| Alpha-Numeric Key: | PK-40 |
| Corporate Name: | Fleming and Son |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | D. H. Fleming and Son, owners |
| Location: | Fleming: .01 miles west of Polk/Tyler county line on Highway 287 |
| County: | Polk |
| Years in Operation: | 13 years |
| Start Year: | 1885 |
| End Year: | 1897 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889,1890-1899 |
| Period of Operation: | 1890s and possibly longer |
| Town: | Fleming Station |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine lumber
 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: | 20000: 1893 |
| Capacity Comments: | In 1893, 20,000 feet daily
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| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular until January 1897 when replaced as a band mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Trinity & Sabine at Fleming Station |
| Historicial Development: | D. H. Fleming was an early East Texas sawmiller who followed the construction of the railroads to tap the most easily accessible pine stumpage. In 1880, he operated a small mill south of the Trinity River on the Houston East & West Texas Railway, but he later moved to Polk County, on the Trinity & Sabine railroad. He named the mill site after himself, and his mill there was rated at 20,000 board feet per day in 1893. Such a mill could possibly support a town of 100 persons, but the town's population undoubtedly grew in 1897 when Fleming started operating the first band sawmill on the Trinity and Sabine line.
D. H. Fleming & Son was running the main company sawmill at Hampton, in Tyler County, just east of Polk County. |
| Research Date: | JKG 8-30-93, MCJ 02-26-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |