| Marker Number |
6899 |
| Atlas Number |
5073006899 |
| Marker Title |
Mewshaw State Sawmill and Maydell CCC Camp |
| Index Entry |
Mewshaw State Sawmill and Maydell CCC Camp |
| Address |
|
| City |
Maydelle |
| County |
Cherokee |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
276009 |
| UTM Northing |
3518863 |
| Subject Codes |
lumber topics; mills - textile, fiber, gristmills, cotton gins; Federal programs |
| Marker Year |
|
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
US 84 at FM 747, 4 miles west of Maydelle |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In operation from 1908 to 1912, the Mewshaw State Sawmill at this site produced 35,000 board feet of lumber daily and was staffed by convict laborers form the nearby Rusk State Penitentiary. The village of Maydelle later developed on the rail line that ran between Rusk and Palestine, and in 1933 a forest conservation camp under the auspices of the Federal Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established here. The camp was closed in 1937, but the benefits of its programs are still evident in the I. D. Fairchild State Forest, now a wildlife sanctuary. |
