Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

WD-14

Corporate Name:

Charles Warner

Local Name:

First Mill

Owner Name:

Charles Warner

Location:

Between Hawkins and Big Sandy on the tracks of the Texas & Pacific

County:

Wood

Years in Operation:

11 years

Start Year:

1874

End Year:

1884

Decades:

1870-1879,1880-1889

Period of Operation:

1874 to 1884

Town:

Hawkins

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

Type of Mill:

Lumber

Sawmill	Pine Sawmill	Hardwood Sawmill	Cypress Sawmill
Planer	Planer Only	Shingle	Paper
Plywood	Cotton	Grist	Unknown
Other

Power Source:

40-horsepower steam engine

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

Capacity Comments:

Unknown

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Sawmill

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Texas & Pacific

Historicial Development:

Charles Warner moved his sawmill from Arkansas to its new location between Hawkins and Big Sandy, next to the tracks of the Texas & Pacific, in Wood County. Here he built twenty-two tenant homes for his millworkers and built a tram road north into pineries that he owned along Big Sandy Creek. He estimated he could cut three carloads of lumber daily. He was listed in the The Lumberman's Directory of Saw Mills, Shingle Mills and Other Wood Working Factories in the Northwest, South, and Southwest in 1880 as having a sawmill at Hawkins. In fact, he was several miles east of the town. As he cut out timber reserves close to his mill, he prepared to move to a new site some miles due north, just south of Big Sandy Creek. He made the move in 1884.

Research Date:

MCJ 04-22-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson