Item 101081 - Horses pulling log sled, ca. 1890

Item 101081 - Horses pulling log sled, ca. 1890
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Item 101081
Horses pulling log sled, ca. 1890
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Before the introduction of pulp and paper mills into the upper Androscoggin valley, Bethel farmers found winter employment working in logging camps.

Long logs, sawn into lumber, were quickly shipped out to urban markets via the Grand Trunk Railway in Bethel.

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