History of Dutch Point Part Two: Connecticut River Log Drives

In this video I talk about the great log drives down the Connecticut River from northern New Hampshire to Massachusetts and to Hartford, Connecticut, where millions of feet of logs were brought (circa 1876 to 1885) to the saw mill at Dutch Point.
This is the first part of my history of Dutch Point: • History of Dutch Point...
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Here are some links about the log drives on the Connecticut River:
LOGGING HISTORY: www.courant.co...
Driving logs downriver was scary, risky, a test of skill and courage: vtdigger.org/2...
KING OF THE LOG DRIVES: THE NEW ENGLAND RIVERMAN: newenglandhist...
Guilded Age Log Drives Down the Connecticut River: connecticutriv...
Log Drive on the Connecticut: www.theatlanti...
Log Drives On The Connecticut: Keeping The History Alive, 100 Years Later: www.vermontpub...
Driving the Middle Way: Log Drives on the Connecticut: larrycoffin.bl...
Log Drives: bhs802.org/log...
Bangor Tigers drove logs down the Connecticut: www.bangordail...
A Brief History of the Cant Dog & the Peavey: / a-brief-history-of-the...
“The Only Man”: Skill and Bravado on the River-Drive: digitalcommons...
Log Driving on the Connecticut River: americancenturi...
ANNUAL LOG DRIVE ON THE RIVER: www.americancen...

[@tjroicub6079]

Thanks Dan, anxiously awaiting Part 3.

[@historywithdansterner263]

I'm aiming for Sunday night.

[@LauraLBKozin]

Thank you so much for these videos! I'm really enjoying them.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks!

[@MAREKISBACKAGAIN]

Great channel with cool historical stories.. thank for uploading.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you!

[@theconnecticutourriver]

so much history within the watershed.

[@boathousejoed1126]

Wicked cool!