| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NE-48 |
| Corporate Name: | Kirby Logging Camp at Woodmeyer |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Kirby Logging Camp at Woodmeyer |
| Location: | Woodmeyer or Woodmyer at Armstrong Lake adjacent to Sabine River |
| County: | Newton |
| Years in Operation: | 8 years |
| Start Year: | 1911 |
| End Year: | 1918 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1911 to 1918 |
| Town: | Woodmyer |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 750 in 1915 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Sawlogs and sawtimber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Unknown
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
 Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | |
| Capacity Comments: | 5,000,000 feet monthly |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Oxen, skids, tram road, locomotive |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Bon Wier: Jasper & Eastern |
| Historicial Development: | Kirby Lumber Company established a logging camp at Woodmyer on Armstrong Lake near the Sabine River in the eastern portion of Newton County. The community was named for J. F. Woods and C. P. Myer, the company woods foreman and company general manager, respectively. The community had a school, a commissary, a post office, and an artesian water supply. Some of the families lived in specially fitted boxcars. Cows and chickens were kept by some of the tenants. Ice blocks were available. Population had reached 750 shortly before the camp closed in 1918.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 01-23-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |