Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: BO-80
Corporate Name: State Line Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: State Line Lumber Company
Location: Texarkana
County: Bowie
Years in Operation: 3 years
Start Year: 1926
End Year: 1928
Decades: 1920-1929
Period of Operation: 1926 to 1928
Town: Texarkana
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: 33,000 in 1928
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Hardwoods and pine
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 25000: 1928
Capacity Comments: 25,000 feet daily
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns, rotary veneer mills
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Kansas City Southern, Missouri Pacific, Texas & Pacific, St Louis Southwestern
Historicial Development: State Line Lumber Company operated a sawmill business in Texarkana during the 1920s. A State Line Lumber Company had earlier operated on the Sabine River at the juncture of Panola and Harrison counties about 1910.
Research Date: MCJ 03-08-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson