Talltimber Lumber Company
Sabine County records reveal that E. D. Watson and brothers J. B. and John D. Christensen owned sawmills at Brookeland, on the Henry Nichols survey in Sabine County, and at Frankston, in Anderson County. By May 1916, J. B. Christensen had bought out his brother and E. D. Watson. E. D. Watson sold out to Christensen that year for $4,000 in forty equal notes. John D. Christensen sold out to his brother five days later. The Watson-Christensen office was at Hemphill.
In 1920, Talltimber was in financial straits. The Sabine County sheriff had a writ of attachment against the mill for an unpaid labor bill.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
SB
Owner Name
Talltimber Lumber Company. E. D. Watson, J. B. Christensen, John D. Christensen. Noble Brothers. Opened a Dallas office in 1916.
Location
Talltimber on the Henry Nichols league, four miles southeast of Hemphill
County
Sabine
Years in Operation:
5
Start Year:
1916
End Year:
1920
Decades:
1910-1919,1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1916 to 1920
Town:
Talltimber
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2