Timeless Timber® | Discovered, Recovered, Reused

[@paulbourgeois5600]

My grandfather, Colmé Bourgeois, helped to log out this lumber out of Ashland 120 years ago, after returning from the Spanish American War, as a Rough Rider with Teddy Roosevelt on San Juan Hill. That was 1898. Grandpa Colmé then worked on the Soo Line hauling fresh lumber out of the woods down to the Mills in Ashland and along the Shore of Superior. Grandpa could be one of the last eyes on some of these logs for over 100 years. He slipped on ice in February 1927, fell while switching tracks for the locomotive, and the steam engine cut his left leg off at the thigh. That was it for logging. He did draw $13.00 a month disability pension from the army in 1898, for serious wounds suffered at San Juan Hill! I was born in 63, but Grandpa passed away in 1951, so unfortunately, I never knew my fascinating Grandpa. ☹ Good luck with your logging, say hi to the Bourgeois clan up in Ashland for me! Still have family up there today, but after WWII, my Pa came to Milwaukee for school, met my mom, and stayed down here. God Bless God's Country! Cheers!

[@pamtnman1515]

I read a book by a logger from the Ashland area, it’s called Caulked Boots and Cant Hooks. Pretty cool

[@pennynickel5719]

Beautiful

[@jamesbrandt9413]

Hi my name is James Brandt .I live in The Villages Florida I was a close friend RONGAMMON Who also lives in The Villages .I would like to have one of your catalogs with all the wares you sell in the in your gift shop Thank's so much James Brandt.

[@jeananderson815]

can anyone get the logs, or do you need a permit

[@MaDmanex100]

A permit most likely.

[@benmallahsstockbroker3752]

Finders keepers. Go get some.

[@barnacles62]

This country would have been a lot more beautiful and healthier had European settlers stayed in Europe. They actually did the same thing over there, Bonny Portmore is just one clue of how bad it was. The Natives knew a way of life that was in harmony with nature. Mankind could never seem to be satisfied, their thirst for greed, power and lack of contentment is destroying the planet....