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| The Big Change: | |
| Michigan's Lumbering Era |
| Imagine a forest | ||
| White pines that rise 100 feet before their lowest branch appears | ||
| The year is 1837 | ||
| European immigrants arrive in a flood of humanity | ||
| Everyone needs a home built. | ||
| They think the forest will go on forever | ||
| They are wrong | ||
Before 1830 Michigan had over 700,000 acres of white pine forest. |
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In 2006, only 8 stands remain. They total less than two tenths of a percent of Michigan's white pine forest of 1830. |
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| Find these and other facts at: http://www.ancientforest.org/flb2.html | ||
A moving account of one town's lumbering era: http://huroncitymuseums.com/s_4.asp#top: |
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