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Old Salem Logging and Tram Road Camp of the Cow Creek Tram Company
The Cow Creek Tram Company was originally organized by Dennis Call and George Adams in Orange in 1890 to build and operate railroad tram lines for the purpose of harvesting logs for the Orange sawmills. According to Webb in the Handbook of Texas, Cow Creek Tram Company used Old Salem as the base for its logging camp from 1892 to 1895. A tram road was built to transport sawtimber to the Sabine River at Old Salem, where the logs would be floated to Orange.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
NE
Owner Name
Cow Creek Tram Company.
Location
Old Salem, near Salem Ferry on the Sabine River
County
Newton
Years in Operation:
4
Start Year:
1892
End Year:
1895
Decades:
1890-1899
Period of Operation:
1892 to 1895
Town:
Old Salem
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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