Great Southern Lumber Company

Great Southern Lumber Company
Founded1902 in Pennsylvania
FounderFrank H. Goodyear
Charles W. Goodyear
Defunct1938
SuccessorGaylord Container Corporation
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Anson Goodyear
William H. Sullivan
ProductsLongleaf pine
SubsidiariesNew Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Bogalusa Paper Company
Bogalusa Turpentine Company
Bogalusa Tung Oil

The Great Southern Lumber Company was chartered in 1902 to harvest and market the virgin longleaf pine (Pinus palustris L.) forests in southeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. Bogalusa, Louisiana was developed from the ground up as a company town and was the location for Great Southern Lumber Company's sawmill, which began operation in 1908. Other company interests included a railroad and paper mill. The company ceased operation in 1938, when the supply of virgin pines was depleted. Bogalusa became the site of a paper mill and chemical operations, followed by other industry.