Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: NA-213
Corporate Name: Pace & Rogers Sawmill
Local Name:
Owner Name: Pace & Rogers Sawmill with E. A. Rogers
Location: Block 62 in Cushing
County: Nacogdoches
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1957
End Year: 1957
Decades: 1950-1959
Period of Operation: 1957
Town: Cushing
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: 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: The Pace & Rogers sawmill service at Cushing appeared in 1957 in Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. Tonya Whitescarver, graduate intern with the East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, interviewed Gary Rogers, a life-long resident of Cushing, Texas. Rogers stated that the E. A. Rogers Mill was located at Block 62 of Cushing, Texas.
Research Date: MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By: M Johnson