| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-207 |
| Corporate Name: | Quincy Crooke |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Quincy Crooke |
| Location: | Thomas Switch, just south of Splendora. Offices at Conroe. |
| County: | Montgomery |
| Years in Operation: | 3 years |
| Start Year: | 1927 |
| End Year: | 1929 |
| Decades: | 1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1927 to about 1929 |
| Town: | Thomas Switch |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 4000 in 1928; 2547 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine and hardwoods; crossties
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 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: | 25000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 25,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill edgers, trimmers, dry kilns
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| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | Quincy Crooke operated a sawmill during the 1920s at Thomas Switch (Thoms), in Montgomery County. A San Jacinto County chattel document of January 6, 1927, notes that this mill was located at Thomas Switch on the Houston East & West Texas railroad. The document further records the mill's equipment: a steam boiler and engine, an edger, and a trimmer. The sawmill firm, with an office at Conroe, according to the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th edition, in 1928, was cutting 25,000 feet daily , primarily crossties, and conducting logging operations on a twenty-mile tram road. The company also operated a commissary. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 03-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |