 In 1905, The Babcock Lumber & Boom Co. in Davis, West Virginia began operation and the Tellico River Lumber Co. at Tellico Plains, Tennessee was formed.These plants, along with the Babcock Lumber and Land Company that was formed in 1907 in Maryville, Tennessee, operated more than in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina.A logging railroad was built from Tellico Plains, Tennessee, up the Tellico River.