Museum Name: Southern Forest Heritage Museum
Schedule: Open 9:am – 4:pm
Established: 1992
Address: P. O. Box 101, Long Leaf, LA
Phone Number: 318 748 8404
Fax Number: 318 748 8404
Email: longleaf@centurytel.net
Director: Bob Carroll
Website: www.forestheritagemuseum.org
Focus: Commissary, a steam-powered sawmill and Planer mill
Ages: All
Cost: $4.00 Commissary, $6.00 Walking Tour, $8.50 Motor Car Ride
Major Exhibits: September 30, 2006 Machine Shop Day, Antique Automobiles, Kraft Vendors, Bogie and Blues Bands
Class Trip Programs: Classes to include Sociology, math, physics and other related subjects dealing with harvesting, transportation and manufacture of Virgin Southern Yellow Pine
Class Trip Pricing: Group rates (please call)
Information: The 57 acre Southern Forest Heritage Museum displays rare equipment and buildings dating back to the early 1900s. A steam-powered sawmill and planer mill are the focus of the museum. The collection includes three steam locomotives, the roundhouse, and a belt-and-shaft driven machine shop. Two rare McGiffert log loders and a clyde skidder are examples of early