Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

HA-113

Corporate Name:

W. H. McClelland

Local Name:

Owner Name:

W. H. McClelland

Location:

Friendship or Precinct 4

County:

Harrison

Years in Operation:

6 years

Start Year:

1879

End Year:

1884

Decades:

1870-1879,1880-1889

Period of Operation:

1879 to 1884

Town:

Friendship

Company Town:

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:

25-horsepower steam engine

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

Capacity Comments:

200,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Sawmill

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Texas & Pacific at Hallsville

Historicial Development:

The W. H. McClelland sawmill at Friendship in Harrison County was listed in the 1880 Census. The Manuscript Census of 1880, reporting for June 1, 1879 to May 31, 1880, detailed the business operations of the sawmill. The sawmill, d a capital value of $1,200, worked six men and two children normally. The employees received daily wages of $1.00 to $3.00 for nine hour days in the winters and ten hour days in the summer. Scarborough paid a total wage of $1,100. From a total value of $1,125 of supplies and sawlogs, the sawmill manufactured 200,000 feet of lumber, worth a gross value of $2,000. The worked fulltime for three months and was idle for nine. This sawmill was listed again in an 1884 railroad directory with rail service at Hallsville.

Research Date:

MCJ 02-05-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson