The Wisconsin logging book, 1839-1939
By: by Malcolm Rosholt.
Publisher: Rosholt House
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Rosholt, Wis. (Box 104, Rosholt, Wis. 54473)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Logging -- Wisconsin -- History.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 293-294.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: -Daylight in the swamp; title: -In the woods and “on the haul”; title: -Chain loading; title: -“Ginpole Johnson” and the woods jammer; title: -The “hoisting machine”; title: -Birth of the cant hook and peavey; title: -The crosscut saw; title: -Of sleds and sleighs; title: -The icing tankers; title: -The “Lima Shay” engine; title: -Railroad logging; title: -Life in camp; title: -No talking at table; title: -Sunday in camp; title: -Thermometers abolished; title: -The company town; title: -The skidding tong; title: -Rivers for transporation; title: -The Wolf River drives; title: -Bay boom; title: -The “Chippeway” drive; title: -Beef slough; title: -The boom companies; title: -Famous log jams; title: -A river myth; title: -The river rafting days; title: -Making of a raft; title: -The risks they took; title: -Pilot fees and charges; title: -Whipsaw to up-and-down saw; title: -Circular saw to bandsaw; title: -The bull slide; title: -The greening of Wisconsin