L. Mason
Charles W. Fisher, Sr., built and operated a mill at Seven Oaks in Polk County sometime during the 1870s. It continued operations until he moved to Liberty County in the 1880s and opened the Liberty Lumber Company. The mill came under the control of L. Mason thereafter. A newspaper reported that the mill was cutting 30,000 feet daily in 1893. This mill was cutting and sawing lumber under contract to W. H. Norris Lumber Company, at Houston, in 1899.
Two photocopies of the abandoned L. Mason and Charles N. Fisher sawmill at Seven Oaks in 1902 and 1907 are included in the East Texas Sawmill Data Base Project files at the Texas Forestry Museum.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
PK
Owner Name
L. Mason. Charles N. Fisher and Daniel M. Fleming. Contract cutting for W. H. Norris in 1899.
Location
Seven Oaks: depot and Southern Pacific tracks west of Highway 59
County
Polk
Years in Operation:
25
Start Year:
1875
End Year:
1899
Decades:
1870-1879,1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909
Period of Operation:
1870s to about 1899
Town:
Seven Oaks
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2