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A Lumberjack JourneyPicture this. . . you find a rare time

machine in the boiler room of the school and begin to explore all the interesting buttons. Before you know it the machine mysteriously turns on and transports you to a lumber camp in northern Wisconsin around year 1860.

When you arrive at the camp, you are introduced to the imaginary legends of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. They offer to take you on a tour of the camp. Click on the links below to find out what life was like as a LUMBERJACK in Wisconsin.

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BibliographyTrees to Paper

Cook Shanty

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JobsClick to find out what the job

descriptions are.

Which would you choose?

Cruiser

Fitter

Teamster

Marker

Scaler

Hay Man on the Hill

Sky Bird

Skidder

Bucker

Swamper

Feller

River Pig

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CruiserIf choose to be a cruiser, you would be cruising the forest. Estimating is a skill you need to be an expert at. You would cruise the land your boss (Big Push) has purchased, and estimate how much money he will make after cutting all the trees down.

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Fitter

As a fitter it would be your responsibility to cut a notch into the side of each tree. You are getting the tree ready for the feller to cut the tree down.

Notch



Feller


As a feller your job to use the cross cut saw to cut the tree down. You always cut on the opposite side of the notch. Don’t forget to yell, TIMBER, before the tree falls!


Swamper


No you don’t spend time in the swamp with this job. It is your job to make sure all the branches are cut off the log. The branches then stay in the woods, they don’t need those to make lumber.


Bucker


As a bucker, you will spend your days in the woods. It is your job to follow the swamper, and cut the fallen tree into logs.Click here to go

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Skidder


Get those muscles built! Your job as a skidder is to drag the logs out of the forest to the loading yard. You will have the help of horses or oxen.Click here to go back to Lumberjack Quiz

Sky Bird


If you are daring and like to climb, being a sky bird is for you!! Your job is to climb on top of a load of logs and arrange them so you can fit a lot of logs on the sleigh.


Hay Man on the Hill


As the Hayman on the Hill, you have to put hay on the icy trails the sleighs travel on. You don’t want the path to be too slippery, and have the sleigh get out of control.


Teamster


To sign up to be a teamster, you must be able to lead a team of horses. You lead the sleigh of logs to the river.


Scaler


Another job where your math skills will be challenged. As a scaler, you measure the length of the logs after they have come down the river. You are responsible for letting your boss know how much board feet of wood are in each log.


Marker


Each log is marked with the stamp of the lumber company that has purchased it. As the marker, you would have to stamp each log before it is sent down the river.


River Pig


Another job for those people that like danger. You are responsible for following the logs down the river to the mill. Sometimes you can walk on the banks of the river, but other times you may have to walk on the logs.Click here to go

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A Day in the Life of a Lumberjack

Click on the picture to learn about daily life.

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BunkhouseImagine sleeping in this bed every night! Your bedroll is made up of a wool blanket on a hay mattress. You will

probably be scratching through the night! Those aren’t the only things that may keep you awake. Not only do you have to listen to dozens of men snoring, but there are greybacks (lice) in everyone’s bed!

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Shanty Rules

Breakfast Quiz

Daylight in the Swamp!

was the wake up call for the lumberjacks.

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Shanty Rules

Ain’t NO Talkin’ in the grub shack!

Breakfast QuizWhat word do you use for this lumberjack lingo?

Sinkers

a. Sugar

b. Doughnuts

c. Sausage

Black Lead

a. Biscuits

b. Pancakes

c. CoffeeCackleberries

a. Eggs

b. Cranberries

c. Fruit

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Sugar was called Long Sweetening

YOU ARE CORRECT!

They were called sinkers because the lumberjacks would dip them in their coffee and they

would sometimes sink to the bottom

of the cup!


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Biscuits were called

DOORKNOBS

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Pancakes were called FLAPPERS

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YOU ARE CORRECT

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Sometimes also knows

as hen fruit.

Trees to Paper

Click on the picture below to find out how

a tree became paper in the !860s.

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Credits30th Star Sesquicentennial Big Show CD: Warren Nelson, 1998. 30 Seconds.

River Road Publications, Inc. (1993) Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp. Spring Lake, MI: Panagopoulos, Janie.

State of Michigan. (2003, October). MI Kids. Retrieved October 18, 2003.

from: http://www.michigan.gov/mikids/0,1607,7-163-15941_20565---,00.html

State of Michigan. (2003, October). MI Kids. Retrieved October 18, 2003 from: http://mi.gov/mikids/0,1607,7-163-15941_20560---,00.html

Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Lesson Guide. WI DNR WI Center for Environmental Education: Stevens Point, WI. 2004.

Wisconsin Lumbering Quest. (2000). B.Scheibach. Retrieved October 18, 2003 from:

http://mckinley.wauwatosa.k12.wi.us/CurricularResources/4thgrade/lumber/

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www.flushinghistorical.org/ photos.html sky bird

www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/mhchome/ detroit/detvisua.htm aint no talking

timbertrails.com/welcome.htm feller

www.mtnlaurel.com/photos/ htms/logging-photo.htm swamper

biology.queensu.ca/ ~qubs/history.htm bucker

heartwoodassociates.com/ longleafhistory.htm cruiser

www.columbian.com/earlyyears/ industry.html fitter

www.paulbunyancamp.org/ history.htm teamster

http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/cook.htm cook shanty

collections.ic.gc.ca/.../industry/ forestry/lifestyle.htm river hogs and marker

www.danisco.com/aboutus/ sugar.asp sugar cubes

www.crosbys.com/ molassesdoughnuts.htm doughnuts

www.grannybunt.com/ order.shtml biscuits

suzanneh.com/.../ picture_dictionary_food.htm pancakes

www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/ gettex/2persfx3.htm tin cup

www.ams.usda.gov/howtobuy/ eggs

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BibliographyBooks:

Panagopoulos, Janie. Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp. Spring Lake: River Road Publications, Inc, 1993.

Web Sites

http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/

http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale.html

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Created by

Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Garvey

Lumberjack QuizI cut the notch into

thetree to determine

whichway the tree falls.A. SwamperB. FitterC. Skidder

I use a long polewith a hook tobreak up log

jams. A. BuckerB. SwamperC. River Pig

I have a dangerous job. I have to stand on top of the pile of logs when they are loaded on the sleigh.

A. Hay Man on the HillB. Sky BirdC. Cruiser

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