Kirby Logging Camp at Woodmeyer
Kirby Lumber Company established a logging camp at Woodmyer on Armstrong Lake near the Sabine River in the eastern portion of Newton County. The community was named for J. F. Woods and C. P. Myer, the company woods foreman and company general manager, respectively. The community had a school, a commissary, a post office, and an artesian water supply. Some of the families lived in specially fitted boxcars. Cows and chickens were kept by some of the tenants. Ice blocks were available. Population had reached 750 shortly before the camp closed in 1918.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
NE
Owner Name
Kirby Logging Camp at Woodmeyer
Location
Woodmeyer or Woodmyer at Armstrong Lake adjacent to Sabine River
County
Newton
Years in Operation:
8
Start Year:
1911
End Year:
1918
Decades:
1910-1919
Period of Operation:
1911 to 1918
Town:
Woodmyer
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
750 in 1915
Mill Pond:
2