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Obadiah Stephens
According to Pat B. Clark, Obadiah Stephens built a large sawmill at Stephensboro in 1864. It was a sawmill town with a commissary. According to the Census of 1870, O. Stephens' mill, valued at $8,000, employed twelve men who earned $4,000 total in ten months. Raw materials included 5,200 logs and slabs worth $2,000. It produced 500,000 feet of pine lumber valued at $10,000.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
RR
Owner Name
Obadiah Stephens
Location
Stephensboro
County
Red River
Years in Operation:
14
Start Year:
1864
End Year:
1877
Decades:
1860-1869,1870-1879
Period of Operation:
1864 to the 1870s
Town:
Stephensboro
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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