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Attraction: Mewshaw State Sawmill: Texas Historical Marker
County: Cherokee
City: Maydelle
Website: http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5073006899
   
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In operation from 1908 to 1912, the Mewshaw State Sawmill at this site produced 35,000 bd. ft. of lumber daily and was staffed by convict laborers from the nearby Rusk State Penitentiary.

Site is located at US 84 at FM 747, 4 miles W. of Maydelle

 
   
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