| History: | Located at Clevenger, north on the Texas & New Orleans crossing of the Angelina River, Joe P. Clevenger operated a sawmill and a company town named after him of about 200 people. He operated a company tram of one locomotive, fifteen tram cars, and three miles of track. Clevenger entered lumber business about 1898. His original mill was located about two miles west of Nacogdoches about 1899. When he cutout the timber, Clevenger moved in 1901 eight miles east of town, then moved to the final location on the Texas and New Orleans Railway in 1902. The location is now under Lake Rayburn. By 1904, the mill at Clevenger was cutting 50,000 feet daily with the latest of sawmill machinery. Two miles of steel-rail tram road had been laid into the pineries west of the tracks of the Texas and New Orleans. The mill employed sixty men regularly. The company tram'road had three miles of road, one locomotive, and fifteen tram cars.
Keeling lists Clevenger with one geared locomotive at Clevenger. |