Blogger’s Note: Submitted by Albany Woodworks Facebook viewer Donald Thibodaux, original ads from the Southern Cypress Manufacturers’ Association, featured prominently in National Geographic throughout the 1930s – 1940s. Designed to attract national buyers to our, at that time relatively untapped, resource of virgin-growth Tidewater Cypress timber. Upon viewing these, it becomes apparent that much can be
Brief History Of Harvesting Southern Cypress, 1700 – 1960 – Part 1
Blogger’s Note: The historic record on virgin-growth Cypress in the south is extensive, but not much is mentioned about the contribution of the Louisiana ‘swamper.’ This is the story of the original axe men, and their self-taught logging practices that allowed survival in the harsh reality of 1700s frontier life. Leaving their families for months
Mattoon’s Southern Cypress Last Record of Virgin-Growth Cypress Forests in Louisiana, 1915
Albany Woodworks’ appreciation for Southern Cypress History told through Author Mattoon’s “The Southern Cypress”. Albany Woodworks’ President, Richard Woods, always had an appreciation for history, especially virgin growth southern cypress forests that were once prominent through the South. Wilbur R. Mattoon graduated in forestry from Yale University in 1904 after which he embarked upon his