The dugouts of the early settlers and Indians were hewed out of poplar logs.

These boats were stronger than those made of canoe birch.

Poplar wood is yellow in color and soft in texture.

The poplar is the largest broad-leaf tree in this country and the trees are of great size and height.

Some specimens found in the mountains of the South have been over 200 feet high and 8 to 10 feet in diameter, while poplars 125 to 150 feet high are quite common.
Among our most useful and valuable trees are the white oak, and its close kin, the red oak, which produce a brown-colored, hard wood of remarkable durability.