Cravens Lumber Company
This company had a sawmill at or near Beckville in Panola County after 1900. It also had its major mill at Timpson (1904-1907) and another at Nacogdoches (1907). It was not listed as having a mill in Beckville in the 1907 edition. According to the Lumbermen's Credit Association, Craven Lumber Company of Dallas operated a planing mill at Beckville in January 1905. Panola County records document that it had a note on the Parrish sawmill, which was sold to J. B. Burns in July 1906.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
PA
Owner Name
The Cravens Lumber Company of Dallas
Location
Beckville, about nine miles northwest of Carthage on the Texas and Gulf RR
County
Panola
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1905
End Year:
1906
Decades:
1900-1909
Period of Operation:
1905 to 1906
Town:
Beckville
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
606 in 1905
Mill Pond:
2