Alexander Young of Warren, Pennsylvania, followed construction of the Sabine and East Texas railroad north out of Beaumont and founded in south-central Tyler County the sawmill establishment known as the Warren Land and Lumber Company in 1882. Young's 50,000 saw mill and 30,000 planer were soon joined in late 1887 by a 70,000 sawmill built by William Brough and a Mr. Krueger, both from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The location of the new mill was reported as being 400 yards from Young's mill, and the exact nature of the business relationship is unclear. Young served as the president and manager of the Warren Land and Lumber Company, and Brough served as the company's operating superintendent, but the two mills, with a combined daily cutting capacity of 125,000 feet, maintained separate identities in news reports. The two mills did share the same operating offices and sales force. R. L. Van Sant, locating engineer for Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, reported that both mills, in 1890, were owned by A. Young of Warren Lumber Company. For unknown reasons, the Warren Lumber Company went into receivership in 1891, but continued to prosper. Improvements were made to both mills, and they soon made record cuts in 1895 and 1896.
The J.I. Campbell Company of Houston (James Ira Campbell) began operating the mills in 1897 as the Texas Yellow Pine Lumber Company. Beginning in 1904, fire and related financial woes (the company was in receivership by 1905) led to the operations demise, about 1908. The Tyler County Land & Lumber Company, with W. H. Norris, receiver, was handling this company's affairs in 1906 and 1907. The 55th District Court closed the company for good in 1908.