H. C. Knowles Lumber Company
H. C. Knowles operated a lumber facility near Avinger. In 1947, he sold his planer at Avinger to M. L. “Bud” Felker, Jr., dismantled the remaining portion of the sawmill and moved it to the Pyland community, where he added a new planing mill to his plant. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 lists Homer C. Knowles as a sawmiller at Avinger. His operation, listed at Avinger, appeared in Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas in 1957. The company is not listed in the Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1960.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CS
Owner Name
H. C. Knowles Lumber Company. Henderson-Knowles Lumber Company, with H. C. Knowles and E. C. Henderson.
Location
In the Pyland Community, near Avinger
County
Cass
Years in Operation:
11
Start Year:
1947
End Year:
1957
Decades:
1940-1949,1950-1959
Period of Operation:
1947 to at least 1957
Town:
Pyland Community, near Avinger
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
546 in 1950
Mill Pond:
2