Michigan History Logging Lumbering Industry

What was a negative consequence of Michigan logging?

• people made a lot of money

• too many people moved to Michigan

• people were able to build homes

• no new trees were planted and erosion was a problem

What was the name of a make-believe lumberjack that people told stories about?

• Choppin' Charlie

• Rat-Hole Andy

• Paul Bunyan

• Moonshine Jay

• The Cornish Cussin' Man

What do you call the human resources who cut down trees?

• cant hooks

• lumberjacks

• saws and axes

• Greenhorns

What is Michigan's state tree?

• Berch

• Red Maple

• Eastern White Pine

• Sycamore

What were the two improvements that made it easier to lumber?

• horse and oxen to pull the wagons

• Big Wheels and logging railroads

• Giant saws and big axes

• Steam ships and the Erie Canal

Why were rivers so important to lumbering?

• Frozen rivers were used to slide logs.

• Rivers were used to clean the logs.

• Rivers were used to float the logs to the saw mill.

• Lumberjacks used the rivers for fishing.

Why were marks put on the ends of logs?

• To add fun artwork.

• To make logs easier to cut into smaller pieces.

• So the logs would float better.

• So you could tell what company owned the logs.

What tree is best for logging?

• Oak

• Birch

• White Pine

• Maple

Why did lumberjacks log in the winter?

• It was easier to work in the cold

• It was too hot to work in the summer

• It was easier to move logs when they could ice down the roads

• They were too busy farming in the summer months

Rivers were important to early lumbering because...

• It made it easier to travel to lumberjack camp

• It made it easier to transport the lumber to the sawmills

• Loggers needed a source of drinking water