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I. D. Fairchild (AG-82)
| sawmill id: | 9413 |
| alpha-numeric key: | AG-82 |
| corporate name: | I. D. Fairchild |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | I. D. Fairchild |
| location: | Retrieve, near Shawnee Creek, south of Huntington, also known as Ozias |
| county: | Angelina |
| years in operation: | 7 |
| start year: | 1902 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1908 |
| (qual) | |
| decades: | 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1902 to 1908 |
| town: | Shawnee Creek (Retrieve, Ozias) |
| company town: | Yes |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Sawmill |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Probably steam |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | Yes |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Lumber |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Texas & New Orleans (Southern Pacific) |
| historical development: | Retrieve was a sawmill town, located near Shawnee Creek, between Huntington and Zavalla. It was serviced by the Texas & New Orleans. A sawmill was built about 1902 and was sold to Fairchild in 1905. He closed it in 1908. Fairchild may have operated later a sawmill at Fairchild Switch, four miles south of Lufkin, about 1913. |
| research date: | MCJ 01-12-96 |
| research by: | M Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | Archie Birdsong Matthews. ?The Economic Development of Angelina County.? M. A. thesis. University of Texas, 1952. 78. |
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