River Pigs

In "The River Calls" you'll hear the term River Pig. It has nothing to do with BBQ or picnics. A River Pig was the man who helped guide the large rafts of logs as they floated down Minnesota's rivers. When the raft got stuck, he'd run across the logs with a ten foot pike pole and try to free up whatever was stuck. When that didn't work, he'd bring out the heavy artillery. A case of dynamite usually did the trick.

One of the big dangers of being a River Pig was that the raft of logs was always moving. If a log turned as he stepped on it, he'd either break an ankle or worse, go into the river and under the logs. Very few that went down ever saw daylight again. It was a tough life.

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Ron