| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HD-77 |
| Corporate Name: | Thompson-Ford Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Thompson-Ford Lumber Company. Frisco Lumber Company. A. C. Ford and W. B. Ward. Peter Doucette & Weiss. George Enloe. |
| Location: | Sour Lake or Ora |
| County: | Hardin |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1903 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | Possibly built in 1903 and abandoned before the end of 1907 |
| Town: | Sour Lake or Ora |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 99 in 1905 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | 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: | 35000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 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: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western; Texas & New Orleans. |
| Historicial Development: | The oil boom at Sour Lake led to the building of a sawmill by George Enloe as early as the fall of 1903. Peter Doucette bought the mill the following year. He moved it to Batson community then back to Sour Lake, where he took a partner by the name of Wiess. The Frisco Lumber Company of A. C. Ford and W. B. Ward, Jr., had the mill by 1906 and had moved it to Ora. The partners dismantled the mill and built a much larger operation about one and a half miles to the east in 1907. |
| Research Date: | JKG 10-13-93, MCJ 03-13-96 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |