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Awtrey Fleming Daniel (HO-13)
| sawmill id: | 10751 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-13 |
| corporate name: | Awtrey Fleming Daniel |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Awtrey Fleming Daniel [William Fleming Daniel] |
| location: | Four locations at or near Shiloh Community |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 18 |
| start year: | 1935 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1952 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 |
| period of operation: | 1935 to 1952 |
| town: | Shiloh Community |
| company town: | Yes |
| peak town size: | Small commissary |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Rough and finished lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | Yes |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| 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: | |
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| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | Yes |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmills and planing mills |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Unknown |
| historical development: | Awtrey Fleming Daniel, son of William Fleming Daniel, the noted sawmiller of Cushing and Nivac, lost his sawmill and planing mill at Crockett to fire in the later 1930s. He moved a new sawmill for a period of time to Walker County and then to Shiloh Community in Houston County. Although he did not provide tenant housing, he did have a small commissary for the workers; his daughters Barbara, Margie, and Ruth all worked in the commissary at one time or another. The A. F. Daniel Lumber Company appears in the 1938 edition of Directory of Texas Manufacturers but not the editions for 1941 and 1946. A. F. Daniel sawmilled in the area at four different locations in and near Shiloh until illness forced him to sell his equipment in 1950. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | Margie Daniel Miller and Barbara Daniel Atkinson are two of the five daughters of Awtrey Fleming Daniel. The Daniels operated other sawmills at various times in the counties of Nacogdoches, Rusk, Angelina, Walker, Liberty, Houston, and Hardin, and possibly in Jefferson, Panola, Montgomery, and Grimes. This company and the activities of William Fleming Daniel and his son, Awtrey Fleming Daniel, are good examples of the types of medium-size sawmills in East Texas from about 1900 to 1950. The cutting capacity of the mills grew smaller after the Great Depression, reflecting the demise of the smaller mill during the period of concentration and efficiency sought by the larger, well capitalized lumber companies. The Daniel operations are characterized by a lack of company-owned tram roads and the lack of the use of mill towns to support the operations. |
| interpretation by: | M. Johnson |
| interpretation date: | MCJ 02-21-96 |
| bibliography: | Margie Daniel Miller to Melvin Johnson, Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin, January 9, 1995. Photocopies of Crockett and Houston County Maps, annotated by Margie Daniel Miller and Barbara Daniel Atkinson. Daniel Lumber Company Folder. ETSMDB, Texas Forestry Museum. Lufkin, Texas. Directory of Texas Manufacturers. Austin, 1938. xvii, 107. |
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