Butter Gin & Crate Company
The W. A. Spears Lumber Company mill plant appeared in the 1928 edition of the Southern Lumberman's sawmill directory. Lufkin Daily News reported in 1943 that the sawmill had been operating northwest of Alto for many years.
W. A. Spears sold to the Butter Gin & Crate Company “1 complete sawmill, carriage, saws, Allis-Chalmers PU, mill shed, machinery known as the the Spears sawmill” for $2300 in 1944.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CK
Owner Name
Butter Gin & Crate Company. W. A. Spears Lumber Company
Location
Five miles northwest of Alto
County
Cherokee
Years in Operation:
17
Start Year:
1928
End Year:
1944
Decades:
1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949
Period of Operation:
1928 to 1944
Town:
Northwest of Alto
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
3500 in 1928; 1053 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2