Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: NA-192
Corporate Name: Lowery Bros. Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Lowery Bros. Lumber Company. Lester and Elvin Lowery.
Location: Near Chireno
County: Nacogdoches
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1950
End Year: 1950
Decades: 1950-1959
Period of Operation: 1950s
Town: Chireno
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
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
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: Lance Mettauer recalled that Lowery Brothers [operating a large mill at Huntington, Angelina County] had a thick ‘n thin mill that operated near Chireno during the 1950s. Willie Atkinson Thorpe, during her teenage years, earned 50 cents a night to watch the slab pit.
Research Date: MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By: M Johnson