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Hicksbaugh Lumber Company (HO-55)
| sawmill id: | 10793 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-55 |
| corporate name: | Hicksbaugh Lumber Company |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Hicksbaugh Lumber Company. S. B. Hicks and J. T. Wurtsbaugh |
| location: | Crockett |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 7 |
| start year: | 1939 |
| (qual) | |
| end year: | 1945 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1930-1939 1940-1949 |
| period of operation: | 1939 to about 1945 |
| town: | Crockett |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| 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: | Probably steam |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | Yes |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Southern Pacific |
| historical development: | In 1917, The Gulf Coast Lumberman reported that the Wurtsbaugh-Hicks Lumber Company had a new sawmill at Hicks. At one time, the company may have had mills at both Hicksbaugh and Wurtzbaugh in Tyler County. Block believes that the mill machinery was stored until it was moved and erected at Crockett about 1939. The mill was not recorded in the Directory of Texas Manufacturers for 1946. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | The Gulf Coast Lumberman. October 15, 1917. W. T. Block. ?Some Early Sawmills, Log Tram Roads, and Logging Camps of Houston County, Texas.? Nederland, Texas: unpublished manuscripts, 1994. Directory of Texas Manufacturers. Austin, Texas: 1941. 19, 49. |
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