The Loggers

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1. In 1869, the Northern Pacific Railroad sent Samuel Wilkeson west to inspect the company's proposed rail route from Minnesota to Washington Territory. True False

2. What are the three mountain ranges that comprise the Pacific Slope forest range? Coast, Cascade, and Rockies Sierra Nevada, Sierra Madres, and Coast. Cascade, Sierra Nevada, and Sierra Madres Coast, Cascade, and Sierra Nevada

3. Which of the following trees is found only in the state of California? Western Hemlock Redwood Port Orford Cedar Giant Sequoia

4. Who is credited with discovery of the Douglas Fir? Archibald Windom Archibald Douglas David Douglas Archibald Menzies

5. Which of the following is a member of the "deciduous" family of trees? Western Red Cedar Coast Redwood Elm Douglas Fir

6. Logger's Lingo. What is meant by the term "Woodsman's bed roll or pack"? Bindle Single Handed Saw Bucker Two Man Saw

7. Logger's Lingo. What is meant by "second and final cut" in felling a tree? Highballing Snipe Peeler Back Cut

8. Logger's Lingo. What is a log that lodged in a river or stream in such a way that it caused a jam during a log drive? Timber Beast Dog Key Log Boom

9. This man owned the sawmill in California where gold was discovered in 1848. John Sutter James Sutter James Marshall John Marshall

10. In 1875 a San Francisco newspaper heralded these two men as the "lumber kings of the Pacific Coast". Henry Yesler and Juan de Fuca Cyrus Walker and William Talbot William Talbot and Andrew Pope Andrew Pope and Cyrus Walker