Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

CK-158

Corporate Name:

Henry Grogan

Local Name:

Owner Name:

Henry Grogan. Grogan Brothers Lumber Company with Vernon Grogan and Henry Grogan.

Location:

On the Tom Allen place

County:

Cherokee

Years in Operation:

11 years

Start Year:

1950

End Year:

1960

Decades:

1950-1959,1960-1969

Period of Operation:

1950s to 1960

Town:

On the Tom Allen place

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

Type of Mill:

Rough and finished lumber

Sawmill	Pine Sawmill	Hardwood Sawmill	Cypress Sawmill
Planer	Planer Only	Shingle	Paper
Plywood	Cotton	Grist	Unknown
Other

Power Source:

Electric

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 and planer

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

None

Historicial Development:

A Grogan forerunner of the later Grogan Brothers Lumber Company at Alto was a peckerwood mill located on the Tom Allen place. Most of the movement of timber, lumber, and product was done by muscle power, horse and human. The company operated a commissary. The operation was listed in Nelson Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas of 1957. Henry Grogan sold out to Vernon Grogan his share of the Grogan Brothers sawmill for $10, located on Highway 69 between Alto and Rusk. Equipment included an HD-7 Allis bulldozer, a D-4 cat, an International log truck, a log loader, and the sawmill and power plant.

Research Date:

MCJ 01-26-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson