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Chambers Lumber Co., Inc.

Chambers Lumber Co., Inc., of Pineland, operated a portable sawmill operation in Sabine and Shelby counties. The IRS filed a lien against the “Chambers Sawmill Company, Inc.,” at Box 67, Pineland, Texas, in July 1968, for $5,356. Drayton Speights told Vernon L. Beasley that he could remember the sawmill operating as early as 1957 in areas such as Milam and Pineland.

Mill Details

Alpha Numeric Key:

SH

Owner Name

Chambers Lumber Co., Inc.

Location

Center

County

Shelby

Years in Operation:

12

Start Year:

1957

End Year:

1968

Decades:

1950-1959,1960-1969

Period of Operation:

From about 1957 to 1968

Town:

Center

Company Town:

2

Peak Town Size:

4,323 in Census of 1950

Mill Pond:

2

Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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