Map of "Big-A-Plenty" [sawmill/lumber plantation]

Subject

Big-A-Plenty sawmill, 1802.56 acres in Franklin Parish

Date

1902 Mar

Mapmaker

Wilkinson, S. D.

Accession Number

1997.001.020.05

Condition

Good; some staining, foxing, surface dirt

Curatorial Notes

A call to the Franklin Parish library yielded information that this plantation was cleared of all its timber late 19th - early 20th century, land then was farmed for cotton, sobeans. As of 9/25/1997 part of the land had been turned into a wild game reserve, while the remainder is used for farming,agricultural purposes.

Market Value

1997 Sep: : purchased at auction for $200.00

Notes

Notes location of tramway and sawmill, buildings, Big A Plenty Bayou, land owned by U[nion?] City National Bank, H. and C. Newman; located onTensas and Fool Rivers, near Bayou Macon; documents deforestation of Louisiana at the turn of the century.

Media Type

manuscript on cloth

Size

12 x 16

Storage

c03d05