Booming - Lumbering History

Publication

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2023.18.17

Description

Two tabloid pages clipped from the Grand Rapids Press with an article about the lumbering or logging era. Also an article titled "A town's the same by any name" by Patricia Hillary about the roots of some Michigan town's names. [For example, Allegan is claimed to be named after the Alleghen Indian tribe.]

Context

Describes the work of "shanty boys" — the term lumbering men prefered according the the article's author George F. Dechow. — with details about the lumbering process, a typical breakfast and the use of log marks to foil thieves.

Collection

1835 Logging and Lumbering

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.18

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Publication Details

Publication Type

Newspaper

Date Published

Aug 1, 1982

Location

Box

154 Newspapers

Create Date

September 13, 2023

Update Date

September 13, 2023