Morse-Johnson Lumber Company tram road
20-mile logging road The Morse-Johnson Lumber Company had a sawmill at or near Conroe from about 1919 to no later than 1933. J. M. Morse was its president. In 1919, he bought a Danforth locomotive from the Sabine Tram Company of Beaumont for $1,500. The Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mill, 5th edition, reported that �Morse-Johnston� was still operating at Conroe and milling about 40,000 feet daily.
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J. M. Morse, President
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Twenty
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Conroe
Montgomery
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20-mile logging road The Morse-Johnson Lumber Company had a sawmill at or near Conroe from about 1919 to no later than 1933. J. M. Morse was its president. In 1919, he bought a Danforth locomotive from the Sabine Tram Company of Beaumont for $1,500. The Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mill, 5th edition, reported that �Morse-Johnston� was still operating at Conroe and milling about 40,000 feet daily.