Details for Equipment Typical of Early Texas Logging
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5005006991
Data
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) |