Harvesting the Hardwoods: Lumber Logging and Forestry in Southern Appalachia

Table of Contents

Part One--Lumbering Companies and Lumbering Camps
Page 1--Appalachian Hardwoods and the Early Logging History
Page 2--W.M. Ritter and Other Logging Companies
Page 3--Families in Logging Camps
Page 4--Logging Camp Structure in Southern Appalachia
Page 5--Characteristics of a Mobile Logging Camp
Page 6--Food in the Logging Camps
Part Two--Harvesting the Hardwoods
Page 1--Buying the Appalachian Timber
Page 2--Cutting the Appalachian Timber
Page 3--Moving the Timber from Forest to Sawmill
Page 5--The Finished Product, Ready for Shipment
Page 4--Lumber Yards and Sawmills
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