Old Trees


The Illustrated History of Logging the Virgin Timber in the Southeastern U.S.

Copyright 2000 by Pete Gerrell

ISBN 0-9665193-1-0

Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 00-090845

Old Trees is a history of the logging and sawmill industries during the logging of the virgin forest in the southeastern United States. Pete Gerrell has portrayed the history of the logging and sawmill industries through the use of early U.S. Forest Service statistics, old photos, drawings, advertisements, jokes, and personal stories. This 140 page illustrated history traces the industry's equipment, methods and people through time from the two man pit saw to the large steam operated logging equipment and sawmills.

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