Timber - The First Industry

Timber - The First Industry (HM1O7B)

Location: Longview, TX 75601 Gregg County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 29.646', W 94° 44.43'

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1870

  The abundance of natural resources, coupled with the distribution capabilities of the railroad, beginning in 1870, gave rise to the area's first industry - timber, By 1877, there were 20 steam - powered sawmills in Gregg County, shipping about 50 rail carloads of lumber per day.

  Had Longview not served as a distribution center for cotton and a variety of produce, it would have been regarded as a sawmill town. At the junction in 1877, the Barner brothers mill alone had a capacity of 20,000 board feet per day.

  By 1880, the U.S. Forestry Bureau estimated 598 million board feet of "merchantable" short-leaf pine in Gregg County.

  In 1910, there were eight sawmills operating in Longview with a total of sixteen sawmills in Gregg County. Together they combined for a capacity of 370,000 board feet per day, equivalent to 111 million board feet per year.
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HM NumberHM1O7B
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Year Placed1990
Placed ByThe City of Longview Commission on Arts & Culture
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Date Added Friday, September 25th, 2015 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 336477 N 3596539
Decimal Degrees32.49410000, -94.74050000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 29.646', W 94° 44.43'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 29' 38.76" N, 94° 44' 25.8" W
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Area Code(s)903, 214
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101 E Cotton St, Longview TX 75601, US
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