pine-growing

Updated: May 16, 2025

Having procured a parcel of splinters split from the dry and resinous roots of some old pine stub, that never-failing and by no means contemptible substitute for lamp or candle among the pioneers of a pine-growing country, he proceeded rapidly to the edge of the slash, as a tract of felled forest is generally denominated by the first settlers, especially of the northern States.

D. P. Thompson - Gaut Gurley