Southern Pine Lumber Logging Front at Edna
Reba Redd Parker recalled that the Southern Pine Lumber logging camp Edna operated from about 1927 to 1930. It was located about one mile north of Goodrich in Polk County. Jack Sanders was the woods foreman. After his death a Mr. Goetzman served in the position. The camp had a company town attached to it. A boarding house, white quarters of twenty-four houses, and black quarters of twelve houses served as tenant housing. A Mr. Gardiner, a local preacher, encouraged home canning by tenants. After the camp closed on June 1, 1930, moved of the employees moved to Southern Pine Lumber's Camp Fastrill in Cherokee County.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
PK
Owner Name
Southern Pine Lumber Logging Front at Edna
Location
Camp Edna, about one mile north of Goodrich
County
Polk
Years in Operation:
4
Start Year:
1927
End Year:
1930
Decades:
-
Period of Operation:
About 1927 to 1930
Town:
Camp Edna
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
