BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170706T230000Z DTEND:20170707T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Shanty Boys\, Swampers\, and River Hogs: Lumbering Around Elk Rapids DESCRIPTION:"Shanty Boys\, Swampers\, and River Hogs:\nLumbering Around Elk Rapids 1860-1900"\nPresenter: Dr. Jim McClurg\n\n \nDr. Jim McClurg graduated from the University of Michigan and taught there for ten years before moving to Wyoming where he was a University of Wyoming Geology professor until his retirement some 15 years ago. HIs home in Eastport in on Torch Lake on land that has been in the family since the mid-1880's. \n\n\n\nJim is very interested in the history of the area as both sets of his Great Grandparents lived in the Eastport Area in the 1800's. One ran the Eastport hardware and the other homesteaded a farm a mile away. Interestingly\, he spent 1862 working on the Elk Rapids lumber mill dock to get enough money to buy the materials to build his home. For a few years before that he was a "shanty boy" and "river hog" (terms used back in the day for the lumberjack and for those who "rode the logs" down the rivers. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"\;Shanty Boys\, Swampers\, and River Hogs:\n
Lumbering Around Elk Rapids 1860-1900"\;
\nPresenter:  \;Dr. Jim McClurg
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Dr. Jim McClurg graduated from the University of Michigan and taught there for ten years before moving to Wyoming where he was a University of Wyoming Geology professor until his retirement some 15 years ago. \; HIs home in Eastport \;in on Torch Lake on land that has been in \;the family since the mid-1880'\;s. \;
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\nJim is very interested in the history of the area as both sets of his Great Grandparents lived in the Eastport Area in the 1800'\;s. One ran the Eastport hardware and the other homesteaded a farm a mile away. Interestingly\, he spent 1862 working on the Elk Rapids lumber mill dock to get enough money to buy the materials to build his home. For a few years before that he was a "\;shanty boy"\; and "\;river hog"\; (terms used back in the day for the lumberjack \;and for those who "\;rode the logs"\; down the rivers.
\n LOCATION:Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum 301 Traverse St. Elk Rapids corner of Pine St. UID:e.2409.8957 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260504T062908Z URL:https://business.elkrapidschamber.org/events/details/shanty-boys-swampers-and-river-hogs-lumbering-around-elk-rapids-8957 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR