Steam whistles in the piney woods: A history of the sawmills and logging railroads of Forrest and Lamar Counties, Mississippi

by Gilbert H. Hoffman

Fascinating history of the lumber companies of Forrest and Lamar Counties, Mississippi. With extended chapters on the J. J. Newman Co. and the Tatum Lumber Co., as well as discussions of the mills in the Camp & Hinton Brothers (and successor firms and affiliated companies -- Wells Lumber Co., A. S. Hinton & Co., R. W. Hinton Co., Hinton Brothers Lumber Co., J. C. Pearson Lumber Co., and the W. B. Leeke Co.), and the Edward Hines Lumber Co. (its years in Mississippi, relationship to the Mississippi Southern Railroad, and the move to Oregon). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, sawmill diagrams and maps. 294 pages with index.

294 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1998