Timber! Lumbering in the Saginaw Valley
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Timber! Lumbering in the Saginaw Valley
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YouTubeCity of Saginaw, MI
Sidnaw, Michigan, began as a booming lumber town in the late 1800s. By the early 1900s, it had sawmills, factories, hotels, and a union depot where the Milwaukee Road and South Shore railroads crossed. Families arrived, stores opened, and farms replaced the forests. | Thumbwind
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Sidnaw, Michigan, began as a booming lumber town in the late 1800s. By the early 1900s, it had sawmills, factories, hotels, and a union depot where the Milwaukee Road and South Shore railroads crossed. Families arrived, stores opened, and farms replaced the forests. | Thumbwind
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From lumber stacks to creamery lines, Clifford, Michigan tells the story of hard work and small-town life in the early 1900s. See the rare photos that bring it to life. Watch now! | Thumbwind
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From lumber stacks to creamery lines, Clifford, Michigan tells the story of hard work and small-town life in the early 1900s. See the rare photos that bring it to life. Watch now! | Thumbwind
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White Pine History: Logging in Michigan
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White Pine History: Logging in Michigan
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Once a booming 19th-century lumber town, Pere Cheney was struck by tragedy after tragedy like devastating sawmill fires & deadly diphtheria outbreaks that nearly wiped out the entire population. For context, in the mid 1800s, 1500 people lived in Pere Cheney and there was a post office, passenger train station, sawmills, a general store & more. By 1901, after diphtheria hit in 1893 & 1897, the population was down to just 25 people. Today, all that remains is a small cemetery hidden at the end of
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Once a booming 19th-century lumber town, Pere Cheney was struck by tragedy after tragedy like devastating sawmill fires & deadly diphtheria outbreaks that nearly wiped out the entire population. For context, in the mid 1800s, 1500 people lived in Pere Cheney and there was a post office, passenger train station, sawmills, a general store & more. By 1901, after diphtheria hit in 1893 & 1897, the population was down to just 25 people. Today, all that remains is a small cemetery hidden at the end of
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The peak logging periods in Big Rapids occurred in the 1870s and 1880s. By 1905, the last logging drive went down the river, leading to a decline. The focus shifted to the furniture industry, and area farmers harvested hardwoods previously ignored in favor of virgin white pine. #logging #BigRapids #history #Michigan #industry | DW Video & Multimedia, LLC
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The peak logging periods in Big Rapids occurred in the 1870s and 1880s. By 1905, the last logging drive went down the river, leading to a decline. The focus shifted to the furniture industry, and area farmers harvested hardwoods previously ignored in favor of virgin white pine. #logging #BigRapids #history #Michigan #industry | DW Video & Multimedia, LLC
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