Alpha-Numeric Key: | LE-16 |
Corporate Name: | Ogletree Hardwood Lumber Company. |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Ogletree Hardwood Lumber Company. George Royden Ogletree and Seaborn Ogletree. |
Location: | Oakwood |
County: | Leon |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1927 |
End Year: | 1927 |
Decades: | 1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | 1927 |
Town: | Oakwood |
Company Town: | 2 |
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: | 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: | |
Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
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: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | This sawmill site appears in a San Jacinto County mortgage register of 1927. A 1934 San Jacinto County deed record notes that other Ogletree mills were at Crockett, Shepherd, New Caney, Livingston, and Center.
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Research Date: | MCJ 03-11-96
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Prepared By: | M Johnson |