Twomen can chop downevena thick, sturdyrosewoodtree in anhour. Then it requires teams of15or30 or 50topullthelogsthrough the muddyup-and-downof the vine-coveredwoodland.
The Mississippi River rolls its fertile sediment down the spine of the nation from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, picking up the muddy contributions of the Ohio and Missouri along the way and those of countless other tributaries large and small.