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    1. Re: Lester, WA - Bucking Trees
    2. Terri wrote: >>He was "buckin' trees" ( I > > think this is the way it is said) for the railroad. This would have been > > 1900-1910 or so. Terri, Redmond, WA Old time loggers involved in cutting timber were generically known as bushlers. Bushlers were divided into sub categories. First - the faller: In the old days, fallers were a couple of men teamed on a crosscut saw to fall the tree to the ground. Next - the bucker, using an ax, would trim all branches from the fallen tree and then buck (saw) it into lengths (logs). __________________________________________wjg_______

    12/17/1998 09:42:53