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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

Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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