Austin’s Reviews > When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin > Status Update
Austin
is on page 104 of 192
“The liveliest time of the year in the sawmill towns was spring, when the lumberjacks and river drivers returned from the woods and rivers with money in their pockets and a thirst for a rip-roaring good time….brothels did a lively business as well.”
— Oct 19, 2022 07:53PM
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Austin
is on page 119 of 192
As Wisconsin’s lumber industry waned, “left behind were acres upon acres of stumps, ghosts of what had been and would be no more. Most of the lumber companies had taken their money, jobs, and influence and moved on to other places where there were trees to cut and money to be made.”
Sounds about right….capitalism at its worst.
— Oct 20, 2022 07:03PM
Sounds about right….capitalism at its worst.
Austin
is on page 56 of 192
“No baths were taken—it was rather common for lumberjacks to go an entire winter without a bath, and generally without ill effects.”
That had to be one smelly lumber camp come spring. Oofta!
— Oct 18, 2022 07:59PM
That had to be one smelly lumber camp come spring. Oofta!
