timber-land

There was one splendid piece of timber-land that might possibly come in possession of the rebels and do us much mischief.

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

No known trees of the world compare with them and their kin, the redwoods, for the focused proximity of such a marvelous amount of timber within limited areas -- as it were, the highest standard of timber-land capacity.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Various

True, the surface only is scratched, and the soil is soon exhausted, but who cares for that when there is abundance of rich timber-land from which to clear new fields? and as to economizing labor, that is the last thing a planter cares about, for what are the negroes to do?

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

He was glad he had been able to surround her with comforts up to the very end, though to do so he had been obliged to sell timber-land, horses, cows, everything he owned, one after another.

The Alchemist's Secret Isabel Cecilia Williams

They went straight into the thick timber-land, in - stead of going to the rich and waiting prairies, and they crowned this initial mistake by cutting down the splendid timber instead of letting it stand.

The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929

Whereupon the transaction would be completed by my taking his greenbacks and giving him a certificate of purchase for the forty acres of timber-land that had cost him seventy-five cents an acre, and later probably netted him not less than three hundred dollars an acre for stumpage alone.

A Backward Glance at Eighty Murdock, Charles A 1921

Coal fields and timber-land somewhere in Canada, the concession was supposed to be.

Jacqueline of Golden River H. M. Egbert 1919

Among these was the timber-land around Lake Bigler (now Tahoe) -- splendid acres, to be had for the asking.

The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 1916

They went straight into the thick timber-land, instead of going to the rich and waiting prairies, and they crowned this initial mistake by cutting down the splendid timber instead of letting it stand.

The Story of a Pioneer 1915

Finally, to indicate that he was still in the game and playing it to win, consequently overlooking never a bet, he had cashed in pretty fortunately on a section of his timber-land.

Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912