Ryan: For an interesting read, the ebook below is of a pioneer family in northern Michigan at the turn of the century. At that time, the Michigan pine forests were being cut down for lumber, and tens of thousands of barns and other structures were built with it. Of course, pine was not the only, and perhaps not even the most common, of the woods used, but it was certainly a huge player in that time and place. According to the author, who grew up in that era, there were only two major employment opportunities--iron mining and pine logging, and most of the rest of the jobs were in support of those. There's a lot of other period literature available online that also point to pine as being a major contributor to the buildings of that time and place. Don't know if this really answers your question, as white pine wouldn't be my first choice for a structural wood, but it's certainly period-correct.
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