Lumber the thing that makes our homework

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Lumber the thing that makes our homework
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Were Is It Found?

• Lumber is found in Michigans upper and lower
  peninsula. Hardwood trees is mostly found south
  of Muskegon to Saginaw and the softwood is
  mostly found in the north of Muskegon and
  Saginaw.

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What the favorite was

• The favorite tree was the white pine. It was the
  favorite lumbering tree because they grew tall
  and strait.

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How did it get started?

• Most people lived in what was then Wayne
  Monroe and, Macomb county. The
  first lumber industry stared in Saginaw Bay.
  Most of the people came from Europe imigrants to
  work at the lumber industrys.

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Saginaw Bay

• Saginaw Bay was a great place to start the
  sawmill, because of the rivers and access to the
  great lakes.

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Producing lumber

• In 1869 Michigan produced the most lumber.

• The Lumber Boom ended because a lot of trees were
  cut down.

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Shanty boys and big wheels

• The Shanty Boy are a group of lumber jacks.

• Some of the tools they used are axes, saws and
  big wheels. The big wheels are 9 to 10 feet tall
  and do not need icy roads to hall lumber. They
  can also go over almost anything.

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Life of a lumber jack

• Its a cold dirty life. You wake up early and
  spend long days in the forest.

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Paul Bunyan

• Paul Bunyan is a famous woodcutter Legend. He
  cut lots of lumber and saved lumber jacks. His
  statue is in the st.Ignace.

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Natural Resources!

• A Natural Resource is a gift of nature. Such as
  lumber, and fire wood.

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Fun Facts

• Did you know that in the past Michigan produced
  the most lumber.
• Did you know that before the Big Wheel lumbermen
  worked in the winter not because they liked the
  cold but because it was easier to slide lumber on
  the ice.

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We are working together but we dont know why!!