Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CS-98
Corporate Name: M. A. Graley
Local Name: Phillips Mill
Owner Name: M. A. Graley
Location: Five miles west of Springfield (Springdale)
County: Cass
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1911
End Year: 1911
Decades: 1910-1919
Period of Operation: 1911
Town: West of Springfield (Springdale)
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough and finished lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
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 and planing mill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: M. A. Graley, in 1911, secured a mortgage with Texarkana Lumber Company in order to get a planing mill, steam machinery, four mules, and four wagons. A deed of trust, executed nine days earlier than the one with Texarkana Lumber, reveals that Graley had a sawmill five miles west of Springdale. He perhaps had bought the old Spencer Mill there.
Research Date: MCJ 4-04-96
Prepared By: M Johnson