Postcards from Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Canaan & Bradford
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Title
Postcards from Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Canaan & Bradford
Subject
Forests
Description
In 1870, at its highest point of deforestation, the Vermont landscape was roughly 70% percent cleared and only 30% forested. Logging had transformed many of Vermont’s green mountains into bare hillsides by the turn of the 20th century. These postcards depict the deforested landscape along the banks of the Connecticut River.
The Connecticut River was the site of numerous log drives in 19th-century Vermont. The men who worked these drives had difficult jobs, working from dawn to dusk, balancing on moving logs in cold, wet conditions. Their work required alertness, sure-footedness, strength and agility as they rode the logs to regional markets.
The Connecticut River was the site of numerous log drives in 19th-century Vermont. The men who worked these drives had difficult jobs, working from dawn to dusk, balancing on moving logs in cold, wet conditions. Their work required alertness, sure-footedness, strength and agility as they rode the logs to regional markets.
Creator
Bradford: R.W.W. Wills [text somewhat unclear]
Source
UVM Special Collections
Publisher
Log Drive: B. McDonald, Beecher Falls, VT
Date
[1907–1909]
Format
Postcards, approx. 3x5", scanned 3/19/2014
Identifier
fsaseminar_305
Coverage
Canaan, VT; Beecher Falls, VT; Bradford, VT; 1907–1909
Files
Citation
Bradford: R.W.W. Wills [text somewhat unclear], “Postcards from Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Canaan & Bradford,” Omeka@CTL, accessed December 22, 2024, http://libraryexhibits.uvm.edu/omeka/items/show/1778.