Ogletree Lumber Company
The Gulf Coast Lumberman reported in 1929 that the Ogletree Hardwood Lumber Company was building a new mill at Livingston, and in 1930 that the Polk County Lumber Company changed its name to the Ogletree Hardwood Lumber Company. Ogletree may have bought out the Polk County Lumber sawmill plant. Ogletree Lumber appeared in the 1957 edition of Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. San Jacinto County records from 1927 and 1934 identify other Ogletree Hardwood sawmill sites at Crockett, Shepherd (Milledge Switch), New Caney, Livingston, Oakwood, and Center.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
PK
Owner Name
Ogletree Lumber Company. Ogletree Hardwood Lumber Company. Polk County Lumber Company.
About 1929: George Royden Ogletree. Later, Ben Ogletree; Barry Ogletree.
Location
Livingston
County
Polk
Years in Operation:
41
Start Year:
1920
End Year:
1960
Decades:
1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969
Period of Operation:
1920s to early 1960s
Town:
Livingston
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2