Almanac: Hands-On History
St. Croix River
Clip: Season 1 Episode 5 | 6m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
The boom site is on the national register of historic places and it was a place for...
The boom site is on the national register of historic places and it was a place for the logs floating down the river to be stopped and sorted. That job of sorting and keeping things moving was very dangerous.
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Almanac: Hands-On History
St. Croix River
Clip: Season 1 Episode 5 | 6m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
The boom site is on the national register of historic places and it was a place for the logs floating down the river to be stopped and sorted. That job of sorting and keeping things moving was very dangerous.
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