| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SM-65 |
| Corporate Name: | Sessions Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Homer and Rube Sessions. Arp Lumber Company. Sessions Lumber Company. |
| Location: | Highways 135 and 2107, southwest of Arp |
| County: | Smith |
| Years in Operation: | 19 years |
| Start Year: | 1931 |
| End Year: | 1949 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1931 to the 1940s |
| Town: | Arp |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine and hardwood lumber
 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: 1945 |
| 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 and planing mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Missouri Pacific |
| Historicial Development: | M. Cooper told Vernon L. Beasley that Homer Sessions' sawmill at Arp had a daily cutting capacity of 40,000 feet. He remembered that it was a “big mill” with a commissary, tenant houses, and a planer. According Cooper, Sessions built a larger mill at Artesia, New Mexico, which corresponds with the information above. The Smith County records reveal that Homer Sessions had bought land in the Easton Gee League in 1937 and that his operation was located about one mile southwest of Arp. In 1931, according to the Cherokee County History, Sessions opened the Arp Lumber Company at Arp, Texas, and a lumber yard at nearby Troup, Texas.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 04-17-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |