W. A. Douglass
W. A. Douglass' sawmill appeared in the Rand, McNally and Company's Directory and Shipping Guide of Lumber Mills and Lumber Dealers in 1884, and in the January 1905 and 1907 editions of the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. In 1884, he also had a lumber concern at Lasater, Marion County, which may have been either a logging operation or a retail yard.
This probably the W. L. Douglas that Fred McKenzie refers to in his work as sawmilling in the greater Mims Chapel area.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CS
Owner Name
W. A. Douglass
Location
Avinger, probably Mims Chapel
County
Cass
Years in Operation:
27
Start Year:
1884
End Year:
1910
Decades:
1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation:
1884 to about 1910
Town:
Avinger, probably Mims Chapel
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
304 in 1905; 1,600 in 1928; 519 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2