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Long Leaf Lumber Company
Retrieve was a sawmill town, located near Shawnee Creek, between Huntington and Zavalla. It was serviced by the Texas & New Orleans. Archie Birdsong Mathews recorded that Long Leaf Lumber Company operated a sawmill there from World War I until it closed in the early 1920s. The mill employed about fifty men.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
AG
Owner Name
Long Leaf Lumber Company
Location
Retrieve, near Shawnee Creek, south of Huntington, also known as Ozias
County
Angelina
Years in Operation:
7
Start Year:
1917
End Year:
1923
Decades:
1910-1919,1920-1929
Period of Operation:
About 1917 to 1923
Town:
Shawnee Creek (Retrieve, Ozias)
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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