The Wanigan
“They wanted cleared fields for their crops. By the 1830s, pine was king in Michigan. Lumber camps were everywhere. In spring, when the ice melted, the logs were sent down Michigan’s rivers, down the Tittabawassee, the Pere Marquette, the Au Sable, the Shiawassee, the Saginaw, and the Manistee. In 1850, in Manistee alone, sawmills produced seven million feet of lumber. Michigan pine was shipped all over the country. If your house is old enough, it might be made from Michigan pine.
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