Antedatings of "skid-way" (n.) and "skid" (v.)

[Hugo]

"skid-way", n. (OED: 1879)
"skid" v. lumbering (OED: 1878)

Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Volume 9:

[Begin]
PRACTICAL LUMBERING--HOW IT IS DONE
...
During the early part of the season before snow comes they are cut and
skidded up. For this purpose spry and active oxen are generally used,
driven by a teamster skilled in hauling and rolling logs to the skid-ways
or upon the sleds.
...
Eau Claire, March, 1871
J.G. THORP.
[End]

Eau Claire is in Wisconsin. The text contains two other "skid-ways".

https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=A0cZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA373&dq=
"skid+way"+OR+"skid+ways"+OR+"skidway"+OR+"skidways"&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BINwU7-WK9T2yAO_hIG4BA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22skid%20way%22%20OR%20%22skid%20ways%22%20OR%20%22skidway%22%20OR%20%22skidways%22&f=false

Hugo

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org