Monroe brothers sawmill. in the 50's this was a full fledged sawmill, my father bought lumber, slab wood and sawdust ]to bank the house] from them, he grew up with roy and ernie., the operators. ernie senior had started the mill in the ???. at this time they made pallets, lots of them. mill is defunct now but several of the monroe live close by.

My Grandfather, Ernist Monroe Sr. served in WW1 as an engineer for a sawmill in France. There is where Monroe Brothers Sawmill got it's start! Since the passing of both of the brothers, the land has passed on the other family members. My Youngest brother Rodney owns property as does a cousin. Rod's home is near where the 2 trees are at the top of the picture. The main buildings are still there and in use as a manufacturing plant.

Wish I was born during its prime, but had alot of fun working out there before it shutdown. With Grandpa, my Dad (Rodney), and my Uncles (Art) and (Elmer) they taught me alot about the sawmill operation. That was probably the funnest thing i learned how to do on that farm.

I grew up at this farm/ sawmill which provided our entire family with a strong work ethic and to be proud of our accomplishments in life. Although the farm and sawmill have changed hands the memories of saw dusty smell stay with me and when I see trees being felled I go back ( like the Kenny Chesney song) to fond memories of occassionally being able to help stack an order for my dad Lester Monroe.. but I really tried to be elswhere when it came time to put hay in the barn ! We learned that machinery are not toys and that if we had to work around the machinery to be aware of how dangerous it could be if we weren't paying attention.
Thanks for sharing this picture.