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== A large family-owned business ==

== A large family-owned business ==

After his discharge, he returned to central Louisiana to join his father in the lumber business. Under Martin, the company modernized its Alexandria sawmill and expanded from a land base of 250,000 acres to more than 370,000 acres. The firm became one of the largest family-owned businesses in the American South. In 2007, Martin Lumber, a general partner of Martco Limited Partnership, had a land base of nearly 600,000 acres of timberlands. In addition to its land holdings, the company has constructed a state-of-the-art strand board plant near Oakdale in Allen Parish to add to a portfolio of wood-products-manufacturing facilities. In 2004, Martin Lumber won the Forest Stewardship Award from the National Hardwood Lumber Association.  

After his discharge, he returned to central Louisiana to join his father in the lumber business. Under Martin, the company modernized its Alexandria sawmill and expanded from a land base of 250,000 acres to more than 370,000 acres. The firm became one of the largest family-owned businesses in the American South. For many years it operated a sawmill at the company town of Roy, south of Castor in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana. In 2007, Martin Lumber, a general partner of Martco Limited Partnership, had a land base of nearly 600,000 acres of timberlands. In addition to its land holdings, the company has constructed a state-of-the-art strand board plant near Oakdale in Allen Parish to add to a portfolio of wood-products-manufacturing facilities. In 2004, Martin Lumber won the Forest Stewardship Award from the National Hardwood Lumber Association.  

== Philanthrophic endeavors ==

== Philanthrophic endeavors ==