Lumberjacks and Their Pastime – Near Hull, Potter County

Card playing was a favorite way for wood hicks to spend leisure time.  These nattily dressed men have improvised teeter-totter chairs and a barrel table.  The 4th of July was a favorite holiday, marking the end of bark peeling.  Competitions between camps were another form of recreation that usually consisted of timed tree felling, followed by log rolling, speed chopping and sawing, and other trials of skills.  Hull is now called Conrad and is located in Susquehannock State Forest.