Background
Baker, Robert Donald was born on December 7, 1927 in Chico, California, United States. Son of Lester Baker and Wilma Teresa (Vitzthum) Grover.
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Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830-1940
( This first comprehensive story of logging, lumbering, a...)
This first comprehensive story of logging, lumbering, and forest conservation in Texas records the industry’s history from the earliest days of the Republic, when a few isolated operations provided for local needs, through the first four decades of the twentieth century. Supplemented by over one hundred photographs, many never before published, the text re-creates Texas’ heyday as one of the nation’s leading timber producers. At that time, the forested area equaled the state of Indiana. In the words of one visitor, the forest was like a vast wave that has rolled in upon a level beach . . . creeping forward, thinning out, and finally disappearing, except where, along a river course, it pushes far inland.” The industry’s most significant growth occurred between the end of Reconstruction and the beginnings of World War II, when entrepreneurs from the North, the South, and the East ventured into the vast stands of virgin timber in the Texas Piney Woods. These pioneers, attracted by the great potential fortunes to be made, provided the capital, expertise, and energy that introduced large mills and railroads to Texas lumbering and developed markets for their productsnot only in Houston, Dallas, and other Texas cities but also across the United States and throughout the world. Various lumber companies, logging and mill operations, company towns, and the genesis of forest conservation are all featured in the text and illustrations. This account will appeal to historians, conservationists, and general readers interested in the Texas lumber industry and in Texas economic history.
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Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830-1940 by Robert S. Maxwell (2000-06-01)
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Robert Donald Baker
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Robert Donald Baker, American Forestry educator. With United States Air Force, 1946-1947. Fellow Society American Foresters (state chairman 1970-1971, task force chairman 1990-1994, Distinguished Svc. 1973); member American Society Photogram. & Rem. Sensing (emeritus, regional chairman 1972-1973, national board directors 1975-1977), Texas Forestry Association (board directors 1972-1975, 77-80, 87-90, Research award 1976).
Education
Associate of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; Bachelor of Science Forestry, University of California, Berkeley, 1951; M. Forestry, University of California, Berkeley, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, 1957.
Career
Assistant professor, Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1956-1958; associate professor, Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1958-1970; professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, 1970-1974; professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1975. Consultant International Paper Company, Dallas, 1989-1991.
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Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830-1940
( This first comprehensive story of logging, lumbering, a...)
- Timeless Heritage: A History of the Forest Service in the Southwest
- Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830-1940 by Robert S. Maxwell (2000-06-01)
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Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830-1940
Membership
With United States Air Force, 1946-1947. Fellow Society American Foresters (state chairman 1970-1971, task force chairman 1990-1994, Distinguished Svc. 1973); member American Society Photogram.
& Rem. Sensing (emeritus, regional chairman 1972-1973, national board directors 1975-1977), Texas Forestry Association (board directors 1972-1975, 77-80, 87-90, Research award 1976).
Connections
Married Mary Ann Brooks, September 6, 1958. 1 child, Allison.
