| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SB-4 |
| Corporate Name: | Temple-Inland Forest Products, Inc. (Garrison-Norton) |
| Local Name: | Pineland |
| Owner Name: | Temple Inland Forest Products, Inc. Temple Eastex. Temple Lumber Company. Pineland-Norton Lumber Company. Garrison-Norton Lumber Company. |
| Location: | Highway 83 and railroad tracks at Pineland |
| County: | Sabine |
| Years in Operation: | 91 years |
| Start Year: | 1906 |
| End Year: | 1996 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999 |
| Period of Operation: | 1906 to 1996 |
| Town: | Pineland |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 1905: 800; 1928; 3,000; 1988: 1,118 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | A variety of forest wood products. 1928: longleaf and shortleaf yellow pine; timbers, laths. 1975: an assorted series of forest products items.
| Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam, electricity
| 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: | 100000: 1908 125000: 1921 300000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 100000: 1908. Increased from 125,000 feet daily in 1921 to 300,000 feet daily in 1928. 1975: 160,000 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: | 1928: Double bandsaw, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns, logging road, commissary. 1943: two single cutting bands and large gang saw. Post 1960: updated band, barker, planers, chippers, and resaws. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Coast & Santa Fe. |
| Historicial Development: | In 1906, Garrison-Norton bought a 6,000 acre tract near Pineland and began a pony mill to start clearing land for the construction of a larger mill. T. L. L. Temple of Southern Pine Lumber Company purchased a one-third interest in Garrison-Norton about the time it completed its takeover of several local mills. The mill in 1908 could saw 100,000 feet daily. Mr. Temple's influence in Garrison-Norton grew, resulting in the change of the company name to Pineland- Norton in 1909, and, with eastern financing, gained control of the Garrison operations in the area of Rush and Pineland under the name of the Temple Lumber Company. The various mills and equipment were consolidated at Pineland.
A new Temple mill was built in 1910, burned in 1914, and was rebuilt. Pineland was a company town for several decades. By 1927, Pineland had two hotels, several churches, schools, and one commissary. The high school class of 1929 sent twelve of its graduates onto higher education. The mill received an electric light set early in the Temple years, and its one-time shipping clerk, Eck G. Prud'homme, remembered that the town had water and lights when he was transferred to Diboll in 1916. The white tenants had home electricity two to three decades before their rural contemporaries in the county. By 1930, the town had a movie house that regularly provided current films.
In 1967, the mill dropped hardwood milling which had averaged 20,000,000 feet annually in order to upgrade pine lumber processing to 60,000,000 feet annually. In 1982, Temple EasTex was building a chip mill/log processing facility on 13.5 acres. By the 1990s, the operation was controlled by Temple Inland Forest Products, Inc., of Diboll. |
| Research Date: | JKG 10-20-93, MCJ 12-05-95 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |