This sawmill site was, according to Handbook of Texas, built by the Harrell-Votaw Lumber Company in 1907. R. W. Wier Lumber Company, headquartered in Houston, had it in 1908. R. W. Wier employed about 200 men. Timber was supplied by a logging-only railroad. According to the 1909 county tax assessor's roll, the tram road was four and a half miles long and valued at $4,500.
The R. W. Wier Lumber Company, noted the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review, in September, 1908, had contracted with Tel-Electric Company of Houston to install a “complete plant and system of lighting with electricity the mill and the town adjoining.” Peavy-Wilson still owned the town of Texla after the sawmill closed in 1928. It sold Texla to “en toto” to realty interests from Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Wier sold it to Miller-Link in 1918. It burned sometime later that year and was being rebuilt in December that year with a capacity to install another headrig if necessary. Acquired by Peavy-Moore in 1920, the mill was operated until the end of 1928. The company announced, according to The Gulf Coast Lumberman, that the mill would close forever by the middle of December, 1928.