There was one splendid piece of timber-land that might possibly come in possession of the rebels and do us much mischief. ❋ Alf Burnett (N/A)
He was glad he had been able to surround her with comforts up to the very end, though to do so he had been obliged to sell timber-land, horses, cows, everything he owned, one after another. ❋ Isabel Cecilia Williams (N/A)
True, the surface only is scratched, and the soil is soon exhausted, but who cares for that when there is abundance of rich timber-land from which to clear new fields? and as to economizing labor, that is the last thing a planter cares about, for what are the negroes to do? ❋ Various (N/A)
No known trees of the world compare with them and their kin, the redwoods, for the focused proximity of such a marvelous amount of timber within limited areas -- as it were, the highest standard of timber-land capacity. ❋ Various (N/A)
They went straight into the thick timber-land, in - stead of going to the rich and waiting prairies, and they crowned this initial mistake by cutting down the splendid timber instead of letting it stand. ❋ Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 (1929)
Whereupon the transaction would be completed by my taking his greenbacks and giving him a certificate of purchase for the forty acres of timber-land that had cost him seventy-five cents an acre, and later probably netted him not less than three hundred dollars an acre for stumpage alone. ❋ Murdock, Charles A (1921)
Coal fields and timber-land somewhere in Canada, the concession was supposed to be. ❋ H. M. Egbert (1919)
Among these was the timber-land around Lake Bigler (now Tahoe) -- splendid acres, to be had for the asking. ❋ Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 (1916)
They went straight into the thick timber-land, instead of going to the rich and waiting prairies, and they crowned this initial mistake by cutting down the splendid timber instead of letting it stand. ❋ Unknown (1915)
Finally, to indicate that he was still in the game and playing it to win, consequently overlooking never a bet, he had cashed in pretty fortunately on a section of his timber-land. ❋ Jackson Gregory (1912)
Oak Springs Farm, which was to be Dick's home for the next month, took in the whole of a beautiful little glen, and many acres of timber-land on either side. ❋ Harold Bell Wright (1908)
So back again I went at all seasons of the year to encamp in that great timber-land that sweeps from the Atlantic to the Pacific. ❋ Arthur Henry Howard Heming (1905)
Before sundown they reached the timber-land on Bear Top. ❋ B. M. Bower (1905)
He had found that places of swamp and swale were few compared with miles of solid timber-land, concealed by summer's luxuriant undergrowth. ❋ Unknown (1904)
Very early your forests attracted lumbermen from other States, and by the course of timber-land investments some of the best of the big trees were threatened with destruction. ❋ Unknown (1904)
He accompanied his restless, migratory father from one squatter home to another until he settled in Illinois, where the timber-land and prairie meet, near the ❋ John Finley (1901)
"Don't you believe their lies," bellowed the Colonel, breaking in on Hiram's eager explanations of the timber-land deal and the quest of the treasure they had come to Cod Lead to unearth. ❋ Holman Day (1900)
"This ain't no timber-land deal," retorted Hiram, smartly, and with cutting sarcasm. ❋ Holman Day (1900)
As for you, Cap'n Sproul, as a seaman I can sympathize with you about getting cheated by land-pirates in that timber-land deal and in other things. ❋ Holman Day (1900)
