Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CS-39
Corporate Name: Wrays sawmill site
Local Name:
Owner Name: Wrays sawmill site
Location: Wrays or Wray's Store, central part of county
County: Cass
Years in Operation: 11 years
Start Year: 1890
End Year: 1900
Decades: 1890-1899,1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1890 until early 1900s
Town: Wrays or Wray's Store
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: Unknown
Historicial Development: The Handbook of Texas noted that Wrays or Wray's Store, in the central portion of Cass County, was the location of a sawmill from 1890 until the early 1900s. The community was on a mail route from Linden.
Research Date: MCJ 04-02-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson