Preserving Pocahontas

Mill operation at Burner, north of Durbin. The timber on a tract of 9,070 acres on Little River was purchased in 1903 by the Pocahontas Lumber Company, a partnership of men from Brookville, Pennsylvania. The band mill was built in the same year and operated until about 1915. Pocahontas Co. Historical Society, ID: PHS000593

Access the “Preserving Pocahontas” Digital Library at www.pocahontaspreservation.org or www.preservingpocahontas.org If you have historical records or photographs to be scanned for the county Historical Archive contact Preservation Officer B. J. Gudmundsson at 304-799-3989 or email info@pocahontaspreservation.org Prints of photographs are available.