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The history of the Shay locomotive in East Texas; brief history of the W. R. Pickering Lumber Company and the background history of the Nacogdoches saw mill built by the Hayward Lumber Company in 1903, sold to the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company in 1910, and finally sold to the Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corporation in 1956 as told in a letter (10-page handwritten manuscript), 5/1963

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 3

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Reminiscences of Oil Springs, Texas, of the lumbering industry and the history of the Shay locomotive in East Texas by the Nacogdoches lumberman and locomotive engineer.

Dates

  • Creation: 5/1963

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.05 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository

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