Logging Camp
Photo Courtesy Grand Marais Historical Society
Life was never luxurious in the logging camps of Michigan's
Upper Peninsula. Rough roads chopped out of the forest led
to the
hastily-constructed log buildings of the camp, which might
house
up to 100 men. Lumberjacks were renowned for their toughness
and strength, and a Saturday-night altercation in one of the local
saloons
could have fatal results: a headstone in Seney's Boot Hill
cemetery simply states, "Died fighten".
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