Cody sawmill
Cody Station, named after Buffalo Bill Cody, according to F. E. Williams, had a sawmill near the International & Great Northern Railroad tracks until 1912. A small community and post office developed around the sawmill. Its ownership may have been the Gruner Lumber Company, but a search of the county records reveals no land transactions by anyone named Cody, Gruner, or the Gruner Lumber Company. The company had a commissary and a wooden-rail, mule-powered company tram, over which logs were hauled. Logging was done with a crosscut saw. When timber was cut out, the sawmill was dismantled and moved to Fetzer.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
WL
Owner Name
Cody sawmill
Location
Cody Station, near Fetzer and three to four miles northwest of Magnolia
County
Waller
Years in Operation:
1
Start Year:
1911
End Year:
1911
Decades:
1910-1919
Period of Operation:
Until 1911
Town:
Cody Station
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
150 to 160, about 1905
Mill Pond:
0