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Tag: forestry

Colby & Co. in the Woods

We couldn’t resist imagining what a woodcutting detail might have been like…

civil war, forestry, Freeman Colby, jonas bacon, newton colby, peter warren

Colby 50: Teamwork

1862: With a little teamwork and vigilance, a squad of Union soldiers can accomplish an astonishing amount of… card-playing?!

camp, forestry, Freeman Colby, Maryland, Potomac

Colby 49: Work Detail

1862: Colby’s camp needs firewood …

forestry, Freeman Colby, Maryland, Potomac

Video: “John Weeks, 1911”

A sing-along music video from Big Paws Music, based on John Wingate Weeks‘ landmark legislation, the Weeks Act of 1911… … More

1911, congress, forestry, John Weeks, john wingate weeks, law, nh, us, water, watersheds, Weeks Act

Trunks Like Black Bones (Marlow, 1825)

Grandpa remembers “what happened to all the forests” in the Keene area…

Elgin Jones, forestry, grandpa, Keene, lumber, marlow, slash and burn, trees

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