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Alfred W. Morris moved a mill from Morrisville in Montgomery County to a location ten miles east of Corrigan on the newly built Trinity and Sabine Railroad in 1885. The community of Bowers was named for the man who supervised the relocation.
Morris’ mill burned in 1887, but it was soon rebuilt. The sawmill capacity was 65,000 board feet per day, and the planing mill capacity was 50,000 feet per day in 1889. Population at that time was 300. Sometime between 1889 and 1893, W.T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company purchased Morris’ mill, but Morris remained on as mill manager. It is believed the mill cut out by 1897 and the mill was soon dismantled. The post office at Bowers was discontinued in 1898.
Tram mileage in 1889 was five, being logged with two dinkies, or small locomotives. Eight miles of tram connected the boarding house with the mill. Carter used Arkansas dry kilns, and lost eight of them on March 29, 1893.
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Alfred W. Morris moved a mill from Morrisville in Montgomery County to a location ten miles east of Corrigan on the newly built Trinity and Sabine Railroad in 1885. The community of Bowers was named for the man who supervised the relocation.
Morris’ mill burned in 1887, but it was soon rebuilt. The sawmill capacity was 65,000 board feet per day, and the planing mill capacity was 50,000 feet per day in 1889. Population at that time was 300. Sometime between 1889 and 1893, W.T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company purchased Morris’ mill, but Morris remained on as mill manager. It is believed the mill cut out by 1897 and the mill was soon dismantled. The post office at Bowers was discontinued in 1898.
Tram mileage in 1889 was five, being logged with two dinkies, or small locomotives. Eight miles of tram connected the boarding house with the mill. Carter used Arkansas dry kilns, and lost eight of them on March 29, 1893.