Bowles [Boze]
D. C. Williams states in Sawmills of Northeastern Waller County that this lumber plant was the Bowles sawmill while Ms. Abshier believes the proper name was Boze.
Both agree that the sawmill was located about two miles west of Macedonia Road, near Three Mile Creek. Trees were felled with a crosscut saw, trimmed with an axe, and the hauled on ox- or mule-driven wagons to the mill. Water was hauled by barrel from Three Mile Creek and oak logs were burned in the boilers to power the mill.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
WL
Owner Name
Bowles [Boze]
Location
Near Three Mile Creek, about two miles west of Macedonia Road, one mile east of Hegar on the S. C. Neill Survey
County
Waller
Years in Operation:
17
Start Year:
1913
End Year:
1929
Decades:
1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1920s
Town:
Near Three Mile Creek, one mile east of Hegar
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
0
