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Lumberjacks in a logging camp dining hall in northern Minnesota, c. 1917 With the collapse of the miners' strike, many miners went to work in the area's lumber industry . [ 4 ] Many lumber workers in the area also worked in mining during the summer months, [ 4 ] and in late 1916, a significant number of lumberjacks had been involved in the ...
The Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse is the last remaining structure of a logging camp in Schroeder, Minnesota, United States, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Schroeder Lumber Company from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, established a camp there in 1895, on the Cross River. The loggers had plenty of white pine, balsam fir, and spruce trees to cut.
A logging camp (or lumber camp) is a transitory work site used in the logging industry. Before the second half of the 20th century, these camps were the primary place where lumberjacks would live and work to fell trees in a particular area. Many place names (e.g. Bockman Lumber Camp, Whitestone Logging Camp, Camp Douglas) are legacies of old ...
The Logging Camp is a re-creation of a typical logging camp of 1900. Buildings include a bunkhouse, cook house, blacksmith shop, horse barn, and outhouse. Costumed interpreters reenact logging camp processes as well as interact with visitors and tell stories. Visitors may choose to follow a tour, or use a self-guided brochure. [2] [3]
Tomczik (2008) has investigated the lifestyle of lumberjacks from 1840 to 1940, using records from mostly Maine and Minnesota logging camps. In a period of industrial development and modernization in urban areas, logging remained a traditional business in which the workers exhibited pride in their craft, masculinity, and closely-guarded ...
Splitrock was developed as a logging camp by the Split Rock Lumber Company, a subsidiary of the Merrill and Ring Lumber Company. About 350 men worked in the Split Rock River valley felling red and white pine. The lumber company controlled the town's harbor, railroad, coal dock, and store (which included a post office). [2]
The 1916 Railroad Commissioners Map of Minnesota listed 87.71 miles of track. Due to the abundance of liver sausage in the logging camps along the line, it was nicknamed the "Gut and Liver Line." [1] Despite its name, the Minneapolis and Rainy River Railway never got within 200 miles of Minneapolis nor within 75 miles of the Rainy River. [2]
Shevlin was the home of the Minnesota's Logging Championships held during a festival known as Sawdust Dayz. The competition pitted both amateur and professional loggers against one another in logging events that included log toss, log rolling, axe throw, bow saw, speed cutting, stock saw, standing block chop, two man bucking saw, power saw and ...