| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HO-125 |
| Corporate Name: | Rube Sessions |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Rube Sessions. Bob and Jim Wells. |
| Location: | Tadmuth [Tadmore] |
| County: | Houston |
| Years in Operation: | 8 years |
| Start Year: | 1930 |
| End Year: | 1937 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939 |
| Period of Operation: | 1930s |
| Town: | Tadmuth [Tadmore] |
| 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 |
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| Power Source: | Gasoline
| 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Portable sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | H. Sides told V. L. Beasley that Jim and Bob Wells operated a gasoline-powered, portable sawmill at Tadmuth [probably Tadmore] in Houston County during the 1930s. They sold it to Rube Sessions. This may have been a contract, portable sawmill operation supplying the Sessions Lumber Company.
A Houston County record of 1937 noted that J. D. Sheridan sold ten thousand feet of pine lumber to H. B Mangum, “being the lumber I bought from Wells' Brothers sawmill in Houston County, Texas.” |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |