| sawmill id: | 10825 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-87 |
| corporate name: | King Creek Lumber Company |
| local name: | Crockett |
| owner affiliation: | Thompson and Tucker became Texas Long Leaf on December 16, 1912. King Creek Lumber Company was associated. By 1928, Sabine Lumber Company of St Louis held Texas Long Leaf and King Creek Lumber. |
| location: | Crockett: 304 South Loop and Missouri Pacific tracks |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 13 |
| start year: | 1917 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1929 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1910-1919 1920-1929 |
| period of operation: | 1917 to 1929 |
| 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: | Steam |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | Yes |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | 50000: 1928 |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 50,000 feet daily |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | Yes |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| historical development: | King Creek Lumber Company was a subsidiary operation of the Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company, headquartered at Willard, Polk County, and Trinity, Trinity County. The older Thompson Brothers Lumber Company became Texas Long Leaf in 1912, which was later absorbed by Paul Sanderson?s Sabine Lumber Company. King Creek Lumber Company operated a mill at Crockett for a number of years on the tracks of the Missouri Pacific. It was there as early as World War I, for King Creek Lumber Company subscribed to the Workman?s Compensation Act of 1917. The plant probably closed as result of the economic depression of the 1930s. |
| research date: | MCJ 2-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | Thompson Family Lumber Company Records. Box 3/Folder 2. Financial Statements, 1928 and 1929. Box 27/Folder 17. Box 24, Folder 23. East Texas Research Center. Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, Texas. Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company Reports. In Angelina County Lumber Company Records. Box 1658. East Texas Research Center. |
