Bay County past and present . The Lumber Camp. EARLY DEVELOPMENT—LUMBERING. 103 Among these were the blacksmith and the handy man who made thedrays, canthook handles, etc. There were rudely constructed log hutsand sheds for a variety of purposes, including a mess room for themen, their bunk room, a tool house, horse shed, and blacksmith the coming of the railroad and while the timber was still plen-tiful, the camps were invarably near a stream. Men would come tothe lumber camps from the mills nearby and from the farms in the. The Lumber Woods. Notice the Yoke of Oxen. southern part
Bay County past and present . The Lumber Camp. EARLY DEVELOPMENT—LUMBERING. 103 Among these were the blacksmith and the handy man who made thedrays, canthook handles, etc. There were rudely constructed log hutsand sheds for a variety of purposes, including a mess room for themen, their bunk room, a tool house, horse shed, and blacksmith the coming of the railroad and while the timber was still plen-tiful, the camps were invarably near a stream. Men would come tothe lumber camps from the mills nearby and from the farms in the. The Lumber Woods. Notice the Yoke of Oxen. southern part of the state. Going to the lumber woods was an an-nual occurrence in farm life, as it gave the farmer the chance to makeuse of slack time. The timber was taken from the forests during the winter for tworeasons. By sprinkling, icy roads could be made by means of whichthe logs could be easily drawn to the bank of the stream, and then inthe spring during flood water, the logs could be floated down streamto the mills that were located at Bay City, where the lumber couldlater be shipped to market. It was very difiicult work to get the great masses of logs to floatdown stream even during high water, and there were many exciting 104 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT.
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