| Alpha-Numeric Key: | OR-58 |
| Corporate Name: | Whitman's Bluff Logging Camp |
| Local Name: | Whitman's Bluff |
| Owner Name: | Kirby Lumber Company. Bancroft Lumber Company. |
| Location: | 100 miles north of Orange on the Sabine River. |
| County: | Orange |
| Years in Operation: | 31 years |
| Start Year: | 1900 |
| End Year: | 1930 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939 |
| Period of Operation: | 1900 to about 1930 |
| Town: | Whitman's Bluff |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Sawlogs and sawtimber
| 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: | Possibly a circular sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The Bancroft Lumber Company operated a company commissary and logging camp on a 13,800 pinery at Whitman's Bluff on the Sabine River in 1900. The camp became part of the Kirby Lumber Company when it bought out Bancroft Lumber. E. W. Bancroft worked fifty men at Whitman's for Kirby Lumber Company in 1902. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-03-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |