Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: WD-4
Corporate Name: Audie Edwards Stegall
Local Name:
Owner Name: Audie Edwards Stegall. Oliver, Joe, and Albert Barton
Location: In the southeastern part of the county
County: Wood
Years in Operation: 10 years
Start Year: 1910
End Year: 1919
Decades: 1910-1919
Period of Operation: 1910 to at least 1919
Town: Southeastern part of county
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
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: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: According to "This Everlasting Sand Bed": Cultural Resources Investigations at the Texas Big Sandy Project, Wood and Upshur Counties, Texas, the Barton Brothers owned a steam sawmill in the southeastern part of the county in 1910, north of Hawkins. Audie Edwards Stegall had the mill by 1919.
Research Date: JKG 12-3-93, MCJ 04-22-96
Prepared By: J Gerland, M Johnson