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Gene Watson Gallery Camp I of Samuel Crawford & Sons of Cedar River was typical of the 1910 period of logging in the Upper Peninsula. Here is the crew gathered on a winter Sunday afternoon to have its picture taken. From October to winter breakup in March when the ice roads melted, the camp crews of the Crawford Company cut timber and hauled it to the Big Cedar River for river driving to the mill in the spring. If it was hardwood and wouldn’t float, it was brought to the steam hauler road. Eight to 12 teams were kept at each camp. Woodsmen got $20 a month and their board, top loaders and teamsters $23 a month, cooks $35, cookess $18 a month and up, and the camp foreman got $40.

Gene Watson Gallery

Camp I of Samuel Crawford & Sons of Cedar River was typical of the 1910 period of logging in the Upper Peninsula. Here is the crew gathered on a winter Sunday afternoon to have its picture taken. From October to winter breakup in March when the ice roads melted, the camp crews of the Crawford Company cut timber and hauled it to the Big Cedar River for river driving to the mill in the spring. If it was hardwood and wouldn’t float, it was brought to the steam hauler road. Eight to 12 teams were kept at each camp. Woodsmen got $20 a month and their board, top loaders and teamsters $23 a month, cooks $35, cookess $18 a month and up, and the camp foreman got $40.

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