A SAWMILL WAS BUILT BY MRS.N.K.McDUFFIE & JOHN PEYTON ABOUT 1882 3 MILES EAST OF GROVETON,TRINITY COUNTY. THE MILL TOWN WAS NAMED McDUFFYS STATION.(NOTE THE NAME SPELLING ON THE MAPS IS DIFFERENT FROM SPELLING ON THE TOKEN). DON'T KNOW WHICH IS CORRECT.McDUFFIE & PEYTON OPERATED THEIR SAWMILL BEFORE THE TRINITY & SABINE RAILROAD WAS BUILT TO THEIR TOWN. THEY SOLD THEIR MILL TO PETER AND FRANK JOSSERAND IN 1890. THE JOSSERAND BROS. RENAMED THE TOWN TO JOSSERAND. ANOTHER MILL WAS BUILT BY THE JOSSERANDS ABOUT A MILE FURTHER EAST OF McDUFFYS STATION. JOSSERAND BECAME A GHOST TOWN IN 1909 WHEN THE MILLS WERE CLOSED DOWN. SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY WHEN SAWMILL WORKERS EARNED ONLY ABOUT 10c A WEEK IN 1882. TOKEN IS COPPER, 38mm.
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