The First Sawmills 



THE early settlers were our first lumbermen. 

 With ax and crosscut saw, they made their little 

 clearings in the forest, getting timber for their 

 houses and, at the same time, clearing land for 

 the first crops. Their log cabins having been built 

 and their corn growing, the pioneers had time 

 to look about them. 



All around them was timber, the finest in the 

 world, and their first thought was how best to 

 get rid of it. The wealth of the new country was 

 mainly in its forests, wherein were found not 

 only wood for building homes and keeping them 



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