| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-83 |
| Corporate Name: | Hackney & Morgan |
| Local Name: | Center |
| Owner Name: | Hackney & Morgan. Barksdale Bros Lumber Company |
| Location: | Center |
| County: | Shelby |
| Years in Operation: | 3 years |
| Start Year: | 1904 |
| End Year: | 1906 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1904 to 1906 |
| Town: | Center |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 859 in 1905; 4000 in 1928; 2510 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and finished lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Boiler and steam engine
| 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: | 50000: 1904 35000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 50,000 feet daily in 1904. 35,000 feet daily in 1906 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Fisher & Davis #4 Sawmill and carriage, with an edger, a trimmer, a planer, a blower, and two 60-inch saws. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | In 1905, the Houston East & West Texas at Tenaha; later the Gulf Coast & Santa Fe at Center |
| Historicial Development: | Although the Barksdale Brothers appeared in the January, 1905, published records of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, no mention was given their status as manufacturers. They were apparently producing lumber shortly thereafter, for a 1906 railroad report showed the Barksdale sawmill as having a 35,000 board feet per day capacity. Hackney & Morgan bought the Barksdale Brothers sawmill site on February 16, 1906 on a mortgage. The equipment included a boiler, an engine, Fisher & Davis #4 Sawmill and carriage, an edger, a trimmer, a planer, a blower, and two 60-inch saws.
Barksdale Brothers owned a sawmill firm earlier in Panola County known as Barksdale Bros & Barnes. The Barksdale Brothers disappeared altogether, however, from the Lumbermen's Credit Association's published records of January 1907. |
| Research Date: | LT 08-17-93; JKG 11-29-93, MCJ 02-29-96 |
| Prepared By: | L. Turner and J. Gerland, M Johnson |