Stapp, Oklahoma, formerly Thomasville, was a logging community of 500 or more beside Highway 270 in the valley below, where the Buschow Lumber Company operated a mill and railroad during the early 1900s until 1932. At that time the timber industry was primarily nomadic, and the average life of a mill was 20 years. Timber companies typically arrived by railroad and created small towns like Stapp, cutting trees without regard for erosion control, fire protection, or replanting. Once the trees were removed, the companies packed up and left. Said to be the ultimate in devastation, the Buschow Lumber Company was typical of many in the industry at the turn of the century, although some companies were beginning to explore conservation methods and fire prevention programs. When all the timber was gone, the burned, cut-over land was sold to the Forest Service. The Buschow lumber mill site later became home to a Civilian Conservation Corps camp until March 1942, a Peace Corps camp during the 1960s, and in 1969 the Ouachita Corrections Center.