| sawmill id: | 10778 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-40 |
| corporate name: | G. W. Shaver |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | G. W. Shaver |
| location: | Grapeland: 1st and Missouri Pacific tracks |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 1 |
| start year: | 1928 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1928 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1920-1929 |
| period of operation: | 1928 |
| town: | Grapeland |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 750 in 1905; 3,000 in 1928; 1027 in 1934 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Shortleaf yellow pine |
| 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: | 25000: 1928 |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 25,000 feet in 1928 |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Circular sawmill, trimmers, edgers |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| historical development: | G. W. Shaver was listed in the 1928 edition of the Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills as running a circular sawmill operation at Grapeland. A Shaver & Luce had been operating a sawmill at Grapeland in 1906. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
| interpretation by: | |
| interpretation date: | |
| bibliography: | Southern Lumberman. Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th ed. Nashville: Southern Lumberman, 1928. 1014. ?Lumber Mills of Texas.? Southern Industrial and Lumber Review. September 6, 1906, 27. |
