Halbert-Dial Box & Crate Factory
Peter R. Albert was the organizer of the Albert Mill Company at Dialville around the year 1900. It currently is named the Albert Mill Company of Texas. He bought out the the Slover crate factory about 1914 and renamed it the Halbert-Dial Box & Crate Factory. N. A. Shover (Slover?) was listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907. The correct spelling is “Slover.” Jack Slover operated his crate and box factory until Albert bought it. The company operated under the name of Albert- Dial Box and Crate Factory. The plant closed in 1986.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CK
Owner Name
Halbert-Dial Box & Crate Factory . Peter R. Albert. N. A. Slover.
Location
Dialville
County
Cherokee
Years in Operation:
87
Start Year:
1900
End Year:
1986
Decades:
1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959,1970-1979,1980-1989,
Period of Operation:
1900 to 1986
Town:
Dialville
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
22 in 1906; 600 in 1928; 219 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2