Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

CK-244

Corporate Name:

Kelly & Rucker

Local Name:

Owner Name:

J. M. Kelly & Rucker

Location:

Gallatin

County:

Cherokee

Years in Operation:

2 years

Start Year:

1907

End Year:

1908

Decades:

1900-1909

Period of Operation:

1907 and 1908

Town:

Gallatin

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

Type of Mill:

Lumber

Sawmill	Pine Sawmill	Hardwood Sawmill	Cypress Sawmill
Planer	Planer Only	Shingle	Paper
Plywood	Cotton	Grist	Unknown
Other

Power Source:

Steam engine and boiler

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

Capacity Comments:

Unknown

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Sawmill

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Texas & New Orleans

Historicial Development:

In 1907, J. M. Kelly mortgaged to T. E. Baker et al for $6,000 a steam engine, a boiler, a sawmill, timber, and all the pine lumber on the yard and on the TNO tracks at Gallatin. In 1908, J. M. Kelly mortgaged to F. McRight for $24 “all logs, 16,000 feet of lumber at Kelly and Rucker sawmill.”

Research Date:

MCJ 01-29-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson