Elkhart Lumber Company
This sawmill firm operated under various names (see above) but is normall associated with J. D. Houston. The Lufkin Daily News reported that the Elkhart Lumber Company sawmill was operating at Elkhart in 1943 and had been for about fifteen years. It was listed under J. D. Houston in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills for 1928, cutting 15,000 feet daily. The Houston-Bostick Lumber Company is listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
AN
Owner Name
Elkhart Lumber Company, owners were J. D. Houston and H. I. Harris. J. D. Houston. Houston-Bostick Lumber Company.
Location
Elkhart, eight miles south of Palestine
County
Anderson
Years in Operation:
30
Start Year:
1928
End Year:
1957
Decades:
1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959
Period of Operation:
About 1928 to at least 1957
Town:
Elkhart, south of Palestine
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
210 in 1905, 2200 in 1928; 1018 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2