Joseph M. Tryon
Joseph M. Tryon of Houston visited Hardin County in October 1881 to plan construction of a sawmill about five miles north of Kountze, on the new East Texas (Texas and New Orleans) railroad.
He soon sold his interests here, perhaps as early as 1882, to the Noble and Sheldon Lumber Company, who had moved its operations to Plank. The area around Tryon's mill site, however, was later the home of another sawmill site and the town of Tryon, presumably named after J.M. Tryon, supposedly maintained a post office from 1888 to 1893.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
HD
Owner Name
Joseph M. Tryon of Houston
Location
Tryon, one mile north of Olive, two miles south of Plank or Noble's Switch
County
Hardin
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1881
End Year:
1882
Decades:
1880-1889
Period of Operation:
From late 1881 until 1882
Town:
Tryon
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2