Second generation South Carolina logger Norman Arledge has an active nature that was instilled in him as a boy growing up on a farm near Landrum in the state’s northwest region, an area they call the Upper Piedmont.

Featured Story: “Upper Piedmont Activist”

Written By: May Donnell
Company: Arledge Logging and Timber
Location: Landrum, South Carolina
SLT Issue: March 2011

Check out other featured articles in the March 2011 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
The March issue of Southern Loggin’ Times showcases Georgia logger Ken Sheppard, whose second career working on the railroad has helped him grow his company. Also featured is the Batey family of Tennessee, who operate a sawmill supplied by their own logging, and South Carolina’s Norman Arledge, a logger and forest industry activist. The Longleaf saga continues with the next excerpt from the booklet Longleaf Pine: A History Of Man And A Forest, and this month’s Bulletin Board spotlights the most interesting writing on grave markers in the Tombstone Cemetery of Arizona.