[[File:Ladd photo of solid-tired Moreland logging trucks of Biles Coleman Lumber Co. on the Moses Mountain logging unit.... - NARA - 298699.jpg|thumb|right|300px|American LoggersnsbdnsinsnznNuent British colonization, and American development into the twentyth century Following the near eradication of domestic timber on the British Isles, the abundance of old-growth forests in the New World posed an attractive alternative to importing choice timber from the Baltic via the narrow straits and channels between Denmark and Sweden.[1] The easily available timber proved an incredible resource to early settlers, with both domestic consumption and