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Olive Texas
Aldridge
Barrels
Bessmay
Bronson
Browndell
Concord
Dangerous
Daniel Goos
David R. Wingate
Dead Sawmill Towns
East Texas Railroad
Evadale
First Big Sawmill
Fostoria
Fredonia
Fuqua
Hugh Sawmill
Jasper
Manning
Majestic Trees
Mill Manager
New Birmingham
Olive Texas
Olive Ghost Train
Salem
Sanders-Trotti
Sawmill Boom
Shellbank and Radford, LA
Steam Power
Temple
Terry
Barrels
Turpentiners
Village Mills
Wiess Bluff

Mill Towns and Ghost Towns

Stories of mill towns and ghost towns.

Aldridge: Sawmill Town Aldridge Had Sad History
Barrels: Texas Sawmills Once Rolled Out Barrel Industry
Bessmay: Sawmill Town Bessmay Gave Its Life To Fire
Bronson: Sawmill City Bronson Also Had Status as Rail Terminus
Browndell: Sawmill Town Now Only Few Old Foundations
Concord: Hardin County Village Thrived On Cotton Trade
Dangerous: Sawmills Deserved Dangerous Reputation
Capt. Daniel Goos: An Early Lake Charles Sawmiller
David R. Wingate: An East Texas Captain of Commerce
East Texas Railroad: Rails Gave Life to Sawmill Towns of Long Ago
Dead Sawmill Towns: Many Sawmill Towns Died Out In East Texas
Evadale Makes Comeback From Near Ghost Town
First Big Sawmill: Texas' First 'Big' Sawmill
Fostoria Once Was Prosperous Sawmill Town
Fredonia Rooted In River History
Fuqua Hummed As Sawmill Town in Early 1900s
Huge Sawmill Once Operated West of Lufkin
Jasper Figures In Much Early Texas History
Manning: Lumber Town of Manning Once Prospered
Majestic Trees Towered Over Area In 1850
Mill Manager: Mill manager paid big price by dismissing ‘untouchable’
New Birmingham: First Iron Smelting Attempt In Texas Ended In Ashes
Olive, Texas is now a ghost town
Olive Ghost Train: The Legend of the Olive Ghost Train
Salem Townsite Once Produced Lumber Boom
The Sanders-Trotti Tram Company and the Gulf, Sabine and Red River Railroad
Shellbank and Radford, Louisiana: Two Old Ghost Towns of Cameron Parish
Steam Power Led Advances in Sawmilling
Temple made mark on lumber industry
Terry: Old Ghost Town Once Was Home To Great Pioneer
Turpentiners worked hard for product
Village Mills hangs tough after heyday
Wiess BluffA Brief History of Wiess Bluff, Texas

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