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In a letter to the editor, former lumberman Thomas McBean compares the living conditions of lumber camps in 1915 to the deprivations of his years spent in camps in the mid-nineteenth century. McBean amusingly recounts daily life in the camp and the difficulties of securing enough food and other commodities during the winter.Citation
McBean, Thomas. "The Lumber Camps of Long Ago: A Chippewa Pioneer writes interestingly of the logging camps on the Chippewa river in the long ago." Chippewa Falls Independent. (14 January 1915). Wisconsin Historical Society;