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Turkey Day is soon upon me - Since 95% of those folks that celebrate Thanksgiving do so with turkey as the main attraction - I feel comfortable calling it Turkey Day... When this newsletter drops in your mail box, Turkey Day will be nothing more than a pleasant memory and possibly a few extra pounds. To back up Cliff’s article - I’ve included some pictures of squirrel caches… ! !"
A very good ’Minnesotan’ friend is often challenging my use of the term ’Aspen.’ He
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And, finally - Gary is giving you an early heads up - What does
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Logging in Minnesota dates back to the 1830’s and many of us can trace our roots back to ancestors that worked in and around these camps. Some of the first logging operations were set up on the Saint Croix River near Marine on the Saint Croix. These commercial logging operations focused almost exclusively on the large tracts of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) across Minnesota and Wisconsin. 6
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Lumber was in great demand to build the towns and farms springing up across the Midwest. Building materials (pine lumber) were used up as quickly as it could be produced and demand far exceeded supply. It was only a matter of decades before
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Minnesota’s Pine forests were cut over and by 1929 the large tracts of pine were gone and the last of the big pine mills in Northern Minnesota closed its doors. !
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