Richards Tie Mill
Maxie Martin, an oldtime resident of San Augustine County, noted in an interview with Vernon L. Beasley that W. H. and Bobby Richards operated a tie mill at Bland Lake from about 1900 to sometime into the teens. According to San Augustine County bill of sale records, W. H. Richards on 29 March 1921 sold a Fairbanks-Morse gasoline 15-horsepower motor and a #3 sawmill to W. F. Flournoy.
Willie Flournoy bought a sawrig and clutch pulley for $329 on October 6, 1919. He may have been operating a sawmill somewhere in San Augustine County.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
SA
Owner Name
W. H. and Bobby Richards. W. F. Flournoy.
Location
Bland Lake, three miles north of San Augustine
County
San Augustine
Years in Operation:
22
Start Year:
1900
End Year:
1921
Decades:
1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1900 to 1921
Town:
Bland Lake
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2