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Houston County Lumber Company (HO-58)
| sawmill id: | 10796 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-58 |
| corporate name: | Houston County Lumber Company |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Houston County Lumber Company with R. C. Pond. R. M. Brooks. Bob D. Rains. |
| location: | Nine miles south of Crockett |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 3 |
| start year: | 1907 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1909 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1907 to 1909 |
| town: | South of Crockett |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber and shingles |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | Yes |
| 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: | Yes |
| equipment: | Sawmill and shingle mill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| historical development: | R. M. Brooks operated a lumber mill and shingle machine in Houston County after 1900. In 1907, he contracted with Bob Rains to move the mill and machine to Rains? property about nine miles south of Crockett. Rains, in return for one-half of the profits, would deliver timber to the mill and bear one-half the cost of hauling and loading product. This mill passed into the hands of R. C. Pond of the Houston County Lumber Company by 1909. Pond organized the Houston County Lumber Company. In 1909, he sold ?sufficient lumber manufactured by Houston County Lumber Company, Inc., wholly owned by R. C. Pond, said timber to be manufactured at location nine miles south of Crockett.? |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | Houston County Bill of Sale Record. Vol E: July 20, 1907, 114; September 16, 1909, 138. |
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