West Virginia Logging History....a few links

West Virginia History - Logging the Virgin Forests

Cass Scenic Railroad - West Virginia's Most Powerful State Park

Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association - If you enjoy historical logging and the logging railroads, don't miss the opportunity to join!!

The Old Hollow Log

"An old hollow log may come into the mill,
But the old hollow log's got some good in it still,
And a sawyer who's smart will find more in the same
Than a feller will see or a scaler will claim.
Yes, you never can tell what a sawlog'll cut
If you judge it alone by a look at the butt;
It may rot at the stump where it's close to the ground
But a bit higher up may be thoroughly sound."
"So we ought to take men, when we see'em woods run
There are very few men who are all Number 1
Here's a fellah who ain't I'm here to admit,
And perhaps even you may be rottin' a bit.
But there's good in us all, as I often suspect,
And there's something in all not exactly select.
Yes, a log's like a man, and a sawyer who's smart
In an old rotten log, finds a little good heart.

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