List of Sawmills and Lumbermen in Livingston Parish in 1889, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue.




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From the French Settlement Historical Register, published by the French Settlement
Historical Society, French Settlement, Louisiana 70733. The LaGenWeb Archives thanks 
them for contributing this information.

Vol. 6, December 1981

Originally submitted to the FSHR by Clark Forrest, Jr. on April 21, 1981

NAME OF TOWN          NAME OF OWNER         REMARKS

Bayou Barbary         Jas. Clark            Wholesale Dealer in
 (Amite River)                               cypress, yellow pine and
                                             popular logs, split
                                             staves and shingles
                                            Operates a General Store

Head of Island        John W. Opdenweyer,   Sawmill -- cypress
 (Amite River)         Manager               Daily Capacity - 12,000 to
                                             25,000 feet
                                            Shingle Mill 
                                             Daily Capacity -- 30,000 to
                                             50,000 feet
                                            Stave and Heading Mill

Springfield           Magann & Baptist      Sawmill -- yellow pine,
 (Illinois Central)    Lbr. Co.              cypress, magnolia and
                                             hardwood
                                             Daily capacity -- 12,000 to
                                             25,000 feet
                                            Shingle Mill 
                                             Daily Capacity -- 12,000
                                             to 25,000 feet
                                            Stave and Heading Mill

                      Mitchell's Mill       Sawmill
                       Near Springfield      Daily capacity -- 12,000 to
                                             25,000 feet

                      B.S. Leeper Lbr. Co.  Sawmill, Planing mill and
                       (Shipping station     Dry Kilns -- yellow pine
                        Manchac)             and cypress
                                             Daily Capacity -- 30,000 to
                                             50,000 feet
                                            Operated a Logging Railroad
                                             and a General Store

                      G.H. Biegel           Sawmill

                      H. Bailey             Wholesale log dealer

Whitehall             Bowman, Houghman &    Sawmill -- cypress and hard-
                       Bowman                woods
                                             Daily Capacity -- 12,000 to
                                             25,000 feet

     In 1889, Louisiana reported 115 sawmills with 64 having planing

mills attached.  There were 16 planing mills run separately and 12 sash

door and blind factories.  Twenty-five (25) shingle mills, 31 retail

dealers, 8 wholesale dealers, 22 dry kilns, 34 general stores and 16

logging railroads were reported.

     Livingston Parish in 1889 had 6 sawmills with only one (1) having a

planing mill attached.  There were no separately operated planing mills

and so sash, door and blind factories.  The parish did have two (2)

wholesale dealers, one (1) dry kiln, two (2) general stores and one (1)

logging railroad.

     It should be noted that of only sixteen (16) logging railroads in 

Louisiana in 1889, Livingston Parish had one of them.

Compiled by Clark Forrest, Jr. from the Northwestern Lumberman, March 9, 1889, located in
the National Archives, Washington, D.C.