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W. E. Pierce Lumber Company
W. E. “Charlie” Pierce Lumber Company operated a gas/diesel sawmill, planer, and retail lumberyard one mile east of Jacksonville for twenty years. It was listed in Samson's 1957 edition of the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 reported that Riley Pierce was the manager, supervising less than twenty-workers employees.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CK
Owner Name
W. E. Pierce Lumber Company
Location
One mile east of Jacksonville at Box 1503 on the Henderson Highway
County
Cherokee
Years in Operation:
21
Start Year:
1937
End Year:
1957
Decades:
1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959
Period of Operation:
1937 to 1957
Town:
Jacksonville
Company Town:
0
Peak Town Size:
8,067 in 1950
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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