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Nameless towns : Texas sawmill communities, 1880-1942 / by Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sitton, Thad, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lumbering.
- History.
- Sawmills.
- City and town life.
- Local history.
- Texas--History, Local.
- Texas.
- Texas--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- City and town life--Texas--History.
- Sawmills--Texas--History.
- Lumbering--Texas--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centers. And they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions.
- Contents:
- Chapter 2 Panoramas 34
- Chapter 3 Feudal Towns 79
- Chapter 4 The Cornbread Whistle 127
- Chapter 5 Dancing on the Millpond 164
- Chapter 6 Cut and Get Out 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0292777256
- 0292777264
- OCLC:
- 36865554
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