G. W. Reid & W. Roy Reed
G. W. Reid bought the old Palmetto Lumber Company hardwood sawmill two and a half miles south of Oakhurst in 1922. It was described in a San Jacinto County record on July 1, 1922, as “1 complete sawmill plant, with all appliances necessary to operate said sawmill plant, edgers, blacksmith shop. . . . everything appertaining to a sawmill.” In a document of June 12, 1923, this mill's property is described as having the sawmill, wagons, harness sets, and about 100,000 feet of uncut logs at the yard.
G. W. Reid owned another mill five miles northeast of Oakhurst during these years.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
SJ
Owner Name
G. W. Reid & W. Roy Reed. Former hardwood mill of Palmetto Lumber Company.
Location
Two and one half miles south of Oakhurst
County
San Jacinto
Years in Operation:
1
Start Year:
1922
End Year:
1922
Decades:
1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1922
Town:
South of Oakhurst
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2