Logging in Upstate New York 1930-1940's

I would like to dedicate this video to our families long time friend Paulie, he grew up on a logging camp at 14 during the 40's and knows the truest meaning of hard work. Even in his old age he shows generations what it means to be a patriot and a man.
He is to me a symbol of the American spirit and i wish nothing but the best for him and every logger that life and age has to offer.

[@aarongarcia1101]

My friends dad was a lumberjack, a native American man, probably the hardest worker I have ever known. When I stayed at their house over night, he would always be up 2 or 3 am and out the door to meet the van where the crew would go into the woods for many many hours. He would arrive home after dark, his wife would serve him a plate of food and he would fall asleep in his chair each night.

[@glenmorin6626]

I love watching this video. My great grandfather is in this video multiple times. He was the foreman, Joe Moran (Morin). My grandfather, "Elmer Joe Morin" also worked the camps and shared these duties along with his cousin Anthony "Tony" Robitaille as well. Elmer ended up in the Orlando, Florida area along with his cousin Tony as well.. They both raised their families here. Elmer helped build the "Lake Eola" water fountain. He plumbed it, did some cement work in the foundation and the green tiles on the cover. He also helped build Interstate 4 (I-4) and got involved with alot of other construction with the City of Orlando, to mention a few. He is survived by his family still today here in Orlando running "Elmer's Paint & Body Inc. Glen Morin Bobbi Morin Gerald D Morin and some great grandchildren Brennan McCray Morin Gerald D Morin Jr. to mention a few.

[@culbyj3665]

Joe Morin is a running Joke in the spirited of ways between my Brother and I. As if to say Oh hey you cant do that not strong enough, Hold on Let me call Joe Morin Hell do it for ya . Hes more a man then you So cool that your grandfather is in your family.. Hes truly A LUMBERJACK of LUMBERJACKS

[@maxxonetwo3]

I have this video on VHS tape 25 years ago. Great story.

[@culbyj3665]

if U snowmobile or vist herkimer county any season This VHS that we have should be requred watch material...

[@roylevesque8803]

My grandfather, dad and all uncle's did just what this video shows. I'm very proud of my Canadian heritage.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@LinnTractorNut]

Opening shot is Oval Wood Dish Corp. Linn tractor donated to the Adirondack Museum, from their garage at their factory in Tupper Lake, NY in 1957 when the museum first opened. They had bought their first three Linns in 1921 and replaced them with another three (including this one) about eleven years later.

[@johnmarks227]

I remember going to Ontario Canada as a kid in the 1950's and seeing entire hillsides with nothing left on them. The lakes nearby were entirely covered with logs too.

[@davidmarks5400]

In those days there was no real regard for the environment. It was rape the resources for every plug nickel they could get.

[@robgrubb420]

one of the coolest videos I have ever seen thanks so much for sharing this!

[@timliscum2861]

My dad could be in these videos.. I remember him mentioning Strife many times.. He was born on Tug Hill in Worth, NY in 1917. Was in the woods logging for many years.. HIs brother had a sawmill in Lowville forever.. My dad would have loved watching this.

[@tuff-as-nails1549]

There are few things closer to my heart than the old time loggers, im glad to have met a few and i thank the Lord for each of them that are still around. Their stories and their work fade with the passing day. Thank you for sharing your story and preserving his memory.

[@sycadelic666]

Thank you very much for this upload. This footage is only available at the Adirondack Museum from what I know. I’ve been learning all about this stuff since my partner works there, thus I now have free range to pick her brain on these cool subjects. 👌

[@genegustafson1665]

My father was a logger back in the early 50s and he had a tractor/ Dozier with a jammer on it. I even got to drive the John deere Caterpillar.

[@kennethnevel3263]

Great filming of the old logging ways , was very hard and dangerous work . I was a logger /sawyer/ trucker .

[@roylevesque8803]

My grand parents and dad, uncle's did just that. In the competition s i remember them clearly. My father probably is in there somewhere in the video. Loved going to them.

[@Moroni108]

Wow!! Makes you not want to complain about your job... Incredible to see this, something you'd never see in today's age. These men accomplished what most of us would call unthinkable, with what they had to do it. I wish our current administration would have to watch this 1,000 times in order to be reeled into what they are destroying. Better yet, make them do this for a month so they can be certified in a USA heritage course. They could even receive a college credit for it :)

[@Padoinky]

From CNY… Attended SUNY ESF…. thanks to the YT algorithm, this ended up in my queue… my father had a lot of the lumberjack gear, xcut saws, etc… use to make the trip btwn Syracuse and NYC via rt17 Catskills and would see the various pulp mills along the beaverkill

[@MKane-pl7cb]

Thanks for sharing. Don’t see that stuff everyday.

[@rayreiff5572]

love watching the river drivers

[@milliebanks7209]

I don't have any relatives who were lumberjacks but I admire and respect these men who were axmen. Enjoyed this video and my hats is off to you for bringing this to us! Kudos to you and look forward to seeing more!

[@tuff-as-nails1549]

I got these tapes from an old family friend who cleared the woods in Upstate NY where i live. He has told me many stories about being 12 years old working in the camps. They would build a cabin where all the men would live and work sun up to sun down. He told me a story once that he was on a dozer tied to a cable tie that they used to slow the hauls of lumber, but this time the tie was used to lower the dozer down a cliff side, he told how he would stand on the dash with the controls at his feet it was so steep.

