The Hamlet, 190 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2017-08-12 15:15
Text: 
The Hamlet
Location: 
Jack|Zack Houston's Land in The Hamlet (Location)
Page Number: 
190
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
and after the Civil War, forgotten save by small
Page Event Ends: 
190
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Mentioned: 
Unnamed Sawmill Owners and Workers
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, May 1, 1865 to Wednesday, December 31, 1879
Summary: 

After the Civil War, the land around Frenchman's Bend was dotted with "small peripatetic sawmills" that turned all the trees in the area into lumber, leaving only "mounds of rotting sawdust" (190).

Chronological Order: 
10.50
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Land-use: Clear-cutting; Cemetery, Greed
Cultural Issues:
Land-Use›Collective exploitation
Themes and Motifs:
Values›Greed

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