Fred Edwards was listed in the 1934 edition of Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934 as sawmilling at Bloomburg. He may have bought out the Price sawmill. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers, 1956-1958 lists the sawmill of Fred Edwards, Jr. Established as a sole proprietorship in 1945, the company under Edwards was producing lumber with more than twenty employees in 1956. The Fred Edwards sawmill evolved into the Edwards Lumber Company at Bloomburg in 1957. The company was not listed in the Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1960.