White Pine Industry in Minnesota : A History.

By: Larson, Agnes MContributor(s): Gills, Bradley JMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book SeriesPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (455 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816653751Subject(s): Lumber trade -- Minnesota -- History | Lumbering -- Minnesota -- History | White pine industry -- Minnesota -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: White Pine Industry in Minnesota : A HistoryDDC classification: 338.4/767409776 LOC classification: SD397.P65 -- L3 2007ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- The White Pine Industry in Minnesota -- County Map of Minnesota -- I. Minnesota's Forest Treasure -- II. The Lumber Industry Comes to the Upper Mississippi Valley -- III. The Home Market Stimulates the Mills at St. Anthony and Winona, 1850-1870 -- IV. The Pinelands of the St. Croix Delta Become the Property of Lumbermen -- V. Logging in the St. Croix Forests -- VI. Rafting and Selling Downriver -- VII. Railroads Broaden the Market for the White Pine of the Upper Mississippi, 1870-1890 -- VIII. Lumber and Logs on the Mississippi after 1870 -- IX. Growth of Sawmills in Minnesota, 1870-1890 -- X. Logging and Driving, 1870-1890 -- XI. Life in the Woods -- XII. The Downriver Sawmills Are Stilled -- XIII. The Lumber Industry in Minneapolis Reaches Its Height, 1890-1905 -- XIV. The Duluth District Sends Its White Pine Eastward -- XV. The Pinelands of Northern Minnesota Become Private Property -- XVI. The Operation of National Land Laws in the Pineland Area -- XVII. The Operation of State Laws in the Pineland Area -- XVIII. The New Age in Logging and Sawing -- XIX. Marketing and Prices, Especially after 1890 -- XX. The White Pine in the Building of the State -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Telling the complete history of the white pine industry, Agnes M. Larson brings us back to a time when MinnesotaÕs lumber business was thriving. Larson recounts the development of the region with a wealth of information, including the building of the railroads and bustling mill towns; the daily lives of lumberjacks; and the final devastation of the forests.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- The White Pine Industry in Minnesota -- County Map of Minnesota -- I. Minnesota's Forest Treasure -- II. The Lumber Industry Comes to the Upper Mississippi Valley -- III. The Home Market Stimulates the Mills at St. Anthony and Winona, 1850-1870 -- IV. The Pinelands of the St. Croix Delta Become the Property of Lumbermen -- V. Logging in the St. Croix Forests -- VI. Rafting and Selling Downriver -- VII. Railroads Broaden the Market for the White Pine of the Upper Mississippi, 1870-1890 -- VIII. Lumber and Logs on the Mississippi after 1870 -- IX. Growth of Sawmills in Minnesota, 1870-1890 -- X. Logging and Driving, 1870-1890 -- XI. Life in the Woods -- XII. The Downriver Sawmills Are Stilled -- XIII. The Lumber Industry in Minneapolis Reaches Its Height, 1890-1905 -- XIV. The Duluth District Sends Its White Pine Eastward -- XV. The Pinelands of Northern Minnesota Become Private Property -- XVI. The Operation of National Land Laws in the Pineland Area -- XVII. The Operation of State Laws in the Pineland Area -- XVIII. The New Age in Logging and Sawing -- XIX. Marketing and Prices, Especially after 1890 -- XX. The White Pine in the Building of the State -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Telling the complete history of the white pine industry, Agnes M. Larson brings us back to a time when MinnesotaÕs lumber business was thriving. Larson recounts the development of the region with a wealth of information, including the building of the railroads and bustling mill towns; the daily lives of lumberjacks; and the final devastation of the forests.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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