My Grandfather worked two winters in the woods near Houghton, think it was 1918 and 1919. You had to learn from the old-timers to survive and thrive at it. Many of his stories echoed the thoughts in this thread. Also told of the train to town every other Sunday, for a bath, etc.
His brother ran a hunting lodge/hotel around Marquette that burned down sometime in 1920, when Grandpa helped them move back to Kenosha, he got a cushy job at the Case tractor factory instead of heading back to the woods. During the trip home from Marquette in his Essex car, the infant niece riding with him and his brothers family succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning in the enclosed car and died. The local doctor they sought out told them the best thing for all involved was to continue to Kenosha and report it there, so they did. I miss him and his stories.
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