OUR PAST - Farmers Lumber Company, Inc. of La Grange, Texas was organized on October 1, 1907 with $16,000 in capital stock being issued. The first board of directors consisted of F.J. Reynolds, Chr. Diers, H. Amberg, Ernst Knigge, Jr., C.J. von Rosenberg, H.J. Sladczyk, W.H. Thomas, August Warnken, and A.W.F. Mayer. The first president of the board of directors was F.J. Reynolds who served until December, 1908. The presidents that followed were: W.H. Thomas until December, 1914; A.W.F. Mayer until December, 1935; H.J. Sladczyk until December, 1943; Emil Flath until December, 1953; Roy H. Giese until June, 1960; Gerhard Ruether until December, 1960; C.M Janda until March, 1969; Don Williams until April, 1985; Donald Dopslauf until May, 2002 and Lambert Baron until January, 2012.  Herb Janssen is currently serving as board president.

CURRENT - The current directors are: Herb Janssen, President; Lambert Baron, Vice-President; Harry Lehmann, Secretary/General Manager; Gus Lindemann, Director; and Gary Lincke, Director.

MANAGERS - The first manager of Farmers Lumber Company was a Mr. Huddeston followed by Fritz von Rosenberg in November, 1908. Other managers of the company were: Herman Schroeder, November, 1909; Harry Oeding, July, 1935; Erwin W. Janssen, January 2, 1942 until March, 1982; Lambert Baron, March, 1982 until February, 1996. Clement Trlicek, Jr. from February, 1996 until June 2009; Harry Lehmann July 2009 - present. Our present campus includes the new 10,000 square foot main retail store as well as most of the past stores and offices used as storage. While the company continuously strives to meet the needs of its customers by adding new lines of goods and services, it has never forgotten the past that has gotten us this far. Our customers are the backbone of our success. We thank all past, present, and future customers for the opportunity to serve them.