| sawmill id: | 12136 |
| alpha-numeric key: | OR-26 |
| corporate name: | Miller-Vidor Logging Camp |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Miller-Vidor Logging Camp |
| location: | Vidor, established on the Texas & New Orleans |
| county: | Orange |
| years in operation: | 14 |
| start year: | 1907 |
| (qual) | |
| end year: | 1920 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 |
| period of operation: | 1907 to about 1920 |
| town: | Vidor |
| company town: | Yes |
| peak town size: | 175 |
| mill pond: | No |
| type of mill: | Sawlogs and sawtimber |
| sawmill: | |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | Yes |
| power source: | Animals and machinery |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 600,000 feet daily |
| rough lumber: | |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | Yes |
| equipment: | Logging equipment |
| company tram: | Yes |
| associated railroads: | Southern Pacific tram |
| historical development: | The Miller-Vidor Lumber Company had logging trams running into its camp at Vidor to a skidway on the east bank of the Neches River. Employing 175 men, the camp could send daily 600,000 feet to its mills, either floating logs down the Neches or over the Southern Pacific. Company commissary and housing were provided for the men, which numbered almost 175. About 1920, the camp was shifted to either the Lakeview or Wiess Bluff area. |
| research date: | MCJ 03-24-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | C. L. Hannah as manager. Logging operations were transferred to Wiess Bluff in 1920. |
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| bibliography: | W. T. Block. ?Sawmills and Logging Elsewhere In Orange County.? Unpublished manuscripts. W. T. Block. ?The Miller Vidor Lumber Company.? Unpublished manuscript. Howard C. Williams. ?The Sawmill Industry in Orange County.? Unpublished manuscript. 22. |
