| Alpha-Numeric Key: | PA-145 |
| Corporate Name: | Tenaha Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Tenaha Lumber Company. 1915: J. L. Hartley and H. C. Conley |
| Location: | Office at Tenaha. Mill at Burns Spring near McFadden Creek |
| County: | Panola |
| Years in Operation: | 31 years |
| Start Year: | 1898 |
| End Year: | 1928 |
| Decades: | 1890-1899,1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1898 to perhaps 1930 |
| Town: | Mill at Burns Spring |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine and hardwoods
 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: | |
| 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: | Saw and planing mill. 1928: Circular sawmill. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas, and the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe at Tenaha |
| Historicial Development: | The Tenaha Lumber Company was reported in “Report of Yellow Pine Clearing House Association, October, 1898,” a statistical trade organization, at St. Louis, Missouri. It mortgaged its entire plant to Continental Bank of Shreveport for $2,500 in 1907.
In 1915, the Tenaha Lumber Company of J. L. Hartley and H. C. Conley, with its sawmill located near McFaddin Creek at Burns Spring, in Panola County, was in debt to firm of A. B. Hayden and H. C. Conley of Tenaha and delivered pine and oak lumber to Hayden & Conley to pay off the debt.
The Tenaha Lumber Company was still listed in 1928 as running a sawmill at Tenaha. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-08-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |