Boom Town, Company Town

Boom Town, Company Town. . A true company town , In 1893 , J. E. Henry's lumber operation, and the town of Lincoln, sprang up almost overnight. Within six months, Henry's crew built a store, blacksmith shop, railroad, and portable sawmill. , The sawmill at Lincoln, locally known as "Henryville" received timber by rail from the largest single tract of land to be logged in the White Mountains. , At the height of its operation, the Henry's East Branch and Railroad had six locomotives and 50 miles of track snaking through the forest. , a Boundless Resource , The lumber baron's pragmatic approach to business was to buy land cheaply, harvest the lumber, and sell in volume. , Though eventually reviled in the press as a "Wood Butcher," the Henry operation was using what they believed was a limitless supply of timber. , "The Henry boys have been good to the town. Every Thanksgiving they have seen to it that there is a fine, fat turkey on the table of every resident of Lincoln, whether the recipient is rich or poor whether he or she worked for the firm or not. '-A resident of Henryville , top right , "Henryville , Lincoln was completely owned and operated by the Henrys-- and later the Parker Young- Company. By 1902, some 50 utilitarian houses had been built, which Henry rented{ without running water} to the mill workers for $10 per month. , Bottom right , Workers bought all their goods at J.E. Henry's company store, and purchased their insurance - and even their ice from the Henrys J. E. himself was the local judge and his son John, was the town's postmaster. , The Parker - Young -Company which took over in 1917,continued to operate the town hospital and store.