A history of the lumber industry in the state of New York
1902
Fox, William F. |
From the time when the pioneers first swung their axes in the primeval forests of New York, lumbermen have been closely connected with the industrial progress and development of the State. Although this use of the axe alone would hardly constitute lumbering as understood today, still it was not many years until a sawmill appeared in each settlement and the lumber industry was formally inaugurated.