| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-32 |
| Corporate Name: | J. H. Garrison |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Garrison-Norton Lumber Company. J H Garrison & Son Lumber Company with John H. Garrison, W. V. Garrison. J. P. Ross |
| Location: | Garrison: one block southwest of Main and Southern Pacific tracks |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 17 years |
| Start Year: | 1891 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1890-1899,1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1891 to 1907 |
| Town: | Garrison |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber and ties
| Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | 40000: 1904 |
| Capacity Comments: | 40,000 feet of lumber daily in 1904 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill, planer, and kilns |
| Company Tram: |  |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas (later Southern Pacific) |
| Historicial Development: | J. P. Ross owned a sawmill at Garrison prior to 1891. In that year J. H. Garrison and his wife, M. C. Garrison, bought the Ross sawmill and land on the west half of Block 9. W. V. Garrison, later involved in the Garrison-Norton Lumber Company, with his father, John, owned and managed a lumber concern in the Garrison area for nearly two decades. Two separate entries, one for the Garrison Lumber Company and one for W.Y. Garrison, appeared in the January 1905 Lumbermen's Credit Association's records. Both concerns, however, were not listed as manufacturers. Two later reports from the American Lumberman confirm this, but the Beaumont Enterprise in 1905 notes that Garrison was intending “to move its planer from Garrison to Rush and have it in operation in about sixty days.” The Southern Lumber and Industrial Review for September 6, 1906, reported that the Garrison Lumber Company of Garrison was cutting 20,000 feet daily.
W.Y. Garrison organized the Garrison-Norton Lumber Company with J.A. Kelley and J.F. Adams, selling the Garrison Lumber Company to the new Garrison-Norton outfit. Their “principal mill,” reported the American Lumberman, was at Rush (near Pineland), on the Santa Fe, in southern Sabine County.
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| Research Date: | LAT 08-08-93, JKG 12-15-93, MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | L. Turner, J. Gerland, M. Johnson |