West Lumber Company
The Gulf Coast Lumberman reported that the J. M. West Lumber Company bought the Reese-Corriher Lumber Company in 1920. The sawmill was located six miles east of Beaumont adjacent to the Southern Pacific tracks. The sale included stumpage of fifty million feet of long leaf and short leaf pine. South Texas Lumber Company, a J. M. West operation, would market the cut. The J. M. West mills at Milvid, Onalaska, and Connell were cut out by 1928.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
JE
Owner Name
West Lumber Company. Reese-Corriher Lumber Company.
Location
Connell, six miles east of Beaumont
County
Jefferson
Years in Operation:
9
Start Year:
1920
End Year:
1928
Decades:
1920-1929
Period of Operation:
About 1920 to 1928
Town:
Connell
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2