Mill Towns and Ghost Towns

Stories of mill towns and ghost towns.

	Aldridge: Sawmill Town Aldridge Had Sad History
	Barrels: Texas Sawmills Once Rolled Out Barrel Industry
	Bessmay: Sawmill Town Bessmay Gave Its Life To Fire
	Bronson: Sawmill City Bronson Also Had Status as Rail Terminus
	Browndell: Sawmill Town Now Only Few Old Foundations
	Concord: Hardin County Village Thrived On Cotton Trade
	Dangerous: Sawmills Deserved Dangerous Reputation
	Capt. Daniel Goos: An Early Lake Charles Sawmiller
	David R. Wingate: An East Texas Captain of Commerce
	East Texas Railroad: Rails Gave Life to Sawmill Towns of Long Ago
	Dead Sawmill Towns: Many Sawmill Towns Died Out In East Texas
	Evadale Makes Comeback From Near Ghost Town
	First Big Sawmill: Texas' First 'Big' Sawmill
	Fostoria Once Was Prosperous Sawmill Town
	Fredonia Rooted In River History
	Fuqua Hummed As Sawmill Town in Early 1900s
	Huge Sawmill Once Operated West of Lufkin
	Jasper Figures In Much Early Texas History
	Manning: Lumber Town of Manning Once Prospered
	Majestic Trees Towered Over Area In 1850
	Mill Manager: Mill manager paid big price by dismissing �untouchable�
	New Birmingham: First Iron Smelting Attempt In Texas Ended In Ashes
	Olive, Texas is now a ghost town
	Olive Ghost Train: The Legend of the Olive Ghost Train
	Salem Townsite Once Produced Lumber Boom
	The Sanders-Trotti Tram Company and the Gulf, Sabine and Red River Railroad
	Shellbank and Radford, Louisiana: Two Old Ghost Towns of Cameron Parish
	Steam Power Led Advances in Sawmilling
	Temple made mark on lumber industry
	Terry: Old Ghost Town Once Was Home To Great Pioneer
	Turpentiners worked hard for product
	Village Mills hangs tough after heyday
	Wiess Bluff: A Brief History of Wiess Bluff, Texas

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