| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-206 |
| Corporate Name: | Wallace & Crawford |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Travis W. Wallace and Wm. S. Crawford. J. W. Tibbetts. Seaborn and Lillian Ogletree. Pearson Grimes. J. L. and J. R. Prince. J. W. Johnson. Mrs. Jessie Johnson, the former Nadine Prince. C. H. Cobb. |
| Location: | East of the school at New Caney |
| County: | Montgomery |
| Years in Operation: | 15 years |
| Start Year: | 1933 |
| End Year: | 1947 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1933 to 1947 |
| Town: | New Caney |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Maximum Capacity: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill, carriage, trimmer, edger, planer, dry kilns, sheds and buildings |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | The second Prince Lumber Company sawmill at New Caney was first owned by C. H. Cobb, who sold it to Nadine Prince. She became Mrs. Jessie Johnson and conveyed the company to him in 1938. A year later, J. L. and J. R. Prince, possibly Mrs. Johnson's sons by her earlier marriage, sold the company to Pearson Grimes. A year later, the assets were owned by Seaborn and Lillian Ogletree, a local sawmilling family with another mill at New Caney. The Ogletrees sold the Prince Lumber Company to R. W. Peckham.
Apparently, Peckham had conveyed the mill to J. W. Tibbetts. The latter sold the site to T. W. Wallace and W. S. Crawford in July, 1947. The sale included assets of the sawmill, two dry kilns, 125 kiln trucks, a steam engine, twenty fans, sheds, two boilers, steam line, a water tower and water tank, a fuel hog, a blower, an exhaust fan, an American planer.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 03-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |