Virgin forests, 1920

Title: Virgin forests, 1920
LC Subject: Forest reserves--Oregon
Description: The Michigan timber went first; then Pennsylvania cut hers, and next the lumber indsutry shifted to the South. Long before 1920 timber was recognized as a valuable asset. The South became the most valuable producer of timber around 1900, and it was feely predicted that her timber would be gone before this time. However, the rate of growth in the South is very rapid and her lumbermen are adopting modern methods, so that the South is still a large producer producing nearly 45% of all lumber used in this country in 1926. But the three Pacific coast states contain more than 70% of all virgin softwood timber and are rapidly becoming the leading lumber producers of the country. Washington has been the foremost state in lumber production since 1905; and Oregon has more standing timber than any other state, so that she will certainly be the leader in lumber production in a few more years.
Work Type: lantern slides
Identifier: P217:35:03
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of: Set 54 - Cascade and Santiam National Forest
Institution: Oregon State University
Note: Hand-tinted