Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: WD-77
Corporate Name: Tom Pogue
Local Name:
Owner Name: Tom Pogue
Location: About twelve miles north of Hawkins
County: Wood
Years in Operation: 9 years
Start Year: 1916
End Year: 1924
Decades: 1910-1919,1920-1929
Period of Operation: 1916 to 1924
Town: North of Hawkins
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 Timothy K. Perttula et al's "This Everlasting Sand Bed": Cultural Resources Investigations at the Texas Big Sandy Project, Wood and Upshur Counties, Texas, Tom Pogue operated a steam-powered sawmill north of Hawkins and west of Rhonesboro from 1916 to 1924.
Research Date: MCJ 04-22-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson