| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SA-2 |
| Corporate Name: | Sturgis Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Sturgis Lumber Company, also known as Boynton Lumber Company or Boynton Brothers. Albert Boynton, president; Simon W. Henderson, vice-president; M. M. Boynton, secretary-treasurer |
| Location: | Sturgis, near White City |
| County: | San Augustine |
| Years in Operation: | 12 years |
| Start Year: | 1917 |
| End Year: | 1928 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1910s and 1920s |
| Town: | Sturgis, near White City |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 900 in 1928 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and finished lumber from hardwoods and pines
| 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: | 50000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | Sawmill cut of 50,000 feet daily and planing mill cut 80,000 feet daily in 1928 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular saw and planing mills, edgers, trimmers, resaw, dry kilns |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | St Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
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| Historicial Development: | The Sturgis Lumber Company was organized by Albert and Walter Boynton, along with Simon Henderson of Keltys, Texas. The brothers also had operated sawmills in Angelina, Panola, and Newton counties. The Boynton brothers moved their mill from Logtown, Newton County sometime between 1912 and 1917 to Sturgis, San Augustine County, near White City.
The mill appeared in the 1928 edition of the Southern Lumberman's directory of sawmills as manufacturing ash, beech, elm, black, red and sweet gum, hickory, red and white oak, and longleaf and short leaf pine lumber at 50,000 feet per day. The Boynton mill operation at Sturgis had a logging road and a town commissary. |
| Research Date: | JKG, 8-20-93 MCJ 02-19-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |