Examples of timber in the following topics:
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- While the rocky soil in the New England colonies was not as fertile as that of the middle or southern colonies, the land provided rich resources, including timber, which was valued for building homes and ships.
- Timber could also be exported back to England, where there was a shortage.
- Some merchants exploited the vast amounts of timber along the coasts and rivers of northern New England.
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- French traders in America quickly realized the economic benefits of working with Native Americans to exploit fur and timber exports.
- The French were interested in exploiting the land through the fur trade as well as the timber trade later on.
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- While the rocky soil in the New England Colonies was not as fertile as that of the Middle or Southern Colonies, the land provided rich resources, including timber, that was valued for building homes and ships.
- Timber could also be exported back to England, where there was a shortage.
- Some merchants exploited the vast amounts of timber along the coasts and rivers of northern New England.
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- Commodities paid in kind included coal, timber, chemical dyes, pharmaceuticals, livestock, agricultural machines, construction materials, and factory machinery.
- As a consequence of a German default on timber deliveries in December 1922, the Reparations Commission declared Germany in default, which led to the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr in January 1923.
- Particularly galling to the French was that the timber quota the Germans defaulted on was based on an assessment of their capacity the Germans made themselves and subsequently lowered.
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- For example, New York carefully selected valuable timber land in Wisconsin to fund Cornell University.
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- Wayne's legion continued to advance deeper into the territory of the Wabash Confederacy, and defeated the last of the American Indian forces at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794.
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- French traders in America quickly realized the economic benefits of working with American Indians to exploit fur and timber exports.
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- For example, New York carefully selected valuable timber land in Wisconsin to fund Cornell University.
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- The sale of land grants and the transport provided for timber and crops led to the rapid settling of the "Great American Desert."
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- Nearby, "The Cliff Dwellers" featured a rock and timber structure that was painted to recreate Battle Rock Mountain in Colorado, a stylized recreation of an American Indian cliff dwelling with pottery, weapons, and other relics on display.