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Joseph P. Pritchard (HO-83)
| sawmill id: | 10821 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-83 |
| corporate name: | Joseph P. Pritchard |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Joseph P. Pritchard |
| location: | Randolph, east of Crockett |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 2 |
| start year: | 1859 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1860 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1850-1859 1860-1869 |
| period of operation: | 1859 to 1860 |
| town: | Randolph, east of Crockett |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber and grain |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | No |
| grist: | Yes |
| 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: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 160,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | Yes |
| equipment: | Sawmill and grist mill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | None |
| historical development: | The Joseph P. Pritchard multi-purpose mill manufactured lumber and ground meal. Valued at $4,000, it had raw materials including $361 in sawlogs and $4,000 worth of corn. It carried a monthly payroll of four men averaging $20 each. It produced 160,000 feet of lumber valued at $1,780 and 3,700 bushels of cornmeal valued at $4,600. Block notes that ?Pritchard was a Baptist preacher closely associated with two Houston County churches between 1860 and 1873.? Randolph was an early Houston County community situated to the east of Crockett. Pritchard probably shipped any export of cornmeal and lumber at Hall?s Bluff and Alabama on the Trinity River. The coming of the International & Great Northern to Crockett in 1872, with greater opportunity for transportation, led to the demise of this early East Texas community. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
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| bibliography: | Census of 1860. Houston County, Texas. Schedule No. 5, Products of Industry. Microfilm Records, East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, Texas. W. T. Block. ?Some Early Sawmills, Log Tram Roads, and Logging Camps of Houston County, Texas.? Nederland, Texas: unpublished manuscripts, 1994. Walter P. Webb, editor-in-chief. Handbook of Texas 3 vols. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1976. I. 889-890. A. A. Aldrich. The History of Houston County, Texas. San Antonio: 1943. 107-110. |
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