Published by admin on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 10:11am
We are still on the river in 1862. The canal boats were constantly coming in and out. But what were they bringing in and out? And who was doing it? Let's find out.
The marine list for May and June showed just one kind of cargo coming in, and that was lumber. The demand for lumber was incredible. Why? Because we live on the prairie, or we did back then.
Large trees had already been harvested by that time, and the smaller trees were now falling to the axe. Wood was gold for a farmer, think house, heat for cooking, heat for home, fencing, barn, chicken coop, etc.