Henry Kolden discusses a man named Olson who was not a good lumberjack; what log drivers wore on their feet; how logs were marked; the route between Red Lake Agency and Fosston; the distance covered a day on a log drive; preventing logjams; who owned the timber; how they sharpened their axes; his regret in bringing his gun on his first trip to the area; lumberjack sky pilot Frank Higgins; hobos at Grand Forks; rain in 1896 washing out a log drive; selling his homestead; moving into Blackduck to start a store; and hauling supplies for the Langor schoolhouse. The recording is continued from BCHS 020a/b and BCHS 130a/b, and continues in BCHS 131a/b.
Henry Kolden discusses who owned the sawmill at Crookston; working in a mill in Grand Forks; the cost of floating logs versus railroads; the Red Lake-Leech Lake trail; early residents of the Blackduck area; and whether James J. Hill bribed Farmer Hines. The recording is continued from BCHS 020a/b and BCHS 130a, and continues in BCHS 131a/b.
