| Alpha-Numeric Key: | RU-64 |
| Corporate Name: | Joe Parish |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Joe Parish. G. R. Parish. J. R. Parish. |
| Location: | Tatum |
| County: | Rusk |
| Years in Operation: | 30 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1934 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939 |
| Period of Operation: | 1905 to 1934 |
| Town: | Tatum |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 154 in 1905; 1200 in 1928; 425 in 1934. |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Yellow pine and hardwood lumber; crossties, timbers.
 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: | 10000: 1906 15000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 10,000 feet daily before 1910. In 1928, 15,000 feet |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1928: Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern, became Texas & Gulf in 1905 (later the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe) |
| Historicial Development: | J. R. Parish was listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905 at Tatum, and again in 1907. A G. R. Parish was cutting lumber at Tatum in 1915. J. R. Parish was listed again, this time in 1928, as sawing wood at Tatum, in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. In 1934, the company was noted under the name of Joe Parish, who had a sawmill and planing mill at Tatum. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-12-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |