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Herod & Brooks

Herod & Brooks was listed in the 1928 edition of the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills as running a circular sawmill and planing mill operation at Grapeland.

Mill Details

Alpha Numeric Key:

HO

Owner Name

Herod & Brooks

Location

Grapeland, about ten miles north of Crockett

County

Houston

Years in Operation:

1

Start Year:

1928

End Year:

1928

Decades:

1920-1929

Period of Operation:

1928

Town:

Grapeland

Company Town:

2

Peak Town Size:

750 in 1905; 3,000 in 1928; 1027 in 1934

Mill Pond:

2

Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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