Texas Lumber Company
Southern Pine and Cypress Company was a Houston-based business with mills at Willis, Montgomery County; Houston, Harris County; Baldwin, Polk County; and New Waverly, Walker County. The only Willis mill that appears in a 1906 listing of sawmills is S.N. Beard's. Texas Lumber Company bought the Southern Pine & Cypress Company in May 1906 and moved the company office and the lumber mill to Conroe by 1907.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
MO
Owner Name
Texas Lumber Company. Southern Pine & Cypress Company.
Location
Willis, about nine miles north of Conroe, on the International & Great Northern
County
Montgomery
Years in Operation:
4
Start Year:
1903
End Year:
1906
Decades:
1900-1909
Period of Operation:
At least 1903 until probably sometime before 1906
Town:
Willis
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
832 in 1906
Mill Pond:
2