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Logging in Wisconsin (Images of America)

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Wisconsin was once the very best setting for the lumber industry: acres of white pine forests (acquired through treaties with American Indians) and rivers to move logs to sawmills. From 1840 to 1910, logging literally reshaped the landscape of Wisconsin, providing employment to thousands of workers. The lumber industry attracted businessmen, mills, hotels, and ultimately the railroad. This resulted in the improvement of many Wisconsin cities, including Eau Claire, Oshkosh, Stevens Point, and Wausau. Rep. Ben Eastman told Congress in 1852 that the Wisconsin forests had enough lumber to provide the USA “forever to come back.” Sadly, this was once a grossly overestimated belief, and by 1910, the Wisconsin forests had been decimated. 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.

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