The log drive down the Connecticut River was an annual event from the 1890s until about 1920. Spruce logs harvested in the far northwestern portion of New Hampshire were floated down the river. The Turners Falls Lumber Company in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, processed some, cutting around nine million feet of lumber in 1895, only a fraction of the 50 to 60 million feet then being run past the mill. By 1909, drives of around 35 million feet would be common, part of an overall declining trend.
Greenfield Gazette and Courier. “Rivermen Reach Turners Falls.” July 21, 1900. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-088/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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