Baker Hotel in Mineral WellsĪ post shared by Jim Taylor Hotel located just 1.5 hours west of Dallas, has been one of the major favorites in every abandoned place list in Texas and is considered as one of the most haunted abandoned hotels in Texas. Or you can head south on Highway 63 from Zavalla, then turn right to County Road 34. You can reach the site via a 2.5 mile trail at Boykin Springs Recreation Area. Most of the community left when the mill closed, while some were absorbed into the Angelina National Forest in 1920.Įxplore: There are four derelict structures still standing on the land with a pond that used to provide water to the mill’s boilers. The third and final fire happened in 1919, and this ultimately drove Aldridge Sawmill out of business. The second fire happened three years after and Aldridge exited the lumber industry leaving his brother, who was also the vice-president back then, to be in charge. The first was in 1911, which razed the original wooden structure of the mill and was then replaced with reinforced concrete structures. The facility, which was completed in 1905, soon became its own township complete with a post office, commissary, hotel, blacksmith, stores, saloons, employee housing, and even a train station.īut it was engulfed in three different fires. A post shared by Instagram Texas Sawmill was once a flourishing facility named after Hal Aldridge and has over 500 employees producing 125,000 board feet of lumber per day.
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