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M. D. Murchison & Sons (HO-100)
| sawmill id: | 10838 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-100 |
| corporate name: | M. D. Murchison & Sons |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | M. D. Murchison & Sons, also known as Murchison Lumber Company |
| location: | Grapeland, about ten miles north of Crockett |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 23 |
| start year: | 1930 |
| (qual) | |
| end year: | 1952 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 |
| period of operation: | 1930 to 1952 |
| town: | Grapeland |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 750 in 1905; 3,000 in 1928; 1027 in 1934 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber and retail lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | Yes |
| 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: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| historical development: | M. D. Murchison & Sons operated a sawmill service and a lumber retail business at Grapeland from 1930 to 1952. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers referred to this firm as Murchison Lumber Company in its directories from 1936 to 1952. Block notes that this business operated a mill producing yellow pine products. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | The Lumbermen?s Credit Rating Book, October 1934. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1934. 20. Directory of Texas Manufacturers. Austin: Texas. 1936, 26. Directory of Texas Manufacturers. Austin: Texas. 1938, 111. Directory of Texas Manufacturers. Austin: Texas. 1941, 48. Directory of Texas Manufacturers. Austin: Texas. 1946, 137, 311. Directory of Texas Manufacturers. Austin: Texas. 1952, 86, 256. W. T. Block. ?Some Early Sawmills, Log Tram Roads, and Logging Camps of Houston County, Texas.? Nederland, Texas: unpublished manuscripts, 1994. |
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