| Alpha-Numeric Key: | AG-139 |
| Corporate Name: | Sebron J. Cowart |
| Local Name: | Bronson |
| Owner Name: | Sebron J. Cowart. Joe Burnaman. |
| Location: | Huntington, located at the S. J. Cowart gin mill at Ivy |
| County: | Angelina |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1902 |
| End Year: | 1906 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1902 to 1906 |
| Town: | Huntington |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 350 in 1910 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 44”x12' Erie City boiler and 10”x15” Erie City steam engine
| 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: | 3000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 3,000 feet daily in 1906 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 50” circular sawmill with an edger and a cut-off saw |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & New Orleans (Southern Pacific) |
| Historicial Development: | Burnaman was reported to have moved his mill to Bronson in 1904 from Huntington. Burnaman's sawmill cut, near Huntington, had been contracted to Hall & Hayter. County deeds of trust records note in 1903 that equipment included a steam engine and boiler plus mules, wagons, and oxen. That year, Burnaman was cutting contract milling for Hayter & Hall. The Huntington plant was closed by September 1904, because fresh timber was out of reach. In December 1904, Burnaman mortgaged or sold his mill machinery at the S. J. Cowart place to J. J. Hayter.
Sebron J. Cowart apparently took over the Burnaman operation at Cowart's gin place. He was selling lumber from his mill to Craven Lumber Company of Dallas in March, 1906. Angelina County sawmill is normally listed at Huntington. However, Cowart had earlier been Ivy's postmaster in 1898, a nearby village. It is possible his small mill cut lumber for the local consumer, and the village grew up around the sawmill. The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported in September 1906 that the mill was cutting 3,000 feet daily. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 01-12-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |