| Alpha-Numeric Key: | BO-24 |
| Corporate Name: | Dekalb Tie & Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Dekalb Tie & Lumber Company |
| Location: | DeKalb |
| County: | Bowie |
| Years in Operation: | 20 years |
| Start Year: | 1928 |
| End Year: | 1947 |
| Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1928 to 1947 |
| Town: | DeKalb or De Kalb |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 554 in 1905, 5000 in 1928; 1023 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine, gum and oak lumber, timber, and cross ties.
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably steam
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | 40000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 40,000 feet daily cut and 25,000 daily planed in 1928 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Three circular sawmills, resaw, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & Pacific 1928: Texas & Pacific |
| Historicial 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. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 03-07-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |