| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HO-135 |
| Corporate Name: | T. H. Leaverton Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | T. H. Leaverton Lumber Company [Herbert?] |
| Location: | Grapeland, about ten miles north of Crockett |
| County: | Houston |
| Years in Operation: | 23 years |
| Start Year: | 1906 |
| End Year: | 1928 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1900s to 1920s |
| Town: | Grapeland |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 750 in 1905; 3,000 in 1928; 1027 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Finished lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
 Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably 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: | 12000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 12,000 feet in 1906. No listing for 1928. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Planing mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| Historicial Development: | The T. H. Leaverton Lumber Company had been connected with lumber manufacturing in Grapeland since 1906. T. H. Leaverton was recorded as producing 12,000 feet daily that year. T. H. Leaverton was listed in the 1928 edition of the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills as running a planing mill operation at Grapeland.
Interestingly enough, he had not been listed in either the 1905 or 1907 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, nor in the 1915 issue of the Department of Commerce's Directory of American Sawmills. Either he or the company had been inactive for a period of time, or, at least in the case of 1915, when no sawmill had been listed for Grapeland, Leaverton had simply not been recorded.
W. T. Block believes Leaverton was the Herbert Leaverton who was enumerated in the Census of 1910, living at Residence 352 of Enumeration District 62, as a “sawmill lumberman and employer.” |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |