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Site of Martin
Wagon Company: Texas Historical Marker |
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Angelina County |
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Lufkin |
| Website: |
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5005008713 |
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| Description |
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Inventor and designer Daniel Webster Martin developed various wagons
for use in the lumber industry. The company operated a steam circular
sawmill with two mills, edgers and trimmers. Hardwoods were used
for manufacturing a variety of logging wagons, carts, buggies, and
school buses. The company employed over 100 workers in the Lufkin
area. Martin wagons were distributed all over the United States,
Mexico, and South America. Oil field buggies and wagons were also
manufactured. In 1939, the business was sold to Lufkin Foundry and
evolved into Lufkin Industries Trailer Division.
The only known Martin Wagon still in existence is exhibited at
the Texas Forestry Museum.
The marker is located at Lufkin Ave. at Fourth St. in Lufkin.
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