The article "Lone Star Pine" in the American Lumberman for September 26, 1908, pp. 67-150, is a most interesting narrative of the personal history of the Texas house of Thompson and its share in the development of the lumber industry of the State. The family record shows an extraordinary proportion of men of high character and unusual business endowments, and well explains the growth of the Thompson milling interests to their present enormous magnitude.

In whatever aspect the history of Texas is considered, political, social, ecclesiastical, or economic, there is none more fascinating and instructive. Of these various aspects, that which has been least adequately treated is undoubtedly the economic. When it is properly written, a large part of it will be given to describing the growth of the production of lumber in the State, and in this the Thompsons will be found to have had a highly important share. And when the investigator who is to write it shall begin his work he will find valuable material in this article.

How to cite:
"American Lumberman", Volume 012, Number 2, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 159. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v012/n2/review_21.html
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