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Axes, Oxen, & Men
Laurence C. Walker
This book is a pictorial history of the early days of the Southern Pine Lumber Company in Diboll, Texas, a major sawmill town in the piney woods of East Texas. Paperback.
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$ 14.00
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East Texas Mill Towns & Ghost Towns Vol 1
W.T. Block
This is Volume 1 of a three volume set. This volume covers the counties of Angelina, Chambers, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk and Tyler. Each volume covers the numerous sawmill towns that existed in east Texas during the lumbering boom between the 1880s and 1920s. Hardback.
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$ 35.00
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East Texas Mill Towns & Ghost Towns Vol 2
W.T. Block
This is Volume 2 of a three volume set. This book covers the counties of Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Montgomery, Sabine and Trinity. Each volume covers the numerous sawmill towns that existed in east Texas during the lumbering boom between the 1880s and 1920s. Hardback.
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$ 35.00
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East Texas Mill Towns & Ghost Towns Vol 3
W.T. Block
This is Volume 3 of a three volume set. This book covers the counties of Cherokee, Harris, Houston, San Augustine, San Jacinto and Walker. Each volume covers the numerous sawmill towns that existed in east Texas during the lumbering boom between the 1880s and 1920s. Hardback.
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History Ahead - Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers
Dan K. Utley & Cynthia J. Beeman
Utley and Beeman introduce readers to the famous and the not-so-famous who have left their marks on the history of Texas. You can obtain fascinating glimpses into the past by learning some of the stories behind the text on the historical markers. Convenient maps and directions to the markers sites are included. Paperback.
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$ 23.00
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Lone Star Pine - The House of Thompson
This book is a re-print from “The American Lumberman” magazine printed in 1908. It is a recount of the story of lumbermen John Martin Thompson and William Wirt Thompson. It includes a wonderful collection of over 90 pages of rare photos of virgin forest, lumber railroads and sawmills. Hardback.
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$ 30.00
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Nameless Towns-Texas Sawmill Communities 1880-1942
Thad Sitton & James H. Conrad
Taken from oral histories, company records and other archival sources, this book describes the jobs of the mills and the way of life for people of sawmill towns during this time period. Paperback.
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$ 25.00
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Sawdust Empire - The Texas Lumber Industry 1830 - 1940
Robert S. Maxwell and Robert D. Baker
This is the story of logging, lumbering and forest conservation in Texas from the end of Reconstruction to the beginnings of World War II. It contains over 100 photographs, many never before published. Paperback.
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$ 29.95
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