| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SB-1 |
| Corporate Name: | Garrison Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | W. Y. Garrison of Garrison Lumber Company. Harris & Henry. Captain Ross. |
| Location: | West of Rush community on FM 2865 |
| County: | Sabine |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1906 |
| End Year: | 1910 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1906 until 1910 when Garrison Lumber Company operations were subsumed into those of Temple Lumber Company at Pineland |
| Town: | Rush |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber, ties
 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: | 40000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 40,000 feet 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 with engine, boilers, saw husks, carriages, smoke stacks, set works, trimmers |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe |
| Historicial Development: | The Captain Ross plant in 1906 is identified incorrectly by Southern Industrial and Lumber Review as being located at “Rusk” rather than Rush. It was producing 40,000 feet of lumber daily that year. Sometime that year J. R. Harris and R. W. Henry of Harris & Henry (sawmill owners at Lamerle, several miles north of Rush), acquired the Captain's lumber plant. They sold it to W. Y. Garrison Lumber Company. W. Y. Garrison also owned part of the Garrison-Norton mills, with interests in others in Rush and the one it had built about three miles from Rush.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 12-05-95 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |