| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HA-17 |
| Corporate Name: | Bunt Brothers Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Bunt Brothers Lumber Company with Felton Bunt |
| Location: | Walker's Mill, south of FM 449 and north of Hallsville |
| County: | Harrison |
| Years in Operation: | 13 years |
| Start Year: | 1937 |
| End Year: | 1949 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1937 to 1949 |
| Town: | Walker's Mill |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 617 in 1950 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Unknown
| 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: | 10000: 1940 |
| Capacity Comments: | 10,000 feet daily in 1940 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill and planing mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | None |
| Historicial Development: | Bunt Brothers had a sawmill community within the larger sawmill town of Walker's Mill. They relocated their mill to Walker''s Mill in 1937. The Mill was located south of Farm to Market 449 and east of Spring Branch, some miles north of Hallsville. The Bunt Brothers sawmill and planer mill were located along and at the end of a lane that ran southeast from the Athens Church Road, with Spring Branch immediately to their east. It operated until 1949, when it was moved to Lansing Switch near Hallsville.
Fred and Tessia Bunt operated a commissary from their home at the opening of the sawmill lane. The Bunt Brothers provided less than a dozen tenant houses.
The community of Walker's Mill had been built in 1925 when the Walkers and Bunts closed down their mill community at nearby Gum Creek settlement and opened a steam sawmill plant that ran until 1928 or 1929.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 02-05-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |