Sawmills of Bowie County

Taken from the TX Forestry Museum

A. A. Walker Sawmill
Owner/Company Affiliation: A. A. Walker Sawmill
Location: Unknown
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1966
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough and dressed lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill and planing mill
City/Town: DeKalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: The sawmill operation of A. A. Walker Sawmill appeared in the edition of Nelson Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas 1966. The mill produced rough and dressed lumber.

A. B. Johnson
Owner/Company Affiliation: A. B. Johnson
Location: Bassett
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Bassett
Historical Development: The A. B. Johnson sawmill was listed in an 1884 railroad directory. He also had a larger mill at Dolby Springs, in Bowie County, producing rough and finished lumber, and shingles.

Corporate Name: A. B. Johnson
Owner/Company Affiliation: A. B. Johnson
Location: Dolby Springs
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough and dressed lumber, shingles
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill, planing mill, shingle mill
City/Town: Dolby Springs
Historical Development: The Johnson sawmill at Dolby Springs was listed in an 1884 railroad directory. He also had a smaller mill at Bassett, in Bowie County.

Corporate Name: A. G. Crump
Owner/Company Affiliation: A. G. Crump. Crump and Puckett.
Location: DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1907
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill only
City/Town: DeKalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: The A. G. Crump sawmill in 1907 replaced the Crump and Puckett mill of 1905 in the LCA reference book.

Corporate Name: Alto Mill & Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Alto Mill & Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1926 to 1947
Capacity Comments: 25,000 feet daily on planing mill
Type of Mill: Planed lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Resaw, planing mill, trimmers
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Alto Mill & Lumber Company operated a resawing and planing operation in Texarkana beginning in the 1920s. By 1947, it was known as Alto Mills and was located at 13th Street and the Kansas City Southern tracks It manufactured lumber and wood products.

Corporate Name: B. A. Sherrell
Owner/Company Affiliation: B. A. Sherrell
Location: Hooks
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1905 to 1907
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Hooks
Historical Development: Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905 listed the Sherrell sawmill as did its 1907 listing.

Corporate Name: B. J. Farmer
Owner/Company Affiliation: B. J. Farmer
Location: Corley
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Corley
Historical Development: The B. J. Farmer sawmill at Corley was listed in an 1884 railroad directory.

Corporate Name: B. Johnson
Owner/Company Affiliation: B. Johnson
Location: District #3, Census of 1880
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1880
Capacity Comments: 200,000 board feet during the reporting period of the census
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 181/2-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Double circular sawmill
City/Town: District #3
Historical Development: Johnson, in 1880, according to the Census, did his own logging near the Red River. His mill was declared to be a $12,000 capital investment. Employees worked a ten-hour day for a total monthly wage of $400. Skilled laborers earned $1.00 daily, and unskilled $.75 The mill worked fulltime six months of the year. With an investment of $1,150 in raw supplies, the mill manufactured 200,000 board feet for a gross value of $2,000.

Corporate Name: Barker & Standridge Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Barker & Standridge Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Barker & Standridge Lumber Company at Texarkana appeared in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Beltex Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Beltex Lumber Company.
Location: Maud
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1928 to 1934
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Elm, black and red gum, red and white oak; timbers
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Band sawmill, edgers, trimmers,
City/Town: Maud
Historical Development: This sawmill was listed in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills and again in the The Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934. Beltex Lumber Company operated a band sawmill and a steam logging tram road.

Corporate Name: Boston Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Boston Lumber Company with Floyd J. Garner
Location: Box 807, New Boston
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1956 to 1958
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Pine and oak lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: New Boston
Historical Development: The Boston Lumber Company is listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas and in the Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958. The company manufactured pine and oak lumber with a workforce of less than ten employees.

Corporate Name: Bowie County Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Bowie County Lumber Company
Location: 1204 West Seventh Street,Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Hardwood, pine lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: An Economic Survey of Bowie County listed the Bowie County Lumber Company at Texarkana in 1947. It was listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: C. C. Chump and Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: C. C. Chump
Location: De Kalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1905
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: De Kalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: C.C. Chump and Company appeared in the January 1905 Lumbermen's Credit Association reference book as operating a sawmill plant at DeKalb. This mill was not listed in 1907.

Corporate Name: Carmack Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Carmack Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Carmack Lumber Company at Texarkana appeared in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Cecil Phillips Lumber Mill
Owner/Company Affiliation: Cecil Phillips Lumber Mill
Location: DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1960s through 1980s
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough and dressed hardwood lumber.
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill and planing mill
City/Town: DeKalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: The sawmill operation of Cecil Phillips Lumber Mill at DeKalb lasted for more than twenty years. It appeared in the edition of Nelson Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas 1966. The mill produced rough lumber. It appeared as late as 1987 in a forest-products circular.

Corporate Name: Central Coal & Coke Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Central Coal & Coke Company. Richard H. Keith and John Perry, original partners. Bowie Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana, Tx.
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: Bowie Lumber, 1888; 1893, Central Coal and Coke,1893 to 1902.
Capacity Comments: From 40,000 in 1893 to 175,000 feet daily in 1901.
Type of Mill: All grades of finished and unfinished lumber and timbers
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Originally a single circular, replaced in 1893 with with single band; 1894 plant probably had double bands. The operation also included dry kilns and a planing mill.
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Bowie Lumber Company appears in county records as early as 1888, when M. D. Tilson sold it land located near the Texas & Pacific tracks. Other entries reveal that company offices were located at Texarkana while it continued to buy land near the Sulphur River and north of the town of Ingersoll. Central Coal and Coke Company bought the Bowie Lumber Company's Texarkana plant in early 1893, which had been cutting 40,000 feet daily that year. With new owners, the company popularly known as '4-C,' replaced the single circular saw configuration with a band mill, while it began construction on a newer mill. The new plant began operations in January 1894, and its saw configuration was most likely a double band. The American Lumberman reported in 1900 that the plant suffered a fire in the spring of 1895 and a new plant was built, cutting shortleaf yellow pine. W. H. Carson was the superintendent. A 1901 publication listed the mill's capacity at 175,000 feet daily. The 4-C company built another mill at Neame, Louisiana around 1898, and operated both mills until summer 1902 when the Texarkana plant was dismantled and relocated at Carson, Louisiana. It is believed the Texarkana plant was not moved until after the 4-C plant at Ratcliff (Kennard) was already operating. The Ratcliff mill's "trial run" was May 20, 1902.

Corporate Name: Charles E. Stewart. E. A. Stewart
Owner/Company Affiliation: Charles E. Stewart, president, 1966. E. A. Stewart, 1930's to 1966. Thomas Whitaker Rosborough.
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1948 to at least 1966
Capacity Comments: 90,000 to 100,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: 1947: oak flooring, car stock, hardwood dimension. Later, forest products, hardwoods
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill with a double band, resaw
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: E. A. Stewart, of Dallas, had extensive sawmilling in Arkansas and Texas sawmilling, operating mills in and north of Texarkana, and in the Texas counties of Houston, Anderson, Titus, Red River, Morris, and Bowie. Several of the Red River County mills were small, portable operations, thus they will be noted only here. Consolidating his holdings in 1946, Stewart established the E. A. Stewart Hardwood Lumber Company, with offices at Texarkana. When Stewart acquired this mill, in 1948, he acquired some of the holdings as well as the mill of T. W. Roseborough on the western limits of Texarkana. His son, Charles E. Stewart, superintended the sawmill. The Texarkana business appeared in the 1957 edition of Nelson Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas as the E. A. Stewart Lumber Company. E. A. Stewart Lumber Company did not appear in the 1966 Directory of the Forest Products Industry, but an entry for Stewart's son, Charles E., did. The original E. A. Stewart mill at Texarkana suffered a grievous fire loss in 1947, when more than $500,000 damage was done. More than three million feet of lumber were saved. Late in the 1950s, feeling the strain of decades in the business, Stewart sold his mills in Texarkana and some timberlands. In 1966, he sold 7,600 acres, located in Red River and Cass counties in Texas and Miller County in Arkansas, to International Paper Company. The lumberman continued to direct a small lumber yard in northern Dallas until his death in 1977. Charles E. Stewart Lumber Company appears the same year that E. A. Stewart retired. Ms. Edith Post and Jo Anne Smith, the daughters of E. A. Stewart, state that Charles bought the Roseborough mill. The Newtown mill was dismantled. Stewart later sold the Roseborough mill to a box factory. At his death he was the superintendent of the Reed Lumber Company, at Monroe, Louisiana. The Roseborough mill had four to six small apartments in one building adjacent to the mill for tenant housing.

Corporate Name: Charles H. Proetz Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Charles H. Proetz, Sr., Sales Manager
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1940s to 1960s
Capacity Comments: About 25,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: Railroad ties, timbers, railway and car stock, green dimension
Power Source: Probably steam
Equipment: Band, planer, resaw
City/Town: Texarkana (Nash)
Historical Development: The Charles H. Proetz Lumber Company sawmill suffered a $50,000-loss fire on October 11, 1953. The damage was repaired, and by 1960, the mill produced 4,189,000 board feet of lumber The mill was possibly a portable mill. A Southern Lumberman ad in 1963 noted that the yellow pine and hardwood lumber was produced by bandsaw, planer, and resaw.

Corporate Name: Cook Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Cook Lumber Company
Location: Genoa, near Texarkana, Tx.
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1917
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Gulf Coast Lumberman noted that Cook Lumber Company had a new sawmill running at Genoa, near Texarkana.

Corporate Name: Dark Corner Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Dark Corner Lumber Company. W. M. Atwood.
Location: Bassett
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1905 to 1907
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough and finished lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill and planing mill
City/Town: Bassett
Historical Development: The Dark Corner Lumber Company's mill plant appeared in the January 1905 and 1907 editions of the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association.

Corporate Name: De Kalb Box Factory
Owner/Company Affiliation: DeKalb Box Factory
Location: DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1947
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Boxes
Power Source: Probably steam
Equipment: Box factory
City/Town: DeKalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: The work, An Economic Survey of Bowie County, lists, in 1947, De Kalb Box Factory as being active at De Kalb.

Corporate Name: DeKalb Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: DeKalb Lumber Company
Location: DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1889 to 1901
Capacity Comments: 60,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: DeKalb
Historical Development: Bowie County deed records note that De Kalb Lumber Company was buying land near De Kalb as early as 1889 and continued to so until at least 1901. It was reported to be cutting 60,000 feet daily in 1893 at DeKalb. The company was noted in the September 1898 edition of the "Report of Yellow Pine Clearing House Association." The American Lumberman noted in April 1899 that the DeKalb Lumber Company at DeKalb with its mill, railroad and locomotive was purchased by T. L. L. Temple of Southern Pine Lumber Company.

Corporate Name: Dekalb Tie & Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Dekalb Tie & Lumber Company
Location: DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1928 to 1947
Capacity Comments: 40,000 feet daily cut and 25,000 daily planed in 1928
Type of Mill: Pine, gum and oak lumber, timber, and cross ties.
Power Source: Probably steam
Equipment: Three circular sawmills, resaw, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns
City/Town: DeKalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: The Dekalb Tie & Lumber Company was listed as manufacturing lumber, timbers, and crossties in 1928 at DeKalb and again in 1934. M. Cooper told Vernon L. Beasley that he remembered a T. F. Keasler operating a steam-powered circular sawmill at De Kalb in the 1930s. The work, An Economic Survey of Bowie County, lists, in 1947, De Kalb Tie and Lumber Company (with more than a 100 employees manufacturing lumber and timber produces) as being active at De Kalb.

Corporate Name: Duckett Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Duckett Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Duckett Lumber Company at Texarkana was included in Nelson Samson's 1957 edition of Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Dyke Brothers
Owner/Company Affiliation: Dyke Brothers
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1947
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Dyke Brothers, according to a research survey, operated a lumber-mill plant at Texarkana in 1947. It manufactured lumber and wood products.

Corporate Name: E. A. Stewart
Owner/Company Affiliation: E. A. Stewart, president.
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1930s to 1966
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: 1947: oak flooring, car stock, hardwood dimension. Later, Forest products, hardwoods
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Saw mill with a double band, resaw
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: E. A. Stewart, of Dallas, had extensive sawmilling in Arkansas and Texas sawmilling. Stewart operated mills in and north of Texarkana and Maud, and in the Texas counties of Houston, Anderson, Titus, Red River, Morris, and Bowie. Several of the Red River County mills were small, portable operations, thus they will be noted only here. Consolidating his holdings in 1946, Stewart established the E. A. Stewart Hardwood Lumber Company, with offices at Texarkana. In 1948, he acquired some of the holdings as well as the mill of T. W. Rosborough on the western limits of Texarkana. This mill was passed on to E. A. Stewart's son, Charles E. Stewart, when E. A. Stewart retired. The Texarkana business appeared in the 1957 edition of Nelson Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas as the E. A. Stewart Lumber Company. It appeared, in 1958, in Handbook and Directory of the Forest Industries. E. A. Stewart Lumber Company did not appear in the 1966 Directory of the Forest Products Industry, but an entry for Stewart's son, Charles E., did. Late in the 1950s, feeling the strain of decades in the business, Stewart sold his some of his mills and some timberlands. In 1966, he sold 7,600 acres, located in Red River and Cass counties in Texas and Miller County in Arkansas, to International Paper Company. The Newtown Mill was dismantled and the machinery sold. The lumberman continued to direct a small lumber yard in northern Dallas until his death in 1977.
Also in Bassett and Maud

Corporate Name: E. H. Lingo
Owner/Company Affiliation: E. H. Lingo
Location: Ingersoll
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Ingersoll
Historical Development: The Lingo sawmill was listed in 1884 at Ingersoll in a railroad directory.

Corporate Name: Earl Fagan
Owner/Company Affiliation: Earl Fagan. This may be the Fagan Lumber Company, which owned a mill at Maud in Bowie County at least in 1907.
Location: Red Water
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1907
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Yellow pine lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Red Water
Historical Development: The Earl Fagan was listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association for 1907.

Corporate Name: East Texas Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: East Texas Lumber Company
Location: Mills at Beckville, Poerville, Joaquin; offices in Longview
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1900s
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Poerville
Historical Development: The East Texas Lumber Company appeared in the January 1905 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. The only mill at Poerville in 1907 was the Iowa Lumber Company operation. The East Texas Lumber Company of Longview was a creditor of Langford Lumber Company, an Angelina County Lumber Company concern. It first appeared in a credit listing in 1905 with a mill at Poerville in Bowie County. The Poerville mill was not listed in the 1907 edition under East Texas Lumber but rather under the Iowa Lumber Company. The Beckville mill appears in the 1907 edition.

Corporate Name: Fagan Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Fagan Lumber Company. This may be Earl Fagan, who owned a mill at Red Water in Bowie County from 1901 to at least 1907.
Location: Maud
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1907
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Maud
Historical Development: The Fagan Lumber Company at Maud sawmill was listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association for 1907.

Corporate Name: Fleming & Brother
Owner/Company Affiliation: Fleming & Brother
Location: Bassett
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Bassett
Historical Development: The Fleming & Brother sawmill was listed in an 1884 railroad directory. This may have developed from John Fleming of 1880 in Cass County.

Corporate Name: Foulks & Hayden
Owner/Company Affiliation: Foulks & Hayden
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1893
Capacity Comments: 60,000 feet in 1893
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Foulks & Hayden were reported, in 1893, to be cutting 60,000 feet daily of lumber.

Corporate Name: Four States Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Four States Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1928
Capacity Comments: 35,000 feet daily in 1928
Type of Mill: Hardwoods and pine; crossties
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Four States Lumber Company operated a sawmill business in Texarkana in 1928.

Corporate Name: Franks and Morris
Owner/Company Affiliation: Franks and Morris
Location: Precinct 1, 1880 Census
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1880
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 30-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Circular sawmill
City/Town: Unknown
Historical Development: The mill of Franks and Morris operated for six months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was valued at $9,000 and the owners paid from $1.50 to $2.20 per day to twenty employees. The work day was eleven hours. The mill owners did their own logging.

Corporate Name: Frizzell & Jones
Owner/Company Affiliation: Frizzell & Jones
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1966
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough and dressed lumber, other manufacturing
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The sawmill operation of A. A. Walker Sawmill appeared in the edition of Nelson Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas 1966. The mill produced rough and dressed lumber as well as other items of manufacturing.

Corporate Name: Gate City Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Gate City Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana, Texas.
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1886 to 1901
Capacity Comments: 60,000 feet daily in 1901
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Gate City Lumber Company seems to have begun about 1886 with purchase of land at Texarkana from B. T. Estes. He continued to sell land to the company until at least 1890. William Morris, George H. Finks, and Ben Collins were the owners and operators of the company. In 1901, the sawmill was reported to be cutting 60,000 feet of lumber daily. The company was operating, according to Strapac, in 1889 a narrow gauge steam logging tram road.

Corporate Name: Glass Plant Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Glass Plant Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1947 to 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Worked with hardwood, pine
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: According to an economic survey, the Glass Plant Lumber Company was located at 1208 N Boston Road in Texarkana. The plant was listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: H. J. Allen & Bro
Owner/Company Affiliation: H. J. Allen & Bro
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The H. J. Allen & Bros. sawmill at Texarkana in Bowie County was listed in an 1884 railroad directory with a rail connection at Texarkana.

Corporate Name: H. R. Runnels
Owner/Company Affiliation: H. R. Runnels
Location: Unknown
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1869 to 1870
Capacity Comments: 60,000 feet of plank during the reporting period of the Census
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 40-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Unknown
Historical Development: The H. R. Runnels mill operated for four months during the census year ending May 31, 1870. It was valued at $4,000 and Runnels paid a total annual wage of $500 to four men. Raw materials were valued at $100. The mill produced 60,000 feet of plank valued at $1,200.

Corporate Name: H. S. Mathis
Owner/Company Affiliation: H. S. Mathis
Location: Precinct 1, 1880 Census
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1880
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber, lath and shingles
Power Source: 90-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Two circulars and a gang with two engines
City/Town: Precinct 1
Historical Development: H. S. Mathis' mill operated for ten months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was valued at $15,000 and Mathis paid from $1.50 to $2.50 per day to twenty employees. The work day was ten hours. Mathis did most of his own logging.

Corporate Name: H. S. Matthews
Owner/Company Affiliation: H. S. Matthews
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The H. S. Matthews sawmill at Texarkana in Bowie County was listed in an 1884 railroad directory with a rail connection at Texarkana.

Corporate Name: Iowa Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Iowa Lumber Company
Location: Poer
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1900s
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Poer
Historical Development: The Iowa Lumber Company appeared in the editions of January 1905 and January 1907 of the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. Iowa Lumber may have bought out the East Texas Lumber mill at Poer before 1907 because only the Iowa Lumber mill is listed in the 1907 credit rating list.

Corporate Name: J. H. & Brian Harris
Owner/Company Affiliation: J. H. & Brian Harris
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The J. H. and Brian Harris sawmill at Texarkana in Bowie County was listed in an 1884 railroad directory with a rail connection at Texarkana.

Corporate Name: J. M. Collins
Owner/Company Affiliation: J. M. Collins
Location: Ingersoll
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Ingersoll
Historical Development: The Collins sawmill was listed in an 1884 railroad directory.

Corporate Name: J. W. Lupton
Owner/Company Affiliation: J. W. Lupton
Location: Ingersoll
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Ingersoll
Historical Development: The Lupton sawmill was listed in 1884 at Ingersoll in a railroad directory.

Corporate Name: Jack R. Talbolt (Talbot)
Owner/Company Affiliation: Jack R. Talbolt (Talbot)
Location: Route 1, New Boston
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1954 to 1958
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill and planer
City/Town: New Boston
Historical Development: The Jack R. Talbot sawmill at New Boston appeared in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas and the Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958. Established in 1954, the plant manufactured finished pine lumber with a workforce of less than twenty-five.

Corporate Name: James A. Bell
Owner/Company Affiliation: James A. Bell
Location: Bassett
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Bassett
Historical Development: The James A. Bell sawmill at Bassett was listed in an 1884 railroad directory with railway service.

Corporate Name: James C. Moore
Owner/Company Affiliation: James C. Moore
Location: Beat number 2, 1860 Census
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1859 to 1860
Capacity Comments: 1,620,000 feet of "pine railroad ties" during the reporting period of the Census
Type of Mill: Pine railroad ties
Power Source: 25-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Beat number 2, 1860 Census
Historical Development: James C. Moore ran a twenty-five horsepower steam sawmill in Bowie County during the census year ending June 1, 1860. During that year he used 1000 cords of wood to produce 1,620,000 feet of "pine railroad ties," valued at $18,000. Eighty gallons of oil was also used, and it could be that this was used to treat the ties. Raw materials totaled $5,900, with 12,000 logs valued at $4,800, 1,000 cords of wood at $1,000, and 80 gallons of oil at $100. Moore employed fifteen men and one woman, and paid $625 per month in wages, men averaging $40 and the woman $25 monthly. Capital invested was $4000.

Corporate Name: Johnson Dukes
Owner/Company Affiliation: Johnson Dukes
Location: Precinct 3, 1880 Census
County: Bowie/Red River/Cass
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1880
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 18-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Sawmill with two circulars
City/Town: Precinct 3
Historical Development: Johnson Dukes' mill operated for six months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was valued at $1,200 and Dukes paid from $0.75 to $1.00 per day to four employees. The work day was ten hours. Dukes did his own logging.

Corporate Name: Junkin Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Junkin Lumber Company
Location: 201 Harrison Road, Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1949 to 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Junkin Lumber Company appeared in listings from 1949 to 1957.

Corporate Name: King Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: King Lumber Company. Tom Sanders.
Location: New Boston
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1908 to 1915
Capacity Comments: 10,000 feet daily in 1915
Type of Mill: Yellow pine lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: New Boston
Historical Development: The King Lumber consisted of George H. Burrows, J. H. King, and Jessie Jones, according to Bowie County records. In 1908, it contracted E. V. Burn to provide it with sawtimber to be paid at $1.50 per log scale foot for two and a half years. In October, it purchased the Tom Sanders sawmill, and indicated to the Southern Lumberman that it would erect a planing mill to handle the produce of two sawmills. The Directory of American Sawmills reported in 1915 that it was cutting 10,000 feet daily of yellow pine lumber.

Corporate Name: Kirby & Brother
Owner/Company Affiliation: Kirby & Brother
Location: Unknown
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1869 to 1870
Capacity Comments: 175,000 feet of plank during the reporting period of the census
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Unknown
Historical Development: The firm of Kirby & Brother operated its sawmill for six months during the census year ending May 31, 1870. It was valued at $3,000 and paid a total annual wage of $1,400 to six men. Raw materials were valued at $500. The mill produced 175,00 feet of plank valued at $3,750.

Corporate Name: Kizer Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Kizer Lumber Company
Location: Frost Street, Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1899
Capacity Comments: 40,000 feet in 1893
Type of Mill: Sash, doors, blinds in 1880; added a sawmill later.
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Planing mill in 1880; sawmill added later.
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Kizer family operated lumber mills at Texarkana and Corley, in Bowie County, and at Springdale, in Cass County, before 1880. W. B. Kizer was the chief operating officer. The Texarkana mill began as a planing mill, perhaps finishing rough lumber from the Springdale mill, located about twenty miles south on the Texas & Pacific. During the reporting period of the 1880 Census, the mill operated at reduced hours year-round. It was valued at $2,400. Kizer paid from $1.25 to $2.00 per day to five employees, who worked nine to eleven hours daily. A "Kiser Lumber Company" appeared in the 1884 Rand, McNally and Company directory of lumber mills and dealers as a dealer in lumber at Texarkana. That same year, the Kizers bought land and steam machinery on Frost Street from James Strong, indicating they were expanding the Texarkana plant to include sawmilling. By 1893, the company was cutting 40,000 feet of lumber daily, according to a newspaper report. The plant operated into the later part of the 1890s.

Corporate Name: L. H. Lenup
Owner/Company Affiliation: L. H. Lenup
Location: Precinct 3, 1880 Census
County: Bowie/Red River/Cass
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1880
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 18-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Circular sawmill
City/Town: Precinct 3
Historical Development: L. H. Lenup's mill operated for three months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was recorded as a new mill in the 1880 census records. It was valued at $2,500 and Lenup paid from $1.15 to $2.50 per day to ten employees. The work day was ten hours. Lenup did his own logging.

Corporate Name: L. T. Vanderburg Sawmill
Owner/Company Affiliation: L. T. Vanderburg Sawmill
Location: Malta, 5.7 miles east of DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1941 to 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Malta, 5.7 miles east of DeKalb
Historical Development: The L. T. Vanderburg sawmill at DeKalb appeared in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 reveals that the sawmill was located at Malta, about 5.7 miles east of DeKalb. Established in 1941, the mill was operated by L. T. Vanderburg, who with less than ten employees manufactured crossties and bridge timbers.

Corporate Name: L. W. Lowery
Owner/Company Affiliation: L. W. Lowery
Location: District #1, Census of 1880
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1880
Capacity Comments: 250,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 18.5-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Gang and circular sawmill
City/Town: Unknown
Historical Development: Lowery, in 1880, according to the Census, did his own logging near the L & P railroad. His mill was declared to be a $2,500 capital investment. At the height of the season, he employed sixteen workers but the average was five. They worked a ten-hour day. Skilled laborers earned $2.50 daily, and unskilled $1.15. The mill worked fulltime three months of the year, and Lowery paid a monthly wage of $500. With an investment of $1,450 in raw supplies, the mill manufactured 250,000 board feet for a gross value of $2,500. L. W. Lowry (District 1) Capital invested: $2,500 Employees: 16 greatest number of hands, 5 average, working 10 hours daily in summer and winter, with skilled labor $2.50 daily, unskilled $1.15; Total Annual Wages: $500 paid in 3 mos FT Raw Materials: $1,450 in logs and other mill supplies Annual Production & Total Value: 250,000 BF for $2,500 Remanufacturing & amount: Does its own logging and shipping: Yes, along the L&PRR, No Equipment: 1 gang saw, 1 circular saw, 18-HP steam engine & boiler

Corporate Name: Long-Bell Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Long-Bell Lumber Company: R. A. Long, President
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1899
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: According to the American Lumberman, C. F. Woodring was the Texarkana plant manager for Long-Bell Lumber in 1899.

Corporate Name: Lynch & Lamm
Owner/Company Affiliation: Lynch & Lamm
Location: Hooks
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1915
Capacity Comments: 20,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: Yellow pine, red oak, white oak, and hickory, specializing in ties.
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Hooks
Historical Development: The 1915 Directory of American Sawmills listed Lynch & Lamm as sawing 20,000 feet daily of yellow pine, red oak, white oak, and hickory.

Corporate Name: N. A. Shaw
Owner/Company Affiliation: N. A. Shaw
Location: Almont, ten miles north of DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1890s
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber, cotton
Power Source: Probably steam
Equipment: Sawmill, gin
City/Town: Almont
Historical Development: According to Webb, N. A. Shaw built a sawmill, gin, and store at Almont during the 1890s. The community post office closed in 1904.

Corporate Name: National Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: National Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1907
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Hardwood lumber
Power Source: Probably steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The National Lumber Company was probably based in Texarkana. Bowie County records note that National Lumber bought hardwood timber stands and stumpage in the area between the Boston and the Sulphur River. Another National Lumber Company operated at the same time at Crockett in Houston County. It is not known if they were connected.

Corporate Name: Neely & Bible
Owner/Company Affiliation: Neely & Bible
Location: Red Water, southwest of Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1901
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Red Water
Historical Development: Lumber news notes from the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported that Neely & Bible had moved their lumber plant from Sherman, in Grayson County, to Redwater.

Corporate Name: New Boston Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: New Boston Lumber Company
Location: New Boston
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1893
Capacity Comments: 15,000 feet daily in 1893
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill.
City/Town: New Boston
Historical Development: The New Boston Lumber was reported in 1893 to be cutting 15,000 feet daily of lumber.

Corporate Name: P. S. Ramseur
Owner/Company Affiliation: P. S. Ramseur
Location: North of De Kalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1889 to 1898
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: North of De Kalb
Historical Development: According to E. L. Meadows, P. S. Ramseur operated a sawmill with a company tram, just north of De Kalb from 1889 to 1898.

Corporate Name: Pagan-Ritchie Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Pagan-Ritchie Lumber Company
Location: Third and Oak, Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1949 to 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: An University of Texas publication in 1949 noted that the Pagan-Ritchie Lumber Company was located at Third and Oak at Texarkana. In 1957, Nelson Samson included the company in the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Pete Vanderburg Sawmill
Owner/Company Affiliation: Pete Vanderburg Sawmill
Location: DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: DeKalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: The Pete Vanderburg sawmill at DeKalb appeared in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Peters and Hays
Owner/Company Affiliation: Peters and Hays
Location: 8th Judicial District, 1850 U.S. Census
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1849 to the early 1850s
Capacity Comments: 78,200 feet during the reporting period of the Census
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Unknown
Historical Development: According to census records for the year ending June 1, 1850, Peters and Hays had $2000 invested in a sawmill somewhere in Bowie County. The mill had $288 in logs and mill supplies. They employed nine men and one woman, the men making $12 per month each and the woman $8 per month. It produced 78,200 feet of pine lumber, valued at $9384, during the year.

Corporate Name: R. W. Rodgers
Owner/Company Affiliation: R. W. Rodgers
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1884
Capacity Comments: 420,000 board feet during Census year
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 40-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Sawmill with a circular and gang saw
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: R. W. Rodgers' mill operated for six months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was valued at $2,000 and Rodgers paid from $1.25 to $4.00 per day to twenty employees. The work day was ten hours. Rodgers did his own logging. Rodger's mill also appeared in Rand, McNally and Company's 1884 lumber mill directory. R. W. Rodgers (District 3) Capital invested: $2,000 Employees: Greatest #-20, Avg-5; working 10 hours daily in summer and 10 in winter, with skilled labor $4 daily, unskilled $1.25; Total Annual Wages: $840 paid in 6 mos FT Raw Materials: $2,400 in logs and other mill supplies Annual Production & Total Value: 420,000 BF for $4,200 Remanufacturing & amount: No Does its own logging and shipping: Yes, in Bowie County, No Equipment: 1 2-gang, 1 circular saws, 40-HP steam engine & boiler

Corporate Name: R. W. Rogers
Owner/Company Affiliation: R. W. Rogers
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The R. W. Rogers sawmill at Texarkana in Bowie County was listed in an 1884 railroad directory with a rail connection at Texarkana.

Corporate Name: Ready Cut Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Ready Cut Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1949 to 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: An University of Texas publication in 1949 noted that the Ready Cut Lumber Company was located along the Texas & Pacific tracks at Texarkana. In 1957, Nelson Samson included the company in the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Red Water [Redwater] Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Gus Munz, Red Water [Redwater] Lumber Company
Location: Red Water, southwest of Texarkana Redwater
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1899 to about 1909
Capacity Comments: About 40,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Band saw and planing mill
City/Town: Red Water Redwater
Historical Development: The Red Water Lumber Company of Gus Munz (also known as Munzheimer) operated in Bowie County. American Lumberman in 1899 reported that the new Red Water Lumber Company Filer & Stowell band saw would begin cutting in the summer of 1899. The mill pond could hold 1,000,000 feet. The mill was located only one-half mile from the timber. In 1905, a credit-rating journal reported the name as Redwater Lumber Company and again in 1907. Munz contracted with other, smaller mills for their cuts. Munz had operated a logging tram from Red Water before 1902 to Munz, about eighteen miles distant. The community of Munz, in Cass County, was named after the owner of the Red Water Lumber Company and functioned as a logging front for Red Water Lumber. In 1902, the logging tram was chartered as a common carrier. It continued to buy right-of-way in 1903 in Bowie County. The Railroad Commission of Texas dropped its recognition in 1908. Zlatkovich reports that the road had been abandoned in 1907. Cass County deeds of trust records, beginning in 1905, indicate that the Redwater Lumber Company began having financial problems. Some of the equipment mortgaged included the sawmill, the planing mill, dry kilns, buildings, trams, and sheds. As early as 1903, the Central Coal & Coke Company received a civil judgment against Red Water Lumber. In 1909, Red Water Lumber Company was in receivership.

Corporate Name: Riverside Box Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Riverside Box Company
Location: Willie Street, Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1949
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Riverside Box Company appeared in a 1949 listing at Willie Street in Texarkana.

Corporate Name: Robert Lausdell
Owner/Company Affiliation: Robert Lausdell
Location: 8th Judicial District, 1850 U.S. Census
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: About 1849 to the early 1850s
Capacity Comments: 120,000 feet during the reporting period of the Census
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Animals: horses
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: 8th Judicial District
Historical Development: According to census records for the year ending June 1, 1850, Robert Lausdell produced $1200 worth of lumber with a sawmill powered by a team of horses during the year. He had $2,800 capital invested in the mill, and employed eleven men and one woman. The men earned $12 each per month and the woman $8 per month.

Corporate Name: Southern Pine Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Southern Pine Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana, Tex.
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1892 to 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The earliest record of Southern Pine Lumber Company's presence in Texas is a Bowie County Deed Record that reveals T. L. L. Temple, whom had been sawmilling earlier in Cass County, sold land at Texarkana to the company in 1892 for $3,471.78. The latest record remains Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas, which was published in 1957.

Corporate Name: Standard Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Standard Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1926 to 1928
Capacity Comments: 15,000 to 25,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: Cottonwood, black gum, red and white oak, walnut, shortleaf yellow pine
Power Source: Probably steam
Equipment: Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Standard Lumber Company operated a sawmill business in Texarkana during the 1920s. It appeared in at least two listings in trade journals.

Corporate Name: State Line Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: State Line Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1926 to 1928
Capacity Comments: 25,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: Hardwoods and pine
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns, rotary veneer mills
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: State Line Lumber Company operated a sawmill business in Texarkana during the 1920s. A State Line Lumber Company had earlier operated on the Sabine River at the juncture of Panola and Harrison counties about 1910.

Corporate Name: Stewart Building Materials Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Stewart Building Materials Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Hardwood, pine
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Stewart Building Materials Company at Texarkana was listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. This company did not belong to any member of the E. A. Stewart lumber family.

Corporate Name: Stewart Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Stewart Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Hardwood
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Stewart Lumber Company at Texarkana is listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Sulphur River Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Sulphur River Lumber Company, Gus and Herman Munzheimer. William Buchanan and E. P. Cowen.
Location: Buchanan Station, about fifteen miles south of Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1899
Capacity Comments: At least 85,000 feet of lumber daily by 1893
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 140-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Two circulars and a gang in 1880
City/Town: Buchanan Station
Historical Development: William Buchanan, the future lumber magnate from Texarkana, established a sawmill complex at Buchanan Station, in Precinct 1 of Bowie County, sometime before 1880. E. P. Cowan joined him shortly thereafter. During the reporting period of the Census of 1880, the large sawmill operated for eight months . It was valued at $30,000 and Buchanan paid from $1.50 to $3.25 per day to forty employees. The work day was twelve hours. Buchanan did not do his own logging. In December of 1883, Buchanan and Cowen sold out to Sulphur Lumber Company, an operation of Herman Munzheimer, who also bought the nearby Jones & Bemis sawmill plant at Sulphur Station at the same time. Sulphur Lumber Company had two large mills, one at Buchanan and the other at Sulphur Station, in the 1890s. According to the Galveston newspaper report of 1893, one mill was cutting 85,000 feet daily and the other 90,000 feet daily. American Lumberman reported in January 1899 that Gus Munzesheimer's sawmill at Sulphur Station burned with an uninsured loss of $3,000. The sawmill was destroyed, only the planing mill being saved. Munzesheimer was not going to rebuild at the Station but intended erecting a new mill at Red Water of about 50,000-ft capacity next to the tracks of the Cotton Belt. Munzheimer had probably closed the Buchanan Station mill before 1899.

Corporate Name: Sulphur River Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Sulphur River Lumber Company, Gus and Herman Munzheimer. James Hervey Bemis and Erastus Jones.
Location: Sulphur Station, south of Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1899
Capacity Comments: 90,000 feet of lumber daily in 1893
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill and planing mill
City/Town: Sulphur Station
Historical Development: Erastus Jones of Massachusetts established one of the largest sawmills of the time in Texas at Sulphur Station. The location was at the Texas & Pacific crossing on the north bank of the Sulphur River. The Census of 1880 reported that the mill boilers could produce 235 horsepower; it operated full time the entire year. The mill was valued at $100,000, and its owner(s) paid $20,000 in annual wages to sixty-five employees. The work day was eleven hours, and daily wages ranged from $1.50 to $3.00. Because the company did not do its own logging, it can be assumed the entire labor force was needed to operate the mill. Bowie County records reveal that James H. Bemis, of Marion County, soon became involved as a business associate of Erastus Jones. The mill burned sometime during 1883, and after some haggling, Bemis and Jones disposed of the mill site and their thousands of acres of stumpage to the Sulphur River Lumber Company about the same time the latter bought out the very large sawmill complex two miles north that belonged to William Buchanan and E. P. Cowan. These purchases made Sulphur River Lumber the largest producer of lumber in the state. According to the Galveston newspaper report of 1893, one mill was cutting 85,000 feet daily and the other 90,000 feet daily. American Lumberman reported in January 1899 that Gus Munzesheimer's sawmill at Sulphur Station burned with an uninsured loss of $3,000. The sawmill was destroyed, only the planing mill being saved. Munzesheimer was not going to rebuild at the Station but intended erecting a new mill at Red Water of about 50,000-ft capacity next to the tracks of the Cotton Belt.

Corporate Name: Talbert Lumber Co.
Owner/Company Affiliation: Talbert Lumber Co.
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957 to 1968
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough and dressed lumber, other manufacturing, pine
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill and planing mill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Talbert Lumber Co. was listed by Nelson Samson in his directories of 1957 and 1966 was on the 1968 address list of the Southern Pine Inspection Board. His company manufactured rough and dressed lumber as well as other manufactured items.

Corporate Name: Texarkana Lumber & Supply Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Texarkana Lumber & Supply Company
Location: Draughn Ave and the Cotton Belt tracks at Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1949 to 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Texarkana Lumber & Supply Company appeared in a 1949 listing. Its address was 201 Harrison in Texarkana. It appeared eight years later in Nelson Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Texarkana Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Thompson and Wade, 1903. Texarkana Lumber Company, 1903 to 1928.
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1901 to 1928
Capacity Comments: 25,000 feet daily
Type of Mill: Planed lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Planing mill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Texarkana Lumber Company in 1901 was building a large planing mill in town. Texarkana Lumber Company bought the former mill of M. C. Wade and Floyd Thompson at Texarkana in 1903. The plant was located on Ward and Rogers streets. It also was giving mortgages as early as 1911 to other lumber companies so that they could secure sawmilling equipment. In 1928, it was operating a planing mill business at Texarkana.

