| Alpha-Numeric Key: | TY-62 |
| Corporate Name: | Tyler County Land & Lumber Company. Texas Yellow Pine Lumber Company (J.I. Campbell Co) (Warren Land and Lumber Company) |
| Local Name: | Warren |
| Owner Name: | Tyler County Land & Lumber Company. J. I. & Lee Campbell changed the J. I. Campbell Lumber Company to Texas Yellow Pine Lumber Company; Warren Land & Lumber Company: Alex. Young, Wm Brough, & Kruger. |
| Location: | Warren, twelve miles south of Woodville |
| County: | Tyler |
| Years in Operation: | 27 years |
| Start Year: | 1882 |
| End Year: | 1908 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889,1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | About 1882 to 1908 |
| Town: | Warren |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 1000 by 1889; 833 in 1905. Commissary, tenant housing. |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | All grades of finished and unfinished lumber and timbers
 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: 1886 175000: 1900 |
| Capacity Comments: | From 50,000 feet daily in 1886 to 175,000 by 1900 (two mills) |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1884: saw and planing mill. Campbell: A complete lumber operation with single circular in two separate mills, and including saw mill proper, dry kilns, and planing mill. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Sabine & East Texas railroad (Texas & New Orleans) |
| Historicial Development: | Alexander Young of Warren, Pennsylvania, followed construction of the Sabine and East Texas railroad north out of Beaumont and founded in south-central Tyler County the sawmill establishment known as the Warren Land and Lumber Company in 1882. Young's 50,000 saw mill and 30,000 planer were soon joined in late 1887 by a 70,000 sawmill built by William Brough and a Mr. Krueger, both from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The location of the new mill was reported as being 400 yards from Young's mill, and the exact nature of the business relationship is unclear. Young served as the president and manager of the Warren Land and Lumber Company, and Brough served as the company's operating superintendent, but the two mills, with a combined daily cutting capacity of 125,000 feet, maintained separate identities in news reports. The two mills did share the same operating offices and sales force. R. L. Van Sant, locating engineer for Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, reported that both mills, in 1890, were owned by A. Young of Warren Lumber Company. For unknown reasons, the Warren Lumber Company went into receivership in 1891, but continued to prosper. Improvements were made to both mills, and they soon made record cuts in 1895 and 1896.
The J.I. Campbell Company of Houston (James Ira Campbell) began operating the mills in 1897 as the Texas Yellow Pine Lumber Company. Beginning in 1904, fire and related financial woes (the company was in receivership by 1905) led to the operations demise, about 1908. The Tyler County Land & Lumber Company, with W. H. Norris, receiver, was handling this company's affairs in 1906 and 1907. The 55th District Court closed the company for good in 1908. |
| Research Date: | JKG 8-2-93, MCJ 02-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |