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Penobscot Logger with his Caulking Boots

The caulk boots which rest on this man's lap mark him as a lumberman. The spikes on the boots helped loggers walk on and manage logs floating down the rivers from the woods to the mills. Many Native American men from the Penobscot Nation, whose homelands lie in Maine, turned to logging as one of their professions once settlers depleted many of their fish and game sources.