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On September 21,
1938, one of the most destructive hurricanes in American history plowed its
way up the East Coast and wreaked havoc on New England. In addition to claiming a startling 682
lives, the storm’s casualties included more than a billion trees with an
aggregate value of nearly 100 million dollars.
In the midst of
the Great Depression, the disaster proved serendipitous for those in the
timber industry when the Federal Government summoned lumbermen from across
the country to assist in a massive salvage effort. The Galford Lumber Company of Pocahontas County, West Virginia,
was but one of many companies who responded to the call.
A tale of
imagination, ingenuity and plain hard work, this film documents the odyssey
of approximately forty loggers who left their homes in the southern West
Virginia mountains to join the rural community of Northfield, Massachusetts,
for up to two years. Seeking little
more than an honest day’s pay, some would find wives as well as wages, and
all would experience the adventure of a lifetime.
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