H. G. Butler (1900-1903)

Foster Creek Lumber Co. (1903-1908)

36" gauge, 30-lb rail Headquarters: Knoxville, MS Mill Location: Butler (Dayton), MS (Amite County) Mill Capacity: 20,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1900-1908 Miles Operated: 2 miles 1902 Locomotives Owned: 1	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: In 1900 Horace G. Butler, of Knoxville, MS, moved his sash, door and blind mill from Knoxville to Dayton, Amite County. His mill was located at Butler Spur on the west side of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, barely in Amite County. It had a cutting capacity of 20,000 feet per day.  On July 22, 1903, the mill, logging railroad and timber holdings were sold to D. H. Donaldson, of Peoria, Illinois. To operate the mill, the Foster Creek Lumber Company was incorporated at Dayton, Amite County, on August 24, 1903, by D. H. Donaldson, David Donaldson and Herman Hauser with authorized capital stock of $125,000.  The mill cut out in September 1908, and closed. The Foster Creek Lumber Company continued to exist as a timber buying company until 1916 when it was sold to the Foster Creek Lumber & Manufacturing Company.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:        Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   None   15-2 Shay   Lima   622   11/1900   3-7x9   24   30000   New. Not numbered.   Foster Creek Lumber Co., on 7/22/1903. Central Lumber Co. #1, McCall Creek, MS, in 1908. Morgansfork Lumber Co. #1, Sontag, MS, in 1913. Central Lumber Co. #1, McCall Creek, MS, in 1916. Transferred to Bogue Chitto, MS, ca. 1918. Transferred back to McCall Creek, MS, in mid-1919. Scrapped at Quentin, MS, ca. 1920.

                                     HOME                                              ABOUT  US                                              LINKS           

For more information contact Tony Howe at howe6818@bellsouth.net or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net