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Monk Brothers (HO-105)
| sawmill id: | 10843 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-105 |
| corporate name: | Monk Brothers |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Monk Brothers |
| location: | Arch Street south of the branch, southwest of the Public Square |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 1 |
| start year: | 1896 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1896 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1890-1899 |
| period of operation: | 1896 |
| town: | Crockett |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 2,612 in 1905 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Finished lumber, cotton, cornmeal |
| sawmill: | |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | Yes |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | Yes |
| grist: | Yes |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Steam |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | Yes |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | |
| planed lumber: | Yes |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | Yes |
| equipment: | Planing mill, cotton gin, and grist mill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific)) |
| historical development: | Monk Brothers had a planing mill, a grist mill, and a cotton gin located on Arch Street south of the branch in 1896, southwest of the Public Square. The brothers may have been James E. Monk and John Monk of Crockett, who were local sawmillers at the time. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | Crockett. Map No. 346 (1896). Map Collections. East Texas Research Center. Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, Texas. |
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