Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	CK-12
Corporate Name:	Marion Brown
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Marion Brown
Location:	Ponta at 110 and railroad tracks
County:	Cherokee
Years in Operation:	8 years
Start Year:	1908
End Year:	1915
Decades:	1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation:	1908 to at least 1915
Town:	Ponta
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and dressed yellow pine lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	Steam and gas Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:	25000: 1910
Capacity Comments:	25,000 feet daily of ties and lumber
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Sawmill, edger, planer
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Texas and New Orleans (later Southern Pacific)
Historicial Development:	Marion Brown was sawmilling at Ponta as early as 1908. A government listing reported that Marion Brown was reported to be cutting daily 25,000 feet of yellow pine at Ponta in 1915. In 1912, he mortgaged a steam engine, output of ties and lumber, 1,400 pine ties, and 2,500 feet of lumber. In 1914, he mortgaged, fourteen mules, four log wagons, a mare, a steam engine, a boiler, a planer, a sawmill, with lumber and crossties and the entire output of the sawmill. His plant may have lasted until 1920 or later.
Research Date:	MCJ 12-08-95
Prepared By:	M. Johnson