The Texas Forest News reported in 1967 that the McCorquodale sawmill opened in 1945. Utilizing a small Corley sawmill, the facility produced 33,000 feet weekly. In 1947, a dry kiln was purchased and was used to dry about ninety percent of its lumber. Falling prices on local timber forced McCorquodale into salvage operations in the Sabine River, which realized almost five million board feet of lumber, some of the sinkers being logs that had sunk before the turn of the century. The planer was sold in 1965. In 1967, two gasoline engines ran a 54-inch circular saw and an edger.
By 1967, operations were seasonal, full-time running occupying about six months of the year, involving nine full-time workers. The remainder of the year McCorquodale and one other man maintained the facility. The owner planned on moving his sawmill to another location in the near future.