Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Handspiking off a sand bar. A heavy lift.
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- 1887-1899
- Description
From a booklet of 37 engravings based on a series of photographs taken by H.H. Bennett in 1886 of a group of raftsmen from the Grand Rapids (Wisconsin Rapids) area during their journey down the Wisconsin River. From T. A. Taylor, 100 Years of Pictorial and Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (1934-1940): "When we got down in the lower part of the Wisconsin River we spent much time getting the rafts off the sand bars....When required all hands jumped into the water and with long heavy poles lifted the rafts off the sand bars....These rafts carry a top load of shingles in bundles, and laths in bundles; and tamarack poles. ...both crews at the time I was there both carried posts, laths, and shingles; put up in four by four, six by six, six by eight, ten by sixteen, put right on top. We carried that on top; and fastened it with the ropes from the cribs, so that when we got under water they would not float off." From A.L. Arpin, Mississippi basin pioneer (1962): "Handspiking
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- McMillan Memorial Library
- Collection
- Lumber Rafting
- Publisher
- Portland, Maine: Chisholm Bros
- Subjects
- Log rafts
Lumber industry
Rivers
Bennett, Henry Hamilton, 1843-1908
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin River
Arpin family - Location
- Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Type
- image
- Format
- EngravingsPhotographs
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- Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Handspiking off a sand bar. A heavy lift.. 1887-1899. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/158. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- (1887-1899) Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Handspiking off a sand bar. A heavy lift.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/158
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/158>.