Bean Lumber Company
Leeton's sawmilling history is confusing. Webb's Handbook of Texas notes only that D. J. Lee and his Lee-Irvine Sawmill Company, founded in 1901 at Leeton, was sold to Bean Lumber Company in 1902, which continued to mill lumber until 1928.
Bon Ami was named in honor of a southwest Louisiana town of the same name by R.J. Cooper, the postmaster of Leeton, in 1902. Leeton was Bon Ami's original name.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
JA
Owner Name
Bean Lumber Company. Bon Ami Lumber Company. Lee-Irvine Lumber Company.
Location
Leeton (Bon Ami) in east central Jasper County on the Santa Fe tracks
County
Jasper
Years in Operation:
7
Start Year:
1901
End Year:
1907
Decades:
1900-1909
Period of Operation:
1904
Town:
Leeton (Bon Ami)
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2