Deweyville
N 30° 18.063 W 093° 44.897
15R E 428047 N 3352382
Marker gives history of this small eastern Texas town.
Waymark Code: WM1179M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2019
Views: 10
Located in front of the old Deweyville Town
Hall/playground area, on Old TX. 87.
Marker Number: 11111
Marker Text:
Original site, called "Possum Bluff," was purchased for $200 by Pierre Lavine from H.L. Morrison in 1886. The Sabine Tram Company purchased the land in 1897 from G. Smyth and a sawmill was built shortly thereafter. The mill soon became the center of industry for the small community. The town was later renamed for U.S. Admiral George Dewey, who served with distinction during the Spanish-American War. Peavy-Moore Lumber Company purchased the mill in 1919, but a devastating fire destroyed the mill in 1943, leaving the town without an economic center. The Sabine and Neches Valley Railway ceased operations shortly after and most citizens associated with the mill left the area.
(1967, 2009)
Marker is property of the State of Texas
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