Howard Lee's sawmill at Garrison appeared in the January 1905 Lumbermen's Credit Association's reference book. It was apparently moved from Fitze to its new location, as the following report from the American Lumberman of January 21, 1905 revealed: “Howard Lee, who owns a large mill at Garrison and has the reputation of having been in the lumber business longer than anyone else in Nacogdoches County, was in Beaumont for a few days last week. He has owned mills at Lola, on the Houston, East and West Texas; at Nacogdoches and at Fitze, from which latter place he moved his mill to Garrison.” A 1906 listing of sawmills, however, showed R.H. Lee's mill to be at Fitze.
The Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907 revealed his mill to be at Garrison.