[@genegustafson1665]

There were logging camps in the marengo lake area in the township of Lincoln and Pratt/Grand View Wisconsin about 25 miles away from Lake Superior's south shore in Bayfield and Ashland County's Wisconsin, alot of men owned farms and in the winter months the worked in the woods and farmed in the summer months, from 1867 to 1915. Most of the people were German, swedish

[@flyonwall360]

Small world. Here I am, in Wisconsin, watching a video about logging in the area I grew up in, in NY and reading a comment about the area of Wisconsin where my grandmother grew up.

[@genegustafson1665]

My great great uncle's work in the woods in northern Wisconsin near Marengo lake in Bayfield county Wisconsin

[@johnnybronzini262]

Awesome video!!!

[@gumboot65]

One of the best vids on you tube. !!!

[@johncourtneidge]

Superb, thank-you. A relevant book: 'What Men They Were!' Canadian I think, in Eng,ish.

[@ilirllukaci5345]

Thanks WCNY!

[@thomas5714]

I purchased this video in a DVD format titled 'Lumber Jack Sky Pilot' at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. I've shown it to a few people who understood what they were looking at and listening to. Example: @27:51 you get a crystal clear picture of how powerful these rail built men were. EVEN if it were just pine, that man is tossing a 4' long, 18" diameter log, ~275-lb, onto a skid like he's flipping a baseball bat. If you live anywhere near the ADK's and have never been - treat yourself and be awed by this history. Thank you Tuff-As-Nails15

[@Dougarrowhead]

4 foot 18 inch diameter pine is nowhere near 275 pounds.

[@Dougarrowhead]

4 foot 18 inch diameter pine is nowhere near 275 pounds.

[@thomas5714]

@@Dougarrowhead Nice handle - enjoy the result.

[@Dougarrowhead]

@@thomas5714 nice inaccurate comment you left. Enjoy being ignorant.

[@Dougarrowhead]

@@thomas5714 you probably like watching men work. Enjoy being bald and weak and gay.

[@genegustafson1665]

Virgin's Timber huge trees of hemlock to white pine trees over 8 feet across the stump, back in 1880s and earlier

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

BET THESE GUYS SLEPT LIKE LOGS!!!!

[@GlobalistJuice]

Great video! God's most generous gift to man is the tree. It fills his lungs, shades his head, heats his hands & feet, warms the food in his belly, brightens the dark and shelters those dear to his heart, it will provide the furniture he rests upon, and he will use it to build a future for his children. God understood man could not have survived a single day on this earth without it... and it is good. 👍

[@MrDjh66]

Love this I have a cabin in forestport

[@michaelmuzzy8401]

nice, i grew up in town of ohio,and ausable forks,

[@MrDjh66]

Love it I’m actually in Ohio right on the Forestport line

[@MrDjh66]

Were you near buckhill road

[@michaelmuzzy8401]

@@MrDjh66 yes i built a house on dry bridge rd, i look out my window to it

[@MrDjh66]

To cool love it

[@mikeoxmall1648]

I was in the. Finch pruyn club at boreas ponds as a kid stayed in the ( big camp) my name is Ralph ball never forget it!

[@sycadelic666]

If you don’t mind, how’d you get this footage? Do you happen to have anymore you’ve yet to upload

[@johnvelas70]

And folks think they got a tough job today.

[@rayreiff5572]

at 32 .30 dog tricks in newcomb

[@jupitercyclops6521]

Looks good. Not sure if I'll make it past intro. 2 minutes dog petting thus far.

[@jupitercyclops6521]

International paper company!?!? Aren't they the ones who payed the politicians to pass unconstitutional laws making marajuana illegal? The real reason was they didn't want competition from hemp for making paper. Think about all the trees we coulda saved. Those laws eroded more 9f our constitution than anything till the Patriots act ( maybe more than that) Shame shame! We know your name! Course that's nothing against these men in the pic or the hosts. It's all on the company & the politicians

[@somerandomhoovymain4251]

Tuff explain why but anyway the only thing I watched this for is Gus

[@Squibblez]

anungus

[@whaleoilbeefhooked3892]

Destroying our precious habitat was money driven, accordingly. We're all guilty. Transforming magnificant centuries old forest growth into toilet paper. I recall the days of the colored bathroom rolls. Mint green seemed popular.

[@michaeldumas4907]

now go Inventory your home for petroleum products hypocrite!

[@whaleoilbeefhooked3892]

@@michaeldumas4907 Plastics? Use less and do without, and share. Plastics fill many of the major center land fills but is in large recyclable, with some due diligence (hardship) and use of even more petroleum. If gadgets were mandated to be made with DIY replaceable parts, although expensive, then we'd really have something. But yes, at least petroleum is a renewable resource. As for forests, the enemy of complete deforestation in the time period of this video was of a harsh environment where stripping out the trees was like harvesting gold. Owners of solid wood supply companies could get rich by hard labor (hungry slaves) when nobody possesses means to personally see the devastation effect left in the wake of forestry. It's beautiful to see what once was, in this time captured film. Not sure what your point was, really.

[@bonnieravillehutchins4713]

I so agree with you. I too have a familial history with those loggers. It was surely better than starving. Most of our family also served in the military as well. They had very few options in life.

[@genegustafson1665]

Norwegian and Poland

[@DareDog.]

my grandfather Fred Morrissey is in the video and was referred to as road monkey. He lived in Greig. How fitting is that. I am a civil engineer who designs roads. great history of the days in the woods. Jim Morrissey