Corporate Name: Texas Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Texas Lumber Company
Location: 1002 New Boston Road in Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1947
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber and wood products
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Texas Lumber Company sawmill plant, in 1947, was listed at Texarkana in An Economic Survey of Bowie County.

Corporate Name: Tom A. Sanders
Owner/Company Affiliation: Tom A. Sanders
Location: New Boston
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1934
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill.
City/Town: New Boston
Historical Development: Tom A. Sanders' sawmill was reported in 1934 to be at New Boston.

Corporate Name: Twin City Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Twin City Lumber Company of Texarkana, with R. L. Trigg and W. W. Welch.
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1904 to 1908
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Finished lumber
Power Source: Steam engine and boiler
Equipment: Planing mill at Texarkana
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review noted in April 1904 that the Twin City Lumber Company of Texarkana incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. Twin City Lumber bought the planing mill of J. B. Hubbard and Louie Kosminksy at Texarkana in 1904 for $5,200. Property included a steam engine, a boiler, a planer, and a pony planer. In 1905, the company was buying land adjacent to the tracks of the Texarkana & Fort Smith. It is unknown if this was the predecessor to the Twin City Lumber & Shingle Company reported in 1928 by the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. Nacogdoches County records note that Twin City Lumber was owned by R. L. Trigg and W. W. Welch of Texarkana. The company owned several thousand acres about two miles south of Martinsville along the Attoyac River in eastern Nacogdoches County. It sold all of its tracts of timber in Nacogdoches County to Claud Field of Missouri in February 1907.

Corporate Name: Twin City Shingle & Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Twin City Shingle & Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1926 to 1957
Capacity Comments: 10,000 feet daily in 1928
Type of Mill: Longleaf and shortleaf pine
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: 1928: circular sawmill, edgers, trimmers.
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: Twin City Lumber & Shingle Company was listed in a trade publication at Texarkana in 1926 in the Industrial Survey of Texarkana, Ark.-Tex., and Bowie and Miller Counties and in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. It was producing pine products and shingles. It was also listed in the 1957 edition of the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. It is not known if the Twin City Lumber Company, organized about 1904, was the predecessor to this outfit.

Corporate Name: W. B. Inger
Owner/Company Affiliation: W. B. Inger
Location: Precinct 1, 1880 Census
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1880
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: 25-horsepower steam engine
Equipment: Circular sawmill
City/Town: Precinct 1
Historical Development: The W. B. Inger mill operated for five months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was valued at $1,500 and Inger paid from $1.50 to $3.00 per day to ten employees. The work day was ten hours. Inger did not do his own logging.

Corporate Name: W. H. H. Moore
Owner/Company Affiliation: W. H. H. Moore
Location: Ingersoll
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1893
Capacity Comments: 40,000 feet daily in 1893
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Ingersoll
Historical Development: W. H. H. Moore was reported, in 1893, to be cutting 40,000 feet a day.

Corporate Name: W. T. (or W. R.) Fagan
Owner/Company Affiliation: W. T. (or W. R.) Fagan
Location: Ingersoll
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1884 to 1893
Capacity Comments: 20,000 feet daily in 1893
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Ingersoll
Historical Development: W. R. Fagan was reported, in 1893, to be cutting 20,000 feet a day. The sawmill had been listed in 1884 at Ingersoll in a railroad directory.

Corporate Name: W. T. Hood Wood Shop
Owner/Company Affiliation: W. T. Hood Wood Shop
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1957
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: The W. T. Hood Wood Shop at Texarkana was included in Nelson Samson's 1957 edition of Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: W. W. Whybark
Owner/Company Affiliation: W. W. Whybark
Location: DeKalb
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1905
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Rough lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill only
City/Town: DeKalb or De Kalb
Historical Development: W.W. Whybark's sawmill at DeKalb appeared in the January 1905 Lumbermen's Credit Association's reference book.

Corporate Name: William Buchanan
Owner/Company Affiliation: William Buchanan
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1873
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Portable sawmill
City/Town: Texarkana
Historical Development: William Buchanan, one of the Old Southwest's great lumber magnates, began his Texas sawmill career in 1873 when he brought his steam, portable sawmill to Texarkana. According to Mayor's Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan, "he opened the town's second sawmill [in 1873] to process the trees cleared away to make streets [.]" in the newly-incorporated community.

Corporate Name: Wilson-Gilbert Hardwood Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Wilson-Gilbert Hardwood Lumber Company. Offices in Texarkana, mill at Watson, Texas.
Location: Texarkana and Watson
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1928 to 1957
Capacity Comments: 30,000 feet daily in 1928
Type of Mill: Pine and hardwoods; crossties, timbers.
Power Source: Probably steam
Equipment: 1928: circular sawmill, edgers, trimmers, planing mill, dry kilns
City/Town: Texarkana and Watson
Historical Development: Wilson-Gilbert Hardwood Lumber Company' s offices were at Texarkana in 1928, with the mill at Watson. It was a smaller mill, cutting 30,000 feet of lumber daily, producing primarily hardwood ties and timbers. The company maintained a company town for the workers. The company lasted at least thirty years, for it was listed in Samson's 1957 edition of the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.

Corporate Name: Womack Lumber Company
Owner/Company Affiliation: Womack Lumber Company
Location: Maud
County: Bowie
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1958
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Finished lumber
Power Source: Steam
Equipment: Planing mill
City/Town: Maud
Historical Development: The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 reported that the Womack Lumber Company operated a planing mill at Maud.