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H. Pegoda (HO-50)
| sawmill id: | 10788 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-50 |
| corporate name: | H. Pegoda |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | H. Pegoda and B. D. Cline |
| location: | Three miles south of Lovelady |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 5 |
| start year: | 1902 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1906 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1902 to 1906 |
| town: | South of Lovelady |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 700 in 1907 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| 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: | 10000: 1906 |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 10,000 feet daily |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | Yes |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill and planer |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International and Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| historical development: | B. D. Cline and H. Pegoda were active sawmillers in the counties of Houston and Montgomery and elsewhere around 1900. They co-owned a sawmill located about three miles south of Lovelady. In February, 1902, Pegoda bought out Cline?s one-half interest in the plant. Equipment transferred included the steam machinery, a planer, three log wagons, and fifteen work oxen. The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported Pegoda?s mill to be cutting 10,000 feet of lumber daily in 1906. Pegoda had been sawmilling and grist milling in Houston County since about 1895. His brothers, George and William Pegoda, operated the Possum Walk sawmill in Walker County. According to W. T. Block, Cline had interests in as many as thirty-six sawmills in six counties during his career. |
| research date: | JKG 8-23-93, MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | ?Lumber Mills of Texas.? Southern Industrial and Lumber Review. September 6, 1906. 27-29. Houston County Bill of Sale Records. Vol E: February 1, 1902, 57. 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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