Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: NA-250
Corporate Name: Tom Wallace
Local Name:
Owner Name: Tom Wallace
Location: Cushing
County: Nacogdoches
Years in Operation: 9 years
Start Year: 1907
End Year: 1915
Decades: 1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation: After 1907 to 1915
Town: Cushing
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Sawtimber
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: Logging equipment
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Texas & New Orleans
Historicial Development: Tom Wallace, after selling the Cushing Lumber Company in 1907 to J. H. Summers & Sons, continued in the lumber industry. He sold peeled pine logs to other companies for tram and sawmill purposes.
Research Date: MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By: M Johnson