| Alpha-Numeric Key: | WD-64 |
| Corporate Name: | Ragley Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Ragley Lumber Company. W. G. Ragley, sons Martin J. Ragley and Frank J. Ragley, and son-in-law A. H. Schluter. W. T. Whitman [Whiteman]. |
| Location: | Winnsboro |
| County: | Wood |
| Years in Operation: | 15 years |
| Start Year: | 1890 |
| End Year: | 1904 |
| Decades: | 1890-1899,1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1890s to 1904 |
| Town: | Winnsboro |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| 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 |
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| Power Source: | Unknown
| 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: | 20000: 1895 |
| Capacity Comments: | 20,000 feet of lumber 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 |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas Southern (Company tram) |
| Historicial Development: | W. G. Ragley immigrated to Texas from Iowa in 1879. He had earlier run a water mill in Pennsylvania. During the 1880s and 1890s, Ragley operated mills at Jefferson, Kildare, and at Winnsboro, where he created the Ragley Lumber Company. Ragley and his partners erected and operated the Ragley mills at Ragley, Texas, and Ragley, Louisiana, for many years after the turn of the century.
Ragley Lumber Company laid a tram road through Wood County in 1897.
The Ragleys, H. Schluter, and W. T. Whiteman were all involved in the sawmill at East Winnsboro. The Ragley Lumber Company succeeded the Schluter-Whitman Lumber Company in 1901 at Winnsboro. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 04-22-96
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| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |