Originally called Little Falls in the 1870s, the community was established by the Union Lumbering Company along the Chippewa River and came to be known as Holcombe years later.

Lumbering trailed off at the turn of the 20th century, but the town has continued to take advantage of its position along those bodies of water with a major paper mill ( Kimberly Clark ), and other plants such as: Marinette Marine, a shipyard owned by the Italian firm, Fincantieri ; Ansul / Tyco, a manufacturer of fire protection systems ; ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Foundry and Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc., cast and machined automotive parts ; and Silvan Industries, a manufacturer of pressure vessels and part of the Samuel Pressure Vessel Group.

Lumbering was extensive in winter, with two sawmills operating.

Lumbering was a considerable source of income for many inhabitants.

Lumbering, though, was limited by access to the available waterways.

Lumbering was the predominant industry in the St. Croix River Valley in the second half of the 19th century, and for many years logs were sent down the St. Croix, collected at the St. Croix Boom Site two miles upstream of Stillwater, and processed in Stillwater's many sawmills.

Lumbering was the primary industry in McHenry Township during the mid-to-late 19th century.

Lumbering was the dominant industry in Penn Township during the mid-to-late 19th century.

Lumbering was the only industry of this area, with the exception of a small mining operation run by William Pentecost, which supplied only sufficient coal to neighboring farmers for winter fuel.

Lumbering was important to the early town, which had more than thirty sawmills.

Lumbering was the main industry for the remainder of the 19th century.

Barton City was the sity of the main branch of the Potts Lumbering Company and the Loud Lumbering Company.

Lumbering was likely carried on near Seguin Falls during the pre railway era with the construction of dams to regulate water levels, timber was driven down the Seguin River more than 35 years before the building of the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway.

Lumbering was a big sustaining industry till the Supreme Court clamped down on the industry during nineties.

Referencing W. E. Lamm's small booklet, " Lumbering In Klamath ," there was a sawmill built at Sprague River in 1930 called Crater Lake Lumber & Box Company.

Lumbering operations in Thunder Bay District were often directed by men resident in the city.

Lumbering and tourism support Ignace's economy, today, and one attraction is the 3-storey log White Otter Castle, located on White Otter Lake, and built by James Alexander McOuat between 1903 and 1914.

Lumbering, once an important industry, has been much restricted since the establishment of the State Park in 1892.

* Smith, David C. A History of Lumbering in Maine, 1861 – 1960 ( University of Maine Press, 1972 )

Lumbering is also important to the local economy.

Lumbering had a profound impact on the early development of Houghton Lake.

Lumbering and tanning were important early industries.

Lumbering became the dominant industry.

Lumbering removed the tree trunks, but left many flammable limbs, branches, and stumps behind.

Lumbering and the logging industry has played a vital role in Smethport ’ s economy for Smethport ’ s entire history.

Lumbering and cattle raising were the chief industries until James E. Berry helped establish a drainage system to make rice a major crop.

They walked the horses, heading along the river, Barton and Emmett Foster in the lead, seven men riding quietly through the night.

The road leading south along the river was shaded with old trees, and in the moonlight the silvery landscape was like a setting for trolls and wood gods rather than the Hudson River Valley of his boyhood memories.

Mynheer, Sir Francis, the valley society, the very smell of the river on his right purling along to the bay past fish weirs and rocks, and ahead the sleepy ribbon of moon-drenched road.

They went along the pass talking with each other for a short while until they came to a river roaring with torrent.

Narrow valleys also lie at the foot of the lofty peaks along river corridors.

Armenia's main rail and road border-crossing with Georgia ( at ) is along the Debed river near the Armenian town of Bagratashen and the Georgian town of Sadakhlo.

The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates () sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.

Alexander was the heir apparent to his cousin, the eighteen-year-old Emperor who had been murdered along with his mother by his own guards, who, as a mark of contempt, had their remains cast into the Tiber river.

In the one recorded naval engagement in the year 896, Alfred's new fleet of nine ships intercepted six Viking ships in the mouth of an unidentified river along the south of England.

East-west trending faults and the karst topography present along the northern border of the Amazon basin may have some role in supplying water to the river.

Modern Anah lies from west to east on the right bank along a bend of the river just before it turns south towards Hit, and presents an attractive appearance.

Berlin along the Spree river and the Fernsehturm Berlin | Fernsehturm by night

Eastern Bosnia is heavily forested along the river Drina, and overall close to 50 % of Bosnia and Herzegovina is forested.

Northern Bosnia contains very fertile agricultural land along the river Sava and the corresponding area is heavily farmed.

* the southern and southwestern regions, which are the driest of all, are drained by the Molopo river along the South African border and the Nossob river through the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, and are technically part of the basin of the Orange river.

The First Army, under general Vasil Kutinchev with 3 infantry divisions, was deployed to the south of Yambol, with direction of operations along the Tundzha river.

The military dangers in such an enterprise were numerous: Marlborough's lines of communication along the Rhine would be hopelessly exposed to French interference, for Louis ’ generals controlled the left bank of the river and its central reaches.

The crew live aboard the towboat as it travels along the inland river system or the intracoastal waterways.

Each is attached by a cable to a block that rides along another cable spanning the river at a height of 20 or 30 metres.

Nuclear reactors at the Hanford site along the river

From Kampong Cham the gradient slopes very gently, and inundation of areas along the river occurs at flood stage — June through November — through breaks in the natural levees that have built up along its course.

The eastern border lies along the edge of the Nile river watershed.