George W. Fouke
Fouke, noted "This Everlasting Sand Bed": Cultural Resources Investigations at the Texas Big Sandy Project, Wood and Upshur Counties, Texas was operating a logging tram road and a mill north of Hawkins and west of Rhonesboro in 1906. The American Lumberman reported that the George W. Fouke Lumber Company authorized capital of $250,000 in 1908. Partners are George W. Fouke, F. J. Fouke, and T. P. West. The mill was listed as cutting 50,000 feet daily of pine yardstock and dimension in 1915 at Hawkins.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
WD
Owner Name
George W. Fouke, F. J. Fouke, and T. P. West
Location
Hawkins (Fouke's Mill)
County
Wood
Years in Operation:
10
Start Year:
1906
End Year:
1915
Decades:
1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation:
1906 to 1915
Town:
Hawkins (Fouke's Mill)
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
227 in 1905
Mill Pond:
2