Editing Lumberjack (section)

===Tie hacking===
A specialty form of logging involving the felling of trees for the production of [[railroad tie]]s was known as tie hacking. These lumberjacks, called tie hacks, used saws to fell trees and cut to length, and a [[broad-axe]] to flatten two or all four sides of the log to create railroad ties. Later, portable saw mills were used to cut and shape ties. Tie hacking was an important form of logging in Wyoming and northern Colorado and the remains of tie hacking camps can be found on National Forest land. The remains of flumes can be seen near [[Dubois, Wyoming]],<ref>{{cite book | title=Knights of the Broadax; the Story of the Wyoming Tie Hack | author=Pinkerton, Joan | year=1981 | publisher=Caxton Printers | isbn=0-87004-283-1}}</ref> and [[Old Roach, Colorado|Old Roach]], Colorado. In addition, a decaying splash dam exists near the Old Roach site as well. There, tie hacks attempted to float logs down to the Laramie River for the annual spring tie drives, and the splash dam was used to collect winter snow-melt to increase the water flow for the tie drive.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1502768496 |title=History of Jelm, Wyoming |volume=1 |first=Keith |last=Jones |page=17 |access-date=2019-08-16 |archive-date=2023-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410032003/https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=isbn:1502768496 |url-status=live }}</ref>