Nameless Towns: Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942

by Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292777264
• ISBN13: 9780292777262
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"