CSPAN3 The Story Of Hoover Dam September 2, 2014
Black spruce and norway pine. Douglas fir and red cedar. Scarlet oak and shagbark hickory. Hemlock and aspen. There was lumber in the north. The railroads killed the steam boats but there was lumber in the north. Heads up, lumber on the upper river. Heads up. Lumber enough to cover all europe. Down from minnesota and wisconsin, down to st. Paul, down to st. Louis and st. Joe. Lumber for the new continent of the west. Lumber for the new mills. There was lumber in the north and coal in the hills. Iron and coal. Down to pittsburgh, down to wheeling. Iron and coal to the steel mill for the railroa...