Lone Star Lumber Company
In 1944, Lone Star Lumber Company bought the portable sawmill outfit of James D. and O. C. Grounds. Equipment included a “portable sawmill complete with 1 International PA-100 power unit, two 60” circular saws, carriage & set works, edger, also 2 log trailers.” Lone Star Lumber was owned by M. M. Ditmar, according to the Directory of Texas Manufacturers. He employed more than fifty workers. The company did its own logging and sold its products state-wide.
Grounds Lumber Company, headquartered in Rusk County, operated several small mills in Rusk and Nacogdoches counties previously.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
HO
Owner Name
Lone Star Lumber Company with M. M. Ditmar, president. James and O. C. Grounds.
Location
Kennard
County
Houston
Years in Operation:
1
Start Year:
1944
End Year:
1944
Decades:
1940-1949
Period of Operation:
1944
Town:
Kennard
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2