Weaver Brothers & Thompson
In 1928, the Weaver Brothers & Thompson Lumber Company was reported to have had at Neches a circular sawmill milling 20,000 feet of lumber daily from red gum, red and white oak, and shortleaf yellow pine. This may be the Weaver Brothers operation that W. H. Reynolds and Sons of Houston County sold lumber to in 1930.
The Weaver Brothers &Thompson operation operated a tram logging road apparently near Latexo, Houston County, for Strapac states that they were working one of the former Alexander Gilmer Lumber Company steam locomotives.
Webb noted that the International & Great Northern created a stop in Anderson County about four miles from the Neches River. The stop was named after the river.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
AN
Owner Name
Weaver Brothers & Thompson
Location
Neches: 19 and 2574
County
Anderson
Years in Operation:
1
Start Year:
1928
End Year:
1928
Decades:
1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1928
Town:
Neches
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
261 in 1905; 1000 in 1928; 325 in 1934. 660 in 1946.
Mill Pond:
2