The White Pine Industry in Minnesota: A History
“From the first logging operation to the closing of the last mill this book is so thorough, so comprehensive, so well organized, and so useful that it must take its place with the outstanding monographs of economic and western history.” —Journal of Economic History\ \ The old-growth forests of Minnesota, at one time covering 70 percent of the state, played a major role in the development of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Telling the complete history of the white pine industry, Agnes...
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“From the first logging operation to the closing of the last mill this book is so thorough, so comprehensive, so well organized, and so useful that it must take its place with the outstanding monographs of economic and western history.” —Journal of Economic History The old-growth forests of Minnesota, at one time covering 70 percent of the state, played a major role in the development of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Telling the complete history of the white pine industry, Agnes Larson brings us back to a time when Minnesota’s lumber business was thriving. Larsonrecounts 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, loggers, river-drivers, and jam-breakers; and the final devastation of the forests. “An excellent contribution to the regional history and historical geography of the Upper Great Lakes area and the upper Mississippi Valley.” —Geographical Review Agnes M. Larson (1892–1967) was professor of history at St. Olaf College. Bradley J. Gills is adjunct professor of history at Grand Valley State University.
List of Illustrations ixForeword Bradley J. Gills xiPreface xviiThe White Pine Industry in MinnesotaCounty Map of Minnesota 2Minnesota's Forest Treasure 3The Lumber Industry Comes to the Upper Mississippi Valley 11The Home Market Stimulates the Mills at St. Anthony and Winona, 1850-1870 29The Pinelands of the St. Croix Delta Become the Property of Lumbermen 53Logging in the St. Croix Forests 71Rafting and Selling Downriver 86Railroads Broaden the Market for the White Pine of the Upper Mississippi, 1870-1890 105Lumber and Logs on the Mississippi after 1870 125Growth of Sawmills in Minnesota, 1870-1890 147Logging and Driving, 1870-1890 165Life in the Woods 192The Downriver Sawmills Are Stilled 220The Lumber Industry in Minneapolis Reaches Its Height, 1890-1905 229The Duluth District Sends Its White Pine Eastward 247The Pinelands of Northern Minnesota Become Private Property 265The Operation of National Land Laws in the Pineland Area 289The Operation of State Laws in the Pineland Area 334The New Age in Logging and Sawing 349Marketing and Prices, Especially after 1890 372The White Pine in the Building of the State 399Index 416
