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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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