Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CK-275
Corporate Name: Moon Crosstie Mill
Local Name:
Owner Name: Moon Crosstie Mill
Location: Near Forest
County: Cherokee
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1949
End Year: 1950
Decades: 1940-1949,1950-1959
Period of Operation: Late 1940s and early 1950s
Town: Near Forest
Company Town: 0
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Crossties
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: St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
Historicial Development: Grady Felder recalled a sawmill operation ran by a man named Moon for some years, beginning about 1949, in the Forest and Weches area of Cherokee County. Moon cut crossties.
Research Date: MCJ 01-30-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson