Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	MO-215
Corporate Name:	Rice Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name:	J. C. Rice, Owner. Ed Rice. J. A. Rice.
Location:	Eleven miles west of Conroe
County:	Montgomery
Years in Operation:	30 years
Start Year:	1946
End Year:	1975
Decades:	1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979
Period of Operation:	1946 to 1957
Town:	Cleveland
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Dimension, fence material, pulpwood chips Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	1947: gasoline. 1966: electric. Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:	22000: 1958
Capacity Comments:	22,000 feet daily in an eight-hour shift
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	1947: Sawmill, edger. Later a sawmill with circular and chipper
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	Members of the Rice family operated the Rice Lumber Company, with offices at Cleveland, from the 1940s through the 1970s. Ed Rice of Cleveland in 1946 sold to F. A. Rice all the equipment of the Ed Rice Lumber Company of Cleveland. The mill was located eleven miles west of Conroe in Montgomery County. In the 1960s and 1970s, the mill employed more than twenty workers. Company logging equipment in 1947 included two GMC tandem trucks, a Chevrolet tandem truck, a pickup, three trailers, two tractors, six mules, three log tractors. The Rice Lumber Company was listed in the Directory of the Forest Products Industry in 1975.
Research Date:	MCJ 03-21-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson