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Nameless Towns - Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942 (Paperback, Third Printing)
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Nameless Towns - Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942 (Paperback, Third Printing)
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Winner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission 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.
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