Primary Sources
Lumbering
Camp Was Two Days' Walk from Aitkin:
- "The First Day Out..."
- Crossing the Mississippi
- Spending the Night
- Cook Shack
- Sleep Camp
- Blacksmith Shop
- Stables
- Filer's Shop
- Office and Store
- Outhouse
In 20 More Years, Minnesota's Giant White Pine Forest Would Be Entirely Cut.
- "....The Standing Pine Which Is Still Left..."
- Why Was All the Pine Logged?
- What Happened When the Pine Was Gone?
How Would a Lumber Crew Move a 2,000-Pound Log?
- Roads
- Loading
- Sledding
- Teamsters
- Unloading
Sawmilling
- Sledding
- Marbles
- Baseball
- "My Family Lived..."
- Pond Men
- Chief Sawyer
- Dogger and Setter
- Trimmer Operators
Farming
Flourmilling
Why Did Older Mills Dislike Spring Wheat?
Was Minneapolis Flour Really That Good? Their Advertisements Said It Was.
- Was It Hard Work?
- More Machines than People
- "...A Skilled Class of Workingmen..."