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The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine were a group of 19th-century lumberjacks who exhibited a rare disorder of unknown origin. [1] The syndrome entails an exaggerated startle reflex [2] which may be described as an uncontrollable "jump." Individuals with this condition could exhibit sudden movements in all parts of the body.
The portable chain saw and other technological developments helped drive more efficient logging, but the proliferation of other building materials in the twentieth century saw the end of the rapidly rising demand of the previous century. In 1950, the United States produced 38 billion board feet of lumber, and that number remained fairly ...
A lumberjack c. 1900. Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees. The term usually refers to loggers in the era before 1945 in the United States, when trees were felled using hand tools and dragged by oxen to rivers.
Discovery Channel's newest show, which is in the same vein of 'Deadliest Catch' and 'Gold Rush', is set to premiere Friday, Nov. 16 — and PEOPLE has an exclusive look at the drama that's to come
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Mules may be seen as stubborn creatures by many, but not for Italian lumberjack, Andrea Filipponi.His four mules are part of the family and they are also his livelihood.Filipponi is the last ...
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Lumberjacks in front of logging camp building. 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.