BY: NIKKI J.
There
were
many
dangers
in
the
log
run
of
long
ago.
There
were
log
jams,
and
lots
of
people
trying
to
run
millions
of
logs
down
a
raging
river.
There
was
also
just
the
plain
fact
that
it's
not
easy
to
stand
on
a
log,
and
float
down
a
river
that
is
moving
fast.
Many
injuries
and
fatalities
took
place
on
the
Chippewa
River
in
those
days.
One
of
the
things
that
helped
the
lumberjacks
with
this
job
werethe
cleats
on
the
bottoms
of
their
boots.
They
helped
give
them
traction
so
they
didn't
slip
off
of
the
wet,
rolling
logs.
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