Colmesneil Kirby Lumber Payroll — Tyler County

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Colmesneil Kirby Lumber Payroll — Tyler County

Lost Treasure TX • Tyler County County
Description
Tyler County legend of a Kirby Lumber Company payroll cache near Colmesneil west of Lufkin on the Neches River rail spur through the Piney Woods.
Historical Notes
Colmesneil developed as a Kirby Lumber Company town on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad west of Rockland. John Henry Kirby operated vast East Texas timber holdings from the late 1800s through the early 1900s. Mill-town payroll caches mirror the Diboll Southern Pine tradition in Angelina County. Tyler County's Fort Teran historic corridor lies a few miles north on the Neches. Coordinates mark Colmesneil in Tyler County west of Lufkin.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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