| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-58 |
| Corporate