Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	NA-190
Corporate Name:	Southern Mills Company
Local Name:
Owner Name:	G. W. Long and J. H. Crenshaw. Southern Mills Company.
Location:	Near Trawick, three miles southwest Dalmont Station
County:	Nacogdoches
Years in Operation:	6 years
Start Year:	1903
End Year:	1908
Decades:	1900-1909
Period of Operation:	1903 to 1908
Town:	Southwest of Dalmont Station
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
Power Source:	20-horsepower Fairbanks Morse portable gasoline engine 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:	Portable gasoline sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Texas & New Orleans
Historicial Development:	G. W. Long was described by a local newspaper in 1903 as “ a preminent [sic] mill and gin man of Trawick, . .”. By 1907, J. H. Crenshaw and long had a sawmill in 1907 located about three miles southwest of Dalmont Station. That year they contracted to manufacture lumber for the Southern Mills Company. The following year Long, for a consideration of $1.00, transferred to Southern Mills Company timber on land belonging to N. E. Beavers, Byrd, Lee, Crisp, Bradshaw, and all others for “whom I have timber deeds or verbal agreements for timber.” The land was located five and one-half miles south of Dalmont Station. He also sold his portable 20-horsepower Fairbanks Morse gasoline engine to Southern Mills Company on 25 August 1908.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By:	M Johnson