Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: On a sand bar. Jack run out. Hold her boys.
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- Created Date
- 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): "From Portage down to Boscobel. The water was unusually shallow there. If we could run that strip we could get out the Wisconsin, and if we couldn't we were hopelessly stuck. We had to wait for a freshet, anywhere from one and one-half to two inches of rainfall. We had to stay right there, or we would be caught again. That was the most narrow piece we had. The hundred miles down to Muskoda, that is the worst piece, where we had to do handspiking, and we had to be in the river a great many hours a day."
- 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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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: On a sand bar. Jack run out. Hold her boys.. 1887-1899. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/160. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1887-1899) Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: On a sand bar. Jack run out. Hold her boys.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/160
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/160>.