| Alpha-Numeric Key: | RR-64 |
| Corporate Name: | Kurth Lumber Manufacturing Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Kurth Lumber Manufacturing Company. J. H. Kurth, Jr., president; H. A. Mass, manager and vice president; and J. L. Spotten, secretary. |
| Location: | Clarksville |
| County: | Red River |
| Years in Operation: | 8 years |
| Start Year: | 1933 |
| End Year: | 1940 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1933 to about 1940 |
| Town: | Clarksville |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 5000 in 1928; 2952 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably 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: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & Pacific |
| Historicial Development: | The Gulf Coast Lumberman reported in 1928 that the Temple Lumber Company at Texarkana had purchased the firm of Sheldon Lumber Company. Temple Lumber was supposed to be building a new sawmill at Red River City, but it was never built. In December of that year, the journal reported again on Temple Lumber doings. Its affiliate, the Southern Pine Lumber Company at Diboll, bought one hundred million feet of stumpage in Red River County near Clarksville and would build a mill. Instead of building the mill, The Gulf Coast Lumberman reported in September, 1933, Temple sold its interests to Kurth Manufacturing Company (Angelina County Lumber Company interests). The Kurth Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill at Clarksville appeared in the October 1934 LCA rating book. Two more articles from The Gulf Coast Lumberman noted that, in October, 1933, timber was expected to last twelve to fifteen years, and, in October, 1935, that Kurth Lumber was milling lumber on contract to Temple Lumber Company, which had bought more than 150,000,000 feet of shortleaf pineries in Bowie and Red River counties in 1928 from Sheldon-Campbell Lumber Company.
The mill probably closed before the beginning of World War II. |
| Research Date: | JKG 10-15-93, MCJ 04-05-96 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |