Book Review

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to JAH online. About 156 words from this article are provided below; about 340 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the Organization of American Historians, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a member of the Organization of American Historians, you can:: • Join the OAH and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the Journal of American History.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two-hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the Journal of American History (86.1-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the Journal of American History.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

Book Review | The Journal of American History, 86.3 | The History Cooperative

Nameless Towns: Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942. By Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. xiv, 257 pp. Cloth, $37.50, isbn 0-292-77725-6. Paper, $18.95, isbn 0-292-77726-4.)

In this study of the Texas lumber industry, Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad weave a series of rich vignettes that recapture the textures of the long-forgotten industrial communities that once thrived in the piney woods of east Texas. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, lumbermen established large-scale operations to exploit the state's longleaf pine forests. By 1905, lumbering became Texas's most important industry, and two years later the state ranked third in the nation in lumber production. When the region's timber resources could no longer sustain profitable enterprises, companies began to "cut out" for western states, leaving behind cutover land, displaced mill hands, and abandoned mill towns. By the Great Depression the sawmill communities that developed during this lumber bonanza had disappeared. . . .

There are about 340 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.