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Joe Elder Lumber Company
W. T. Block's oral interview with Drayton Speights, of Hemphill, Texas, revealed that the Joe Elder Lumber Company operated a 56-inch circular sawmill in Sabine County. The hardwood mill had about a ten thousand-feet capacity. It cut hardwood lumber for furniture as well as crossties. A later interview of Speights with Vernon L. Beasley generated the information that Elder later moved to Louisiana.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
SB
Owner Name
Joe Elder Lumber Company
Location
Two miles north of Hemphill on Highway 87
County
Sabine
Years in Operation:
1
Start Year:
1940
End Year:
1940
Decades:
1940-1949
Period of Operation:
1940
Town:
North of Hemphill
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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