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Loggers were usually single men in their twenties. During the winter, they worked dawn to dusk, six days a week, cutting, hauling, and piling logs. In spring, many worked as “river drivers,” floating logs downriver to the sawmill. Their wages ranged between $ 15 and $ 26 a month, plus room and board for winter work and slightly higher for river driving. (W. J. Beal, Michigan, 1901)
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