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Taken at Spring Ridge in North Sabine Parish in 1916...

Taken at Spring Ridge in North Sabine Parish in 1916... On L. Phillips land. Men are cutting cross ties by hand. Shown from left are Lee Strickland and Ike Rains of Pleasant Hill. The ties…

Originally published: November 24, 2015 at 4:28 PM CST

Photograph from the Facebook post “Taken at Spring Ridge in North Sabine Parish in 1916...” — Taken at Spring Ridge in North Sabine Parish in 1916... On L. Phillips land. Men are cutting cross ties by hand. Shown from left are Lee Strickland and Ike Rains of Pleasant Hill. The ties were sold for 21 cents. Delivered to Pleasant Hill Railroad. They cut about 950 ties on 10 acres, working from daylight to dark.

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Taken at Spring Ridge in North Sabine Parish in 1916… On L. Phillips land. Men are cutting cross ties by hand. Shown from left are Lee Strickland and Ike Rains of Pleasant Hill. The ties were sold for 21 cents. Delivered to Pleasant Hill Railroad. They cut about 950 ties on 10 acres, working from daylight to dark.