This first comprehensive story of logging, lumbering, and forest
conservation in Texas records the industry's history from the
earliest days of the Republic, when a few isolated operations
provided for local needs, through the first four decades of the
twentieth century. Supplemented by over one hundred photographs,
many never before published, the text re-creates Texas' heyday as
one of the nation's leading timber producers. At that time, the
forested area equaled the state of Indiana. In the words of one
visitor, the forest was "like a vast wave that has rolled in upon a
level beach . . . creeping forward, thinning out, and finally
disappearing, except where, along a river course, it pushes far
inland." The industry's most significant growth occurred between
the end of Reconstruction and the beginnings of World War II, when
entrepreneurs from the North, the South, and the East ventured into
the vast stands of virgin timber in the Texas Piney Woods. These
pioneers, attracted by the great potential fortunes to be made,
provided the capital, expertise, and energy that introduced large
mills and railroads to Texas lumbering and developed markets for
their products--not only in Houston, Dallas, and other Texas cities
but also across the United States and throughout the world. Various
lumber companies, logging and mill operations, company towns, and
the genesis of forest conservation are all featured in the text and
illustrations. This account will appeal to historians,
conservationists, and general readers interested in the Texas
lumber industry and in Texas economic history.
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