Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: MO-189
Corporate Name: Oscar Giles
Local Name:
Owner Name: Oscar Giles
Location: Conroe
County: Montgomery
Years in Operation: 3 years
Start Year: 1957
End Year: 1959
Decades: 1950-1959
Period of Operation: 1957 to about 1959
Town: Conroe
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: 7,298 in 1950
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Pine 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 and planing mill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: Oscar Giles appeared in the 1957 edition of Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 reported that Giles operated a planing mill as well as the sawmill.
Research Date: MCJ 03-20-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson