The Lumber Boom of Coastal South Carolina: Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding and the Devastation of Lowcountry Virgin Forests
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The Lumber Boom of Coastal South Carolina: Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding and the Devastation of Lowcountry Virgin Forests
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The virgin forests of longleaf pine, bald cypress and oak that covered much of the South Carolina Lowcountry presented seemingly limitless opportunity for lumbermen. Henry Buck of Maine moved to the South Carolina coast and began shipping lumber back to the Northeast for shipbuilding. He and his family are responsible for building the "Henrietta, " the largest wooden ship ever built in the Palmetto State. Buck was followed by lumber barons of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who forever changed the landscape, clearing vast tracts to supply lumber to the Northeast. The devastating environmental legacy of this shipbuilding boom wasn't addressed until 1937, when the International Paper Company opened the largest single paper mill in the world in Georgetown and began replanting hundreds of thousands of acres of trees. Local historian Robert McAlister presents this epic story of the ebb and flow of coastal South Carolina's lumber industry.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. 1825–35: Henry Buck of Bucksport, Maine, Establishes the First Steam Sawmill in South Carolina
- 2. 1835–60: Buck’s Mills Become the Largest Supplier of South Carolina Lumber to the Shipbuilders of Maine
- 3. 1860–75: The Buck Family Survives the Civil War and Resumes Lumber Shipments to the North
- 4. The Legacy of the Henrietta and Northeastern Shipbuilding
- 5. 1885–1900: The Decline of Bucksville and the Buck Family’s Lumber Mills
- 6. 1900–30: The Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, the Largest Lumber Mill East of the Mississippi River
- 7. International Paper Company in Georgetown, the Largest Single Paper Mill in the World
- 8. Forest Restoration and Conservation in Lowcountry South Carolina
- Epilogue: Summer in the Swamps
- Bibliography
- About the Author