Lufkin: Texas Forestry Museum

Green building with sign saying Texas Forestry Museum
A machine with a large wheel
Group of African American men, with horses and mules, hauling timber

African American loggers near Lufkin circa 1915 (NARA)

Boards being produced out of timber and moved on a conveyor belt

East Texas loggers producing timber boards (NARA)

Four men cutting timber in a forest

East Texas loggers at work in a French forest. (NARA)

Workers building a wooden bridge across a river

The 20th engineers creating a bridge in northern France. (NARA)

The Texas Forestry Museum tells the story of industry in the forests of Texas and is one of the largest museums of its kind in the United States. It’s a fitting place to remember some of the war’s unsung heroes: the African-Americans loggers and lumbermen who served in the vital forestry units in Europe during the Great War.

Texas Forestry Museum

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