| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-37 |
| Corporate Name: | Bowden-Meador Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Bowden-Meador Lumber Company with A. W. Meador, vice-president; A. A. Meadow, secretary. |
| Location: | Libby: intersection of J. B. Nix (243) and 1878 |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 2 years |
| Start Year: | 1906 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1906 to 1907 |
| Town: | Libby, near Appleby |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| 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 |
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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: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | About 25,000 feet |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas Railroad at Garrison (later Southern Pacific) |
| Historicial Development: | This business was the only sawmiller listed as a manufacturer of lumber at Libby in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907. It would have been located northeast of Appleby and south of Garrison.
The original plant was the Henry Matlock sawmill plant located northeast of Linn Flat. A. Donegan bought it and then sold the plant to Bowden-Meador, which transferred it to the Libby area. Ball-Gose Lumber Company of St Louis bought its dressed lumber. Bowden-Meador paid its debts to Henderson Iron Works by selling it more than three hundred thousand feet of lumber. The firm disappears after 1907 from newspaper and trade journal articles.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |