| MS 039 | |
| AUTHOR : | Hilt Forcrum & Co. |
| TITLE : | Hilt Forcrum & Co. records, |
| DATES : | 1903-1916. |
| SIZE : | 1 box ; 12 x 10 x 2 1/2 in. 1 box ; 15 x 10 x 2 1/2 in. |
| ARRANGEMENT: | Records organized into two series: I. Records. II. Photographs; Records arranged chronologically and photographs by name of individual(s) photographed. Inventory available online. |
| HISTORY NOTE : | Hilt Forcrum & Co. was a lumber company organized at around the turn of the 20th century in Obion, Tennessee. The name was changed to the Forcrum & James Cooperage and Lumber Company in 1914. The company would grow to four retail lumber yards prior to the Great Depression. The current company, now called Forcrum-Lannom Inc., resides in Dyersburg, Tennessee and produces building materials of various types. |
| CONTENTS : | Consists of business and personal correspondence from company president Hilt Forcrum from 1903 to 1918. Includes letters discussing the Paducah to Memphis Highway Movement, plans to purchase and construct a steel bridge over the Obion River, and miscellaneous bills of sale and photographs. |
| SUBJECT : | Forcrum, Hilt. Obion County (Tenn.) -- Manuscripts. Obion (Tenn.) Dyer County (Tenn.) -- Manuscripts. Tennessee -- History -- Sources. Roads -- History -- Tennessee. Bridges -- Tennessee -- Obion County. Hilt Forcrum & Co. Forcrum & James Lumber Company. Forcrum & Lannom Inc. |