East Texas Logging Railroads

Author : Murry Hammond
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439655871
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Texas Logging Railroads written by Murry Hammond and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the first logging railroad was built in Jasper County in the 1870s, the virgin East Texas forest spread across a vast area the size of Indiana. That first eight-mile logging line heralded a boom era of lumbering and railroading that would last well into the 20th century. Before the era was over, thousands of miles of logging railroads would be built, and hundreds of communities would spring up along their routes. As times changed, the mills closed and nearly all of the early rail lines were abandoned, but most of the communities they helped establish survived those changes and thrive into the present day.

Author : Robert S. Maxwell
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781574410617
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whistle in the Piney Woods written by Robert S. Maxwell and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the founding of the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad, its symbiotic relationship with forests and the lumber industry and its role in the development of East Texas.

Author : Kramer A. Adams
Publisher : Seattle : Superior Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the West written by Kramer A. Adams and published by Seattle : Superior Publishing Company. This book was released on 1961 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers logging railroad history in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevaha, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico from the 1860's through the 1950's.

Author : St. Clair Griffin Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Texas Railroads written by St. Clair Griffin Reed and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Lawson (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of Alabama written by Thomas Lawson (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thad Sitton
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0292799888
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nameless Towns written by Thad Sitton and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the sawmill towns of East Texas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company “cut out” its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation’s third-largest lumber producer and created a colorful way of life that lingers in the memories of the remaining former residents and their children and grandchildren. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centers. And they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions. Winner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission “After completing the book, I truly understood life in the sawmill communities, intellectually and emotionally. It was very satisfying. Conrad and Sitton write in such a manner to make one feel the hard life, smell the sawdust, and share the danger of the mills. The book is compelling and stimulating.” —Robert L. Schaadt, Director-Archivist, Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center

Author : Pamela A. Conners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sugar Pine Railway written by Pamela A. Conners and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kramer Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875645094
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the West written by Kramer Adams and published by . This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Alexander King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minnesota Logging Railroads written by Frank Alexander King and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank W. Telewski
Publisher : Oso Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781931064057
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of Weyerhaeuser's Vail-McDonald Operation written by Frank W. Telewski and published by Oso Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Weyerhaeuser railroad logging in the Northwest. Starting with steam power and evolving to diesel power, Weyerhaeuser harvested and transported logs for some 65 years via their Vail-McDonald operation.