Mill Towns and Ghost Towns
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Olive Texas
Aldridge
Barrels
Bessmay
Bronson
Browndell
Concord
Dangerous
Daniel Goos
David R. Wingate
Dead Sawmill Towns
East Texas Railroad
Evadale
First Big Sawmill
Fostoria
Fredonia
Fuqua
Hugh Sawmill
Jasper
Manning
Majestic Trees
Mill Manager
New Birmingham
Olive Texas
Olive Ghost Train
Salem
Sanders-Trotti
Sawmill Boom
Shellbank and Radford, LA
Steam Power
Temple
Terry
Barrels
Turpentiners
Village Mills
Wiess Bluff

Mill Towns and Ghost Towns

Stories of mill towns and ghost towns.

bulletAldridge: Sawmill Town Aldridge Had Sad History
bulletBarrels: Texas Sawmills Once Rolled Out Barrel Industry
bulletBessmay: Sawmill Town Bessmay Gave Its Life To Fire
bulletBronson: Sawmill City Bronson Also Had Status as Rail Terminus
bullet Browndell: Sawmill Town Now Only Few Old Foundations
bulletConcord: Hardin County Village Thrived On Cotton Trade
bullet Dangerous: Sawmills Deserved Dangerous Reputation
bulletCapt. Daniel Goos: An Early Lake Charles Sawmiller
bulletDavid R. Wingate: An East Texas Captain of Commerce
bulletEast Texas Railroad: Rails Gave Life to Sawmill Towns of Long Ago
bullet Dead Sawmill Towns: Many Sawmill Towns Died Out In East Texas
bulletEvadale Makes Comeback From Near Ghost Town
bullet First Big Sawmill: Texas' First 'Big' Sawmill
bullet Fostoria Once Was Prosperous Sawmill Town
bullet Fredonia Rooted In River History
bulletFuqua Hummed As Sawmill Town in Early 1900s
bulletHuge Sawmill Once Operated West of Lufkin
bullet Jasper Figures In Much Early Texas History
bullet Manning: Lumber Town of Manning Once Prospered
bulletMajestic Trees Towered Over Area In 1850
bulletMill Manager: Mill manager paid big price by dismissing ‘untouchable’
bulletNew Birmingham: First Iron Smelting Attempt In Texas Ended In Ashes
bulletOlive, Texas is now a ghost town
bulletOlive Ghost Train: The Legend of the Olive Ghost Train
bulletSalem Townsite Once Produced Lumber Boom
bulletThe Sanders-Trotti Tram Company and the Gulf, Sabine and Red River Railroad
bulletShellbank and Radford, Louisiana: Two Old Ghost Towns of Cameron Parish
bulletSteam Power Led Advances in Sawmilling
bulletTemple made mark on lumber industry
bulletTerry: Old Ghost Town Once Was Home To Great Pioneer
bulletTurpentiners worked hard for product
bullet Village Mills hangs tough after heyday
bulletWiess BluffA Brief History of Wiess Bluff, Texas

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