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The Meat House

The Meat House was made of logs, with a large tree trunk in the center cut into a table like object. It was completely screened to keep out animals , bugs and flies. Meat was hung in here to age, it was not refrigerated. Outside in the winter months the temperature was rarely above freezing. In the spring, they would cut the meat as it thawed and keep it in the "ice box".
What in the world is a TIE HACK? Do you know?

June 4th 2009
DuBois, Wyoming Wyoming Tie and Timber Company's railroad tie-cutting operation in the Shoshone National Forest near Dubois profoundly affected the economy of the Upper Wind River Valley for nearly 40 years and there is much evidence of it's existence here today. Between 1904 and 1946, Scandinavian loggers known as tie hacks produced over 10 million hand-hewn ties that were floated 100 miles ... read more
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