Minnesota- Forests, Falls, and Fields

Logging:

Trees in a forest that became wood for building are called

• forest

• lumber

• sawmill

Logging: At logging camp the cook announced meals by ringing a what?

• bell

• doorbell

• triangle

Logging: In the spring, the lumberjacks moved the logs down what river?

• Missouri

• Minnesota

• Mississippi

Sawmilling: North Minneapolis was a great place to be a boy. A kid was always aware of the adventures possible along the river, and there was always the aroma of freshly cut pine lumber from where?

• Minneapolis Tree Farm

• Washburn Street

• Northland Pine Company Sawmill

Farming: What insect destroyed all the gardens around Marshall?

• grasshoppers

• ladybugs

• beetles

Farming: A house made from the top layer of soil which is filled with the roots of grass is called a

• home

• sod house

• dirt house

Farming:

A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm.

• homestead

• farm

• country

Minneapolis had both sawmills and flourmills

• true

• false

Flourmilling:

What filled the air of the big Washburn mill when it exploded with a destructive force as tremendous as that of dynamite.

• flour dust

• dirt

• grain dust

Which story did you like best?

• Lumbering

• Sawmilling

• Farming

• Fourmilling