But that's exactly where the story below takes place. The article about about the logging operations of a South Amherst timber firm called Parker and Bechstein appeared in the Lorain Journal on May 20, 1938. It's an interesting, behind-the-scenes look at how the firm does a great business cutting its hickory and oak right in Lorain County – on the Baumhart farm.
Our family home on West Erie had two big, mature acorn trees in the front yard that provided cool shade, lush leaves and crunchy nuts for the creatures. The new owner cut down both trees, leaving a barren landscape fronting the busy avenue. Tree Huggers of the World Unite! You have nothing to lose but your roots. And branches. And leaves. And shade. AND NUTS!!
ReplyDeleteFound the white man harassing Indian comment interesting for 1938.
ReplyDeleteMy sweetheart and I spend considerable time driving the backroads of northern Ohio. We see a fair number of these small lumber-ers still a' slicing and a' dicing!