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Daniel Lumber Co. (HO-28)
| sawmill id: | 10766 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-28 |
| corporate name: | Daniel Lumber Co. |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Daniel Lumber Co. with William Fleming Daniel and Awtrey Fleming Daniel |
| location: | Two locations in Crockett: Pease Street, and Second Street and North Durrett Street |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 11 |
| start year: | 1925 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1935 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1920-1929 1930-1939 |
| period of operation: | About 1925 to about 1937 |
| town: | Crockett |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Shortleaf yellow pine lumber; timbers. |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | Yes |
| 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: | Yes |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | 25000: 1928 |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 25,000 feet daily |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | Yes |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | Yes |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | In 1928, circular sawmill, planing mill with edgers and trimmers and dry kilns. |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| historical development: | Daniel Lumber appeared in the 1928 edition of Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills at Crockett. This was the sawmill of William Fleming Daniel and his son, Awtrey Fleming Daniel. In 1930, according to county records, W. F. Daniel sold to A. F. his ?undivided interest in the Daniel sawmill, planing mill, and lumber yard in Crockett, 1/2 mile north of the International & Great Northern depot, including sawmill, planing mill, and lumber in the yard and all machinery connected with Daniel sawmill at Crockett.? According to Margie Daniel Miller, a daughter of A. F. Daniel, the Daniel Lumber Company opened a sawmill and planing mill on the north side of Pease Street, about a block west of the railroad tracks. The company expanded, leaving the lumber yard at the Pease location, and moved the sawmill and planing mill several blocks south on the west side of North Durrett Street. The sawmill and planer were destroyed by fire during the late 1930s. When this mill closed, Awtrey Fleming opened a new mill at Shiloh. |
| research date: | JKG 12-10-93, MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | 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: | The Lumbermen?s Credit Rating Book, October 1934. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1934. Southern Lumberman. Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th ed. Nashville: Southern Lumberman, 1928. 1008. Margie Daniel Miller to Melvin Johnson, Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin, January 9, 1995. Original at Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin. Ms Daniel is a daughter of Awtrey Fleming Daniel. Houston County Bill of Sale Records. Vol F: January 1, 1930, 231. Photocopies of Crockett and Houston County Maps, annotated by Margie Daniel Miller and Barbara Daniel Atkinson. Texas Forestry Museum. Lufkin, Texas. |
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