Details for Equipment Typical of Early Texas Logging

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5005006991

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Marker Number 6991
Atlas Number 5005006991
Marker Title Equipment Typical of Early Texas Logging
Index Entry Equipment Typical of Early Texas Logging
Address 1905 Atkinson Dr.
City Lufkin
County Angelina
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 337856
UTM Northing 3469842
Subject Codes lumber topics
Marker Year 1972
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Texas Forestry Museum
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 14" x 24"
Marker Text One of last ox-drawn or mule-drawn carts skidding logs to railroad from the forests. Built 1950 for W. T. Carter & Brother, a lumber firm, and replaced 1951 by tractor-powered equipment, this slip-tongue, high wheel cart is a relic of early logging methods. (1972)