Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: BO-78
Corporate Name: Southern Pine Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Southern Pine Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana, Tex.
County: Bowie
Years in Operation: 66 years
Start Year: 1892
End Year: 1957
Decades: 1890-1899,1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959,
Period of Operation: 1892 to 1957
Town: Texarkana
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
Power Source: Unknown
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. St. Louis Southwestern.
Historicial Development: The earliest record of Southern Pine Lumber Company's presence in Texas is a Bowie County Deed Record that reveals T. L. L. Temple, whom had been sawmilling earlier in Cass County, sold land at Texarkana to the company in 1892 for $3,471.78. The latest record remains Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas, which was published in 1957.
Research Date: MCJ 03-08-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson