Code: | 191 |
Corporate Name: | Trekell and Rounds Lumber Company |
Folk Name: | |
Incorporated: | |
Ownership: | Trekell and Rounds Lumber Company |
Years of Operation: | 1900 to 1903 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Unknown |
Locations Served: | South of Tenaha
Shelby |
Counties of Operation: | Shelby |
Line Connections: | |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | At least a small Shay engine |
History: | The History of Shelby County noted that the “Trickle and Round Lumber Company” owned land about two miles south of Timpson in 1903.
A Nacogdoches newspaper report identifies the company as Trekell and Rounds Lumber Company. In July, 1900, George B. Dickens died from injuries he had received about two weeks earlier injured by the wheels of a “dinkie” on the company tram road. |