Name/Title
The Standard Mill from Echoes from the MillpondEntry/Object ID
2021.8.164Tags
Archive, Sawmill, LoggingSecondary Title
A Brief history of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company 1902-1953Description
3 pgs excerpt of the book; Standard Mill
was founded 9 miles south of Clarks, LA along the Iron Mountain railroad in LaSalle Parish; created by Joseph S. Chick of the AR company Bluff City Lumber Co. of Pine Bluff in 1902; mill operated under the name Standard Lumber Company; logged north of Olla, LA, causing another sawmill to be built there called Standard (after the mill) and another in Clarks, LA; bought in 1906 by White and Slagle of Central Louisiana Lumber Co.; Standard mill grew to over 800 in population; under the management of S. C. Blackmon the town grew, built a theater, expanded the company store, a telephone exchange set up to include Olla, a library, and a school; other buildings were the dispensary, a doctor's office, a church, and a lodge; small write on the local doctor there in Standard and Olla, Dr. H. S. HollomanCollection
Southern Forest Heritage MuseumAcquisition
Accession
2021.8Acquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
*title of entry*, Southern Forest Heritage Museum Collection, *Accession Number*, *Exhibition Title (if it's in an exhibit)*, Southern Forest Heritage Museum, Long Leaf, LA.Publication Details
Publication Type
BookAuthor
William T. ChildersPlace Published
City
ColumbiaState/Province
LouisianaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1987Date Printed
1987Publication Language
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
00#Other Number
SFHM.SFHM.2021.001.011
