| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SM-3 |
| Corporate Name: | Tarrant Industries |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Maxwell Lumber Company. Tarrant Industries. M. J. Maxwell, chairman. Jim Tarrant Company (1979) |
| Location: | A mile south of Bullard on Highway 69 |
| County: | Smith |
| Years in Operation: | 57 years |
| Start Year: | 1940 |
| End Year: | 1996 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999 |
| Period of Operation: | 1940 to 1996 |
| Town: | Bullard |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Dimension, upper grades; highway stakes, pallets, pre-fab housing components, chips, veneer, crates, boxes
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Electric
| 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: | 30000: 1960 |
| Capacity Comments: | 30,000 feet daily, eight-hour shift |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Saw and planing mills with circular, gang, as well as box factory, hardboard plant, chip mill, and a veneer mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | St Louis Southwestern |
| Historicial Development: | The mill was established by M. J. Maxwell in 1940, about a mile south of Bullard on Highway 69. Total production in board feet for 1973 was more than one million feet. Maxwell did and contracted logging. Besides being a sawmill and planing mill, it also had a box factory, hardboard plant, chip mill, and a veneer mill. Jim Tarrant purchased the operation in 1979. By 1987, the business consisted of a sawmill and pallet mill, producing pine and hardwood lumber, pallets, skids, boxes, and crates.
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| Research Date: | JKG 10-23-93; MCJ 12-08-95 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M. Johnson |