Thompson-Ford Lumber Company
The oil boom at Sour Lake led to the building of a sawmill by George Enloe as early as the fall of 1903. Peter Doucette bought the mill the following year. He moved it to Batson community then back to Sour Lake, where he took a partner by the name of Wiess. The Frisco Lumber Company of A. C. Ford and W. B. Ward, Jr., had the mill by 1906 and had moved it to Ora. The partners dismantled the mill and built a much larger operation about one and a half miles to the east in 1907.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
HD
Owner Name
Thompson-Ford Lumber Company. Frisco Lumber Company. A. C. Ford and W. B. Ward. Peter Doucette & Weiss. George Enloe.
Location
Sour Lake or Ora
County
Hardin
Years in Operation:
5
Start Year:
1903
End Year:
1907
Decades:
1900-1909
Period of Operation:
Possibly built in 1903 and abandoned before the end of 1907
Town:
Sour Lake or Ora
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
99 in 1905
Mill Pond:
2