| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SA-36 |
| Corporate Name: | C. P. Massey Lumber Co |
| Local Name: | Bronson |
| Owner Name: | C. P. Massey |
| Location: | Massey's Crossing on the Ayish Bayou, south of Hebron |
| County: | San Augustine |
| Years in Operation: | 14 years |
| Start Year: | 1907 |
| End Year: | 1920 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1907 to about 1920 |
| Town: | Massey's Crossing on the Ayish Bayou, south of Hebron |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Commissary and tenant housing |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber, cornmeal, cotton
 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: | 10000:1907 |
| Capacity Comments: | 10,000 feet of lumber daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill, grist mill, cotton gin |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | This mill was reported by the Southern Industrial & Lumber Review, in 1906. Massey began his career in 1902 with a mortgage that produced for $300 a shingle mill, a 48-inch by 10-inch wood splitter, a log wagon, a Houston Standard and Gamble 25-horsepower steam engine and an HSG boiler. The report indicates that Massey had improved his manufacturing process. The mill was not listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907.
The mill had probably been moved some miles to the west in San Augustine County. T. L. Bobbitt, in an oral interview with Vernon L. Beasley, recalled the Massey Mill at Massey's Crossing over the Ayish Bayou. The sawmill community had a commissary and tenant housing.
Unidentified Unidentified Hebron, just west of Highway 705 San
T. L. Bobbitt, in an oral interview with Vernon L. Beasley, recalled an unidentified sawmill located at Hebron, just west of Highway 705, in the 1930s. A well serviced the mill. This may have been the Massey Mill near Hebron. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-19-96, LT 07-31-93 |
| Prepared By: | L Turner, M. Johnson |