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Log Drive on Schoolcraft River to Bemidji in 1924
A firsthand account details the last log drive down the Schoolcraft River in 1924, with crews led by Walter Dow and Ted Getchel delivering logs to Bemidji. Workers endured ice cold water, shifting jams, and brutal days while moving timber to mills in Bemidji and beyond.
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Bemidji
Park Rapids
Nevis
Akeley
Hubbard County
Schoolcraft River
Shelby
Birch Creek
Hart Dam
Havis
Section 20
Lake George Township
Billy Morile
Walter Dow
Yola
Lake George
Ted Getchel
Walt Dow
Pat Dudley
Harry Hitchcock
Boyd
Elliot Leonard
Cliff
al Wilcox
Matt Schummer
Henry Wilcox
Art Sweezy
Skunk Camp
Schoolcraft Township
Wilcox
Schoolcraft
McDonald
North Dakota
Stree
Lake Plantagenet
Lake Marquette
Crookston Mill