A Journey

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A Journey To Lumber Camp
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A Lumberjack Journey
Picture this. . .  you find a rare time machine
in the boiler room of the school and begin to
explore all the interesting buttons. Before you
know it the machine mysteriously turns on and
transports you to a lumber camp in northern
Wisconsin around year 1860. When you arrive at
the camp, you are introduced to the imaginary
legends of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.
They offer to take you on a tour of the camp.
Click on the links below to find out what life
was like as a LUMBERJACK in Wisconsin.
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Jobs
Click to find out what the job descriptions
are. Which would you choose?
Cruiser
Teamster
Bucker
Fitter
Scaler
Skidder
Marker
Sky Bird
Feller
Hay Man on the Hill
Swamper
River Pig
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Cruiser
If choose to be a cruiser, you would be cruising
the forest. Estimating is a skill you need to be
an expert at. You would cruise the land your
boss (Big Push) has purchased, and estimate how
much money he will make after cutting all the
trees down.
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Fitter
As a fitter it would be your responsibility to
cut a notch into the side of each tree. You are
getting the tree ready for the feller to cut the
tree down.
Notch
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Feller
As a feller your job to use the cross cut saw to
cut the tree down. You always cut on the
opposite side of the notch. Dont forget to
yell, TIMBER, before the tree falls!
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Swamper
No you dont spend time in the swamp with this
job. It is your job to make sure all the
branches are cut off the log. The branches then
stay in the woods, they dont need those to make
lumber.
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Bucker
As a bucker, you will spend your days in the
woods. It is your job to follow the swamper, and
cut the fallen tree into logs.
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Skidder
Get those muscles built! Your job as a skidder
is to drag the logs out of the forest to the
loading yard. You will have the help of horses or
oxen.
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Sky Bird
If you are daring and like to climb, being a sky
bird is for you!! Your job is to climb on top of
a load of logs and arrange them so you can fit a
lot of logs on the sleigh.
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Hay Man on the Hill
As the Hayman on the Hill, you have to put hay on
the icy trails the sleighs travel on. You dont
want the path to be too slippery, and have the
sleigh get out of control.
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Teamster
To sign up to be a teamster, you must be able to
lead a team of horses. You lead the sleigh of
logs to the river.
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Scaler
Another job where your math skills will be
challenged. As a scaler, you measure the length
of the logs after they have come down the river.
You are responsible for letting your boss know
how much board feet of wood are in each log.
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Marker
Each log is marked with the stamp of the lumber
company that has purchased it. As the marker,
you would have to stamp each log before it is
sent down the river.
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River Pig
Another job for those people that like danger.
You are responsible for following the logs down
the river to the mill. Sometimes you can walk on
the banks of the river, but other times you may
have to walk on the logs.
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A Day in the Life of a Lumberjack
Click on the picture to learn about daily life.
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Bunkhouse
Imagine sleeping in this bed every night! Your
bedroll is made up of a wool blanket on a hay
mattress. You will probably be scratching through
the night! Those arent the only things that may
keep you awake. Not only do you have to listen
to dozens of men snoring, but there are greybacks
(lice) in everyones bed!
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Cook Shanty
Shanty Rules
Breakfast Quiz
Daylight in the Swamp! was the wake up call for
the lumberjacks.
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Shanty Rules
Aint NO Talkin in the grub shack!
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Breakfast Quiz
What word do you use for this lumberjack lingo?

• Sinkers
• Sugar
• Doughnuts
• Sausage

• Black Lead
• Biscuits
• Pancakes
• Coffee

• Cackleberries
• Eggs
• Cranberries
• Fruit

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Sugar was called Long Sweetening
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They were called sinkers because the lumberjacks
would dip them in their coffee and they would
sometimes sink to the bottom of the cup!
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Biscuits were called DOORKNOBS
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Pancakes were called FLAPPERS
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Sometimes also knows as hen fruit.
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Trees to Paper
Click on the picture below to find out how a tree
became paper in the !860s.
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Credits
30th Star Sesquicentennial Big Show CD Warren
Nelson, 1998. 30 Seconds. River Road
Publications, Inc. (1993) Journey Back to
Lumberjack Camp. Spring Lake, MI Panagopoulos,
Janie. State of Michigan. (2003, October). MI
Kids. Retrieved October 18, 2003. from
http//www.michigan.gov/mikids/0,1607,7-163-15941_
20565---,00.html State of Michigan. (2003,
October). MI Kids. Retrieved October 18, 2003
from http//mi.gov/mikids/0,1607,7-163-15941_2056
0---,00.html Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Lesson
Guide. WI DNR WI Center for Environmental
Education Stevens Point, WI. 2004. Wisconsin
Lumbering Quest. (2000). B.Scheibach. Retrieved
October 18, 2003 from http//mckinley.wauwatosa
.k12.wi.us/CurricularResources/4thgrade/lumber/
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www.flushinghistorical.org/ photos.html sky
bird www.umich.edu/bhl/bhl/mhchome/
detroit/detvisua.htm aint no talking timbertrails.
com/welcome.htm feller www.mtnlaurel.com/photos/
htms/logging-photo.htm swamper biology.queensu.ca/
qubs/history.htm bucker heartwoodassociates.com/
longleafhistory.htm cruiser www.columbian.com/ear
lyyears/ industry.html fitter www.paulbunyancamp.o
rg/ history.htm teamster http//www.paulbunyancamp
.org/cook.htm cook shanty collections.ic.gc.ca/...
/industry/ forestry/lifestyle.htm river hogs and
marker www.danisco.com/aboutus/ sugar.asp sugar
cubes www.crosbys.com/ molassesdoughnuts.htm
doughnuts www.grannybunt.com/ order.shtml
biscuits suzanneh.com/.../ picture_dictionary_food
.htm pancakes www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/
gettex/2persfx3.htm tin cup www.ams.usda.gov/howto
buy/ eggs
Photo Resources
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Bibliography
Books Panagopoulos, Janie. Journey Back to
Lumberjack Camp. Spring Lake River Road
Publications, Inc, 1993. Web Sites http//www.paul
bunyancamp.org/ http//www.paulbunyantrail.com/tal
ltale.html
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Lumberjack Quiz

• I cut the notch into the
• tree to determine which
• way the tree falls.
• Swamper
• Fitter
• Skidder

• I use a long pole
• with a hook to
• break up log jams.
• A. Bucker
• Swamper
• River Pig

• I have a dangerous job. I have to stand on top
  of the pile of logs when they are loaded on the
  sleigh.
• Hay Man on the Hill
• Sky Bird
• Cruiser

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