| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HA-41 |
| Corporate Name: | Frazier and Frazier-Bunt-Hopkins |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Frazier and Frazier-Bunt-Hopkins. Jack Frazier and Perry Bunt, brothers-in-law. |
| Location: | Walker's Mill, south of FM 449 and west of Spring Branch off Walker Mill's Road |
| County: | Harrison |
| Years in Operation: | 7 years |
| Start Year: | 1944 |
| End Year: | 1950 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | 1944 to 1950s |
| Town: | Walker's Mill |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 617 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 |
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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: | About 10,000 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: | Sawmill and planing mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | Jack Frazier and brother-in-law Perry Bunt opened a sawmill at Walker's Mill in 1944. It was located along and at the end of a lane that ran east from Walker Mill's Road (directly south of the Athens Church Road), with Spring Branch immediately to their east. The Fraziers provided less than a dozen tenant houses. Sidney Hopkins joined the operation in 1945, and a planing mill was added. The firm became known Frazier, Bunt, Hopkins.
The community of Walker's Mill had been built in 1925 when the Walkers and Bunts closed down their mill community at nearby Gum Creek settlement.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 02-05-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |