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J. W. Bodenhamer (HO-76)
| sawmill id: | 10814 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-76 |
| corporate name: | J. W. Bodenhamer |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | J. W. Bodenhamer |
| location: | San Pedro, southeast of Grapeland |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 1 |
| start year: | 1884 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1884 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1880-1889 |
| period of operation: | 1884 |
| town: | San Pedro, southeast of Grapeland |
| 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: | Unknown |
| 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: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) at Grapeland |
| historical development: | J. W. Bodenhamer was listed in a railroad directory as having a sawmill at San Pedro in 1884. Bodenhamer was an early county resident and had joined the petitioners of 1851 for a special tax to build a county courthouse. The area of San Pedro, located near San Pedro Creek in northeastern Houston County, was a both the site for a village of the Nabedache and later the mission of San Francisco del los Tejas in 1690. In the 1780s, the settlement consisted of eighty families. It had a post office by 1856. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | Walter P. Webb, editor-in-chief. Handbook of Texas 3 vols. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1976. II. 560. Rand, McNally and Company?s Directory and Shipping Guide of Lumber Mills and Lumber Dealers. Chicago: Rand, McNally and Company, 1884. 459. W. T. Block. ?Some Early Sawmills, Log Tram Roads, and Logging Camps of Houston County, Texas.? Nederland, Texas: unpublished manuscripts, 1994. A. A. Aldrich. The History of Houston County, Texas. San Antonio: 1943. 121-122. Thomas C. Richardson and D. White. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers 4 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1940. III. 1023. |
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