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E. B. Adams & Son (HO-32)
| sawmill id: | 10770 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-32 |
| corporate name: | E. B. Adams & Son |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | E. B. Adams & Son |
| location: | Red Branch, about three miles south of Lovelady on railroad tracks |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 5 |
| start year: | 1880 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1884 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1980-1989 |
| period of operation: | 1880 to 1884 |
| town: | Red Branch, south of Lovelady |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Lovelady, 300 in 1880. 416 in 1890. |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Rough hardwood (oak and gum) and pine lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | Yes |
| hardwood sawmill: | Yes |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Unknown |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | Yes |
| maximum capacity: | |
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| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Hardwood (oak and gum) and pine sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern at Lovelady |
| historical development: | The sawmill of E. B. Adams and Son appeared in a 1880 Chicago lumber publication. The mill was apparently located in or around Red Branch. It reappeared in an 1884 railroad directory. Research by Block reveals that Earl B. Adams served in the cavalry force of General Nathan B. Forrest, entering at the age of fourteen. Carrying the sobriquet of Colonel, Adams practiced law in Crockett and was the county and district attorney for eight years. Lovelady, on the International & Great Northern tracks, was established in 1872 with the railroad?s arrival. |
| research date: | JKG 12-14-93, MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |
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| bibliography: | Northwestern Lumberman. The Lumberman?s Directory of Saw Mills, Shingle Mills and Other Wood Working Factories in the Northwest, South, and Southwest. Chicago: W. B. Judson, 1880. 177. Walter P. Webb, editor-in-chief. Handbook of Texas 3 vols. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1976. II. 86. Rand, McNally and Company?s Directory and Shipping Guide of Lumber Mills and Lumber Dealers. Chicago: Rand, McNally and Company, 1884. 456. A. A. Aldrich. The History of Houston County, Texas. San Antonio: 1943. 121-122. 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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