This episodes marks the beginning of Season 2 of the North Country History with Rob Burg podcast. We look at what will be coming up on Season 2 airing from June through August, 2025. But first we recap Season 1 as a refresher and also an introduction for new listeners.
Season 2 will bring new guests to the podcast, take a look at the origins of the lumber industry in the United States in the Northeastern states of Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania, explore some new topics in forest history and to also revisit the lumber industry discussing technological changes, and the labor force of the lumber industry.
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Season 2 Schedule:
June 2 S02.E02: Introducing Season 2 & Recapping Season 1.
June 9 S02.E03: The Civilian Conservation Corps Part 1: The New Deal's Outdoors Restoration Program. With guest Phil Naud.
June 16 S02.E03: The Civilian Conservation Corps Part 2: The Life of a CCC Boy. With guest Bill Jamerson.
June 23 S02.E04: Logging in the Northeast, Part 1: Maine-The Birth of an Industry.
June 30 S02.E05: Logging in the Northeast, Part 2: The Adirondacks.
July 7 S02.E06: Logging in the Northeast, Part 3: Penn's Woods.
July 14 S02.E07: Fire Follows the Axe: Lumber, Wildfires, and Climate Change.
July 21 S02.E08: The Passenger Pigeon. With guest Kyle Bagnall.
July 28 S02.E09: Lumber, Lakes & Lighthouses. With guest Bruce Lynn.
August 4 S02.E10: Railroad Logging.
August 11 S02.E.11: Sawmill Technology.
August 18 S02.E12: The Labor of Logging, Part 1: Timber Cruisers, Shanty Boys, and River Hogs.
August 25 S02.E13: The Labor of Logging, Part 2: The Men and Women of the Lumber Towns.
2025 North Country History Podcast Tour: N. Lower Peninsula/Upper Peninsula of Michigan, N. Wisconsin, and N. Minnesota. July 31-August 16, 2025.
- Frederic MI: "Deward: The Last of Michigan's Lumber Boomtowns."
- Pigeon River Country State Forest
- Mackinac State Historic Parks
- Peshtigo Fire Musem
- Nicolet National Forest
- Cathedral Pines Natural Area
- Lumberjack Steram Train & Camp Five Museum
- Rhinelander WI
- St. Croix River National Scenic River
- Snake River Fur Trading Post
- Hinckley Fire Museum
- Forest History Center
- Ely MN
- Superior National Forest
- Grand Portage National Monument
- Gooseberry Falls State Park
- Chequamegon National Forest
- Ottawa National Forest
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