History Of The Minnesota Lumber Industry

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The lumber industry of Minnesota was very important and helped Minnesota form. It also made small cities bigger, and more popular. Lumber had a large production. Through the years it got bigger, then smaller again. It also helped discover new machines to use. In the beginning, there was a man who invested a lot of money. His name was Fredrick Weyerhaeuser. He was already very successful and had a lot of money when he began investing money in Minnesota lumber industries. At first he only bought a little bit of land, then a bit more, and then more! He ended up owning many of the industries, big and small. He invested a lot of money. More and more people needed jobs so there were always plenty on lumberjacks. In the middle time period,