Gragg Lumber Company - HCC - Decatur County,Ga.
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N 30° 43.617 W 084° 25.976
16R E 745802 N 3402156
Located on Hwy US 27 North SE of Bainbridge,Ga.
Waymark Code: WM7G0M
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2009
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In 1926, brothers John, Earl, Wayne and Gilbert Gragg came from North Carolina to establish a sawmill six tenths of a mile north of here on the east side of Amsterdam Road. As the Gragg Lumber Co., they leased cutting rights on 16,000 acres owned by American Sumatra Tobacco Company. They harvested timber with portable sawmills and hauled lumber to their dry kiln and plane mill for five years. They built their "dream mill", incorporating modern band saws, in 1930. Their company became one of the largest hardwood lumber producers in the state of Georgia, employing about 200 people at peak production. The timber depleted, the mill closed in 1944.
Type of Marker: Highway
Date: 2007
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Commission and The Decatur County Historical Society
Marker #: Not listed
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