McDonald Lumber Company
The Lufkin Daily News reported in 1943 that McDonald Lumber Company had bought the West End Lumber Company at New Caney that year. The firm had been operating at New Caney since 1928. Burton McDonald, the elder McDonald's son and eventual successor to his father's company at Kirbyville, was one of the three owners.
Elijah Ernest McDonald, according to The Jacksonville Journal in 1947, began his sawmilling career at Rebecca in 1908.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
MO
Owner Name
E. E. McDonald, Burton McDonald, R. B. Clouse. West End Lumber Company.
Location
New Caney
County
Montgomery
Years in Operation:
18
Start Year:
1928
End Year:
1945
Decades:
1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949
Period of Operation:
West End, ??-1943; McDonald Lumber, from 1943 to 1945
Town:
New Caney
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2