An edition of The Wisconsin logging book, 1839-1939
(1980)
The Wisconsin logging book, 1839-1939
by Malcolm Leviatt Rosholt
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Table of Contents
-Daylight in the swamp
-In the woods and “on the haul”
-Chain loading
-“Ginpole Johnson” and the woods jammer
-The “hoisting machine”
-Birth of the cant hook and peavey
-The crosscut saw
-Of sleds and sleighs
-The icing tankers
-The “Lima Shay” engine
-Railroad logging
-Life in camp
-No talking at table
-Sunday in camp
-Thermometers abolished
-The company town
-The skidding tong
-Rivers for transporation
-The Wolf River drives
-Bay boom
-The “Chippeway” drive
-Beef slough
-The boom companies
-Famous log jams
-A river myth
-The river rafting days
-Making of a raft
-The risks they took
-Pilot fees and charges
-Whipsaw to up-and-down saw
-Circular saw to bandsaw
-The bull slide
-The greening of Wisconsin
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Bibliography: p. 293-294.
Includes index.
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| April 20, 2015 | Edited by Ted Lienhart | Added Table of Contents |
| December 5, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
| December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |