A locally known lumbering empire in Central Pennsylvania transformed the region and helped influence the State during the last twenty years of the 19th Century. The Pardee Lumbering Operation provided jobs and economic development to the isolated region. It also held onto secrets for over 110 years. Find out why its last years are shrouded in mystery and what remains of the company that transformed Central Pennsylvania. By using over 10 years of research, Lumbering: A Way of Life at Pardee provides an in-depth historical analysis of the lumbering operation near Pardee, PA. It also discusses the implications and lasting effects of the lumbering operation at the beginning of the twenty-first century.