Lumberman's Bunkhouse

Built on site, this bunkhouse shows how lumberjacks lived in the area's white pine forests. A sled loaded with logs in front of the building shows one way logs were moved with teams of horses to the banking grounds in Averill, while another method used the red Big Wheel near the Saginaw Road area of the museum property. The logs were stamped on the end with the owner's mark, then in the spring they were floated down the river to sawmills in Saginaw and Bay City, where they were sorted by mark. At the other end of the bunkhouse is the Blacksmith Shop, reflecting the importance of a blacksmith in an early logging camp or town.

Sanford, Michigan · United States