Description: Menominee, Michigan 1879 wood engravings This is a single full page published over 140 years ago in the American Agriculturist issue of February, 1879. The sheet measures 9 x 12 inches in size. There is a very small (-inch) slit in the sky area of the scene of the Menominee River, but this is barely perceptible (see photo), and the page is otherwise in fine condition. The American Agriculturist was a monthly periodical mostly devoted to articles of interest to farmers. The sheet is largely devoted to an article and two wood-engraved illustrations. The pair of woodcuts accompanying the story are captioned: LOGGING ON THE MENOMONEE RIVER (4.8x3.3 inches in size), and MENOMONEE JUNCTION, MICHIGAN (3.7x3 inches in size). The article consists of over 140 lines of text. It is titled, and says in part: Among the Lumbermen and Iron Miners of Lake Superior. The route of tourists to the Lake Superior regions has generally been by water, taking in Marquette and other points along the shore. We, however, have come from Chicago to Ishpeming (the center of the iron mines), by rail, and found many most interesting places by the way. As we left Green Bay, the air was fairly filled with flocks of ducks of every variety . . . . a few miles further on, the train halted in front of the ruins of the Gardiner House at Pensaukee. . . . Twenty miles further, we reach Peshtigo. In 1871, when the great fire was raging in Chicago, this village likewise became a prey of the devouring element . . . The village has since been considerably rebuilt. The houses are all small, giving the place and inferior appearance. A ride of ten miles further, brought us to the Menomonee River . . . We were now in the midst of the lumber region. The river was full of logs, piled one upon another, and presenting a novel sight; the scenery on both sides is of a wild romantic character. The engraving, fig. 1, gives a view of this interesting river. . . . Groups of lumbermen now began to come aboard the train. They are large, stalwart fellows, and in their general make-up, present a very picturesque appearance; most of them wore heavy woollen pants of a fiery red color, and woollen shirts of a dark blue. Their heavy boots have large nails projecting from the bottom, which often are very annoying to the conductors, as they sometimes fairly plough up the bottom of the cars. These nails enable the lumbermen to pass from one floating log to another without difficulty. . . They sometimes are rude and boisterous, and have, on more than one occasion, endeavored to take possession of a train of cars. . . . Some of these lumbermen work in the pine forests in winter, and go as sailors upon the lakes in summer. They will remain isolated for a whole season in the pine woods, and then going out to Green Bay and other places, squander the earnings of months in as many days. . . . The Big Cedar and Escanaba rivers each offer great inducements in the way of fishing. . . . The road now runs through a stretch of pine forests for a distance of over 130 miles. . . .we arrived at Menomenee Junction, figure 2, which consists of slab and log houses. So dense is the surrounding forests that one would be lost should he venture a few yards from the Junction. . . . We were now in the iron regions, and the branch road which the Chicago and North Western Railroad has constructed, runs westward a few miles to the recently developed and valuable Menomonee iron regions. . . . Escanaba is the shipping point on Lake Superior for the iron ore brought from the mines around Ishpeming. From sixteen to twenty-five trains daily pass over the road, each train numbering fifty-five cars, and each car carrying seven tons of ore. . . . Coming on now to Ishpeming, we find a flourishing mining city of several thousand inhabitants, where eight years ago there was nothing but a swamp. Here are large hotels, school-houses, stores, and churches of several denominations. Within a radius of eight miles one can see twenty different iron mines. . . . [p8269] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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