Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

GG-82

Corporate Name:

R. R. Chaney

Local Name:

Cherokee Mill

Owner Name:

R. R. Chaney

Location:

Longview

County:

Gregg

Years in Operation:

6 years

Start Year:

1888

End Year:

1893

Decades:

1880-1889,1890-1899

Period of Operation:

1888 to 1893

Town:

Longview

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:

Steam

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

Capacity Comments:

12,000 feet daily

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Sawmill and planing mill

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Texas & Pacific

Historicial Development:

R. R. Chaney, a noted sawmiller in the counties of Gregg, Harrison, and Panola, had a manufacturing plant located at Longview in the 1880s and 1890s. His “Cherokee mill” was located on the tracks of the Texas, Sabine Valley & Longview. He sold a bill of lumber, manufactured at the mill, to Armstrong & Evans for $4,444.40, in 1888, according to county records. R. R. Chaney, in 1893, was cutting 12,000 feet daily of lumber at Longview. Later that year, Chaney leased one-half of his interest in his planing mill at Longview Station to the Longview Lumber Company.

Research Date:

MCJ 04-19-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson