The Commissary
The commissary was the social heart of any lumber or logging town. It handled all the necessities of life and also served as a meeting place for the various families, and off duty workers.The...
- louisiana
- lumber
- town
Captain George M. Levingston (Feb. 25, 1874 - Oct. 27, 1971)
A licensed river captain and the son of a pioneer area shipbuilder, George M. Levingston was a leader in the development of Orange's shipbuilding industry. In 1933, after years of experience...
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- orange
- citizen
Orange Chamber of Commerce
t The Orange Chamber of Commerce traces its history to an 1887 citizens' committee that was formed to promote the area's business potential. A reorganization of the committee resulted in...
- texas
- chamber of commerce
- commerce
Across The Track - The Barber Shop, Post Office, Hotel and Doctor's Office
This Building is the Second Long Leaf post officeIt was built in the 1918-20 expansion, and was located across the railroad tracks from this spot. Also on the other side of the tracks were located...
- louisiana
- lumber
- mill town
Orange Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
From 1908 to 1974, the Orange train depot served Southern Pacific Rail company cars passing through Orange. prior to this time, transportation by road and on water was unreliable and unsafe,...
- texas
- railroad
- depot
- orange
The Gary Wayne Cooper Memorial Railroad Museum Park Pavilion
The Gary Wayne Cooper Memorial Railroad Museum Park Pavilion Dedicated on April 7, 2016 For his many years of faithful service to the city and his undaunting preservation of the history of...
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- railroad
- museum
- citizen
- memorial
Fork Lift
1957 Hyster Model RC 150 (Used Butane Fuel) The fork lift was used to move stacks of lumber. It greatly reduced the tedious hand stacking of lumber board by board.
- louisiana
- machinery
- lumber
- sawmill
John Thomas Stark
Patriarch of the Orange County Stark family, John T. Stark was born in Pebble County, Ohio, in 1821 and moved to East Texas in 1840. He settled in Newton County in the 1850s where he read law...
- texas
- industrialist
- cemetery
Dry Kilns, Old & New
The DRY KILNS were necessary to transform the lumber from its green (or wet) condition into a low-moisture-content product for sales and economical transport. The kilns enabled the management of...
- louisiana
- lumber
- mill
- forestry
"Loggers Dream"
This shop-built yarding outfit on a Ford F6 truck was a very adaptable logging aid. It traveled at truck speeds on the highways and was quick and easy to set up and take down.It could pull...
- louisiana
- machinery
- lumber
- sawmill