Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Wood Hauler's Sled

Loaded with 4-foot logs, wooden sleds would haul cut wood to charcoal hearths.

NPS Photo/John Zuke

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Hauled either by horses or mules, wood sleds would be loaded with 4-foot logs that would be transported from cutter sites to charcoal hearth clearings that dotted the mountainside. This work was done by a wide variety of people including whites, free blacks and slaves.