♂ Joseph Hubert KURTH
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Joseph Hubert KURTH |
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Sägewerksbesitzer, Kommunalpolitiker |
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Notizen zu dieser Person
Joseph H. Kurth, born in Germany in 1857, immigrated to Galveston,Texas in 1878. Initial work in a commercial lumber yard led to hiseventual purchase of a mill at Kurth Station, near Corrigan in PolkCounty, and eventually to the purchase of a larger mill at Keltys,just north of Lufkin, along with Simon Wood Henderson. Angelina CountyLumber Company was born of this venture, considered one of the mostcomplete and modern of its time. A company railroad, the Angelina &Neches River Railroad, also resulted from the enterprise. Along with Sam and Eli Wiener, Kurth and Henderson expanded theirinterests across East Texas and into western Louisiana, becoming veryinfluential in the southern forest products industry. Otherenterprises included Lufkin Foundry and Machine Company, originallyformed to repair and service sawmill equipment.
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