Tumult On The Mountains: Lumbering in West Virginia 1770-1920

Tumult on the Mountains starts with the birth of West Virginia's lumbering industry and follows it through its rapid decline around 1909. The industry grew slowly as settlers headed west and needed sawn timber. Once the original timber was destroyed, however, the state's lumbering business disappeared. Much of the information and many of the photographs in this book were collected from "old-timers" who fondly recalled their life in the lumbering business. The book's emphasis is on the day-to-day work life of the stalwart men who worked in this difficult—and at times dangerous— business.