Alpha-Numeric Key: | MS-11 |
Corporate Name: | D. T. Colquitt |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | D. T. Colquitt |
Location: | Daingerfield |
County: | Morris |
Years in Operation: | 3 years |
Start Year: | 1905 |
End Year: | 1907 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1905 to 1907 |
Town: | Daingerfield |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 1000 in 1905, 4,000 in 1928; 1000 in 1934 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Yellow pine lumber, and shingles after 1907
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Unknown
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: | |
Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Sawmill and, after 1907, a shingle mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Missouri, Kansas, & Texas |
Historicial Development: | D.T. Colquitt appeared in the January 1905 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association as a manufacturer and wholesaler of yellow pine lumber at Daingerfield. He also appeared in the LCA 1907 edition.
Upshur County deed records note that D. T. Colquitt took a timber deed and right-of-way with J. W. Nutt et al on land located in the William Whittaker survey. |
Research Date: | JKG 10-20-93, MCJ 04-02-96 |
Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |