songs. Many museums in the Midwest display photos and tools from their lumbering past.
The lumbering story also provides excellent examples of how an industry provides many different jobs, both directly and indirectly. It shows how using one resource relies on a variety of other resources, such as the need for rivers to transport the logs from the forest to the sawmills. More importantly, it emphasizes the value of natural resources and the high price of environmental waste and carelessness.
Lumbering days also give students a portrait of America in the late 1800s. Its diverse labor force was a prime example of America's melting pot and economy.
The 'jacks' daily lives also provide a reminder of the intense physical labor involved in building a nation and the lack of education and technical knowledge that, today, is needed to move America forward.
Within this chapter of America's past, students see history in the work, struggle, efforts, and play of America's people.
Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp
Lumbering KMZ Files
Lumbering Forest History
Saginaw Lumbering
Muskegon Lumbering
Hartwick Pines
midmichigannatureandscience.blogspot.com/2015/03/michigan-logging-photos.htmlLumbering Photos
Lumbering in Michigan
Great Lakes Lumbering
Lumbering in Wisconsin
During the last half of the nineteenth century, lumbering was a big business in the Midwest and the Eastern United States. The vast white pines and other trees that grew abundantly in New England, the Eastern Mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest became the prime resource for an industry that made a tremendous impact on the economy and history of those areas. Logging camps, sawmills, and boom towns sprang up, while the vast forest quite literally turned into villages, towns, cities, and wasteland, stripped of timber.
The lumbering days of the Great Lakes region provide an ideal study for young readers. This colorful segment of American history contains many wonderful legends, tales of adventure, and songs. Many museums in the Midwest display photos and tools from their lumbering past.
The lumbering story also provides excellent examples of how an industry provides many different jobs, both directly and indirectly. It shows how using one resource relies on a variety of other resources, such as the need for rivers to transport the logs from the forest to the sawmills. More importantly, it emphasizes the value of natural resources and the high price of environmental waste and carelessness.
Lumbering days also give students a portrait of America in the late 1800s. Its diverse labor force was a prime example of America's melting pot and economy.
The 'jacks' daily lives also provide a reminder of the intense physical labor involved in building a nation and the lack of education and technical knowledge that, today, is needed to move America forward.
Within this chapter of America's past, students see history in the work, struggle, efforts, and play of America's people.
Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp
Lumbering KMZ Files
Lumbering Forest History
Saginaw Lumbering
Muskegon Lumbering
Hartwick Pines
midmichigannatureandscience.blogspot.com/2015/03/michigan-logging-photos.htmlLumbering Photos
Lumbering in Michigan
Great Lakes Lumbering
Lumbering in Wisconsin