Fletcher Collection

    Two teams of horses are ready to pull two skids full of logs. The logs are piled high. On top of the left skid are two children along for the ride. Also on top of each skid is a lumberman. Three lumb

    Three vessels are moored in Thunder Bay River in Alpena, "City of Cleaveland", "City of Mackinac", and what I believe is the "Flora". In the background is a wood burner (also known as a Wigwam or Tee

    After cutting the timber in Alpena, Michigan, the logs are then put into piles. Three horse teams are ready to pull the large logs. They are taking the logs to the river.

    Lumberjacks work together to move the logs from the skids and are putting them onto the large piles.

    A group of lumberjacks, holding cant hooks, are either pulling logs from the river or putting them into the river for transporting them. (Possibly Thunder Bay River in Alpena County.)

    Two lumberjacks are felling a large tree using what is known as a crosscut saw. A man, who could be a supervisor, is overseeing the felling of the tree. In the background there is a lumberjack using

    Here is a Cookhouse at a lumber camp in Alpena, Michigan. The people would be the Cook and the helpers (which are called bullcooks, flunkeys or cookees) that handled the food.

    In the background is Churchill Lumber Company saw mill. There are two wood burners burning the waste. (also known as a teepee burner or a wigwam burner). Logs are floating in the river, waiting to be

    A group of lumberjacks are removing the bark from a tree at a lumber camp in Alpena County.

    There are stacks of lumber at Prentiss Lumber Company. Boards are stacked getting ready for shipping. There is a wood waste burner (also known as a teepee burner or a wigwam burner).

    Two white horses are hitched up to a skid loaded with seven large logs. There is a lumberjack sitting on top of the pile of logs. Another lumberjack is in the background, on the right side, holding a

    Two oxen have pulled a log to add to the pile of logs. (Oxen are generally cattle that have been trained to work by yoke and collar. Most oxen are castrated males. The horns keep the yoke from coming

    Badore Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1884 - 1886

    Badore Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1886 - 1887

    Brush Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1894-1896

    Brush Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1896-1897

    Brush Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1897-1898

    Wright Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1888-1889

    Graham Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1884-1885

    Hunt Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1891-1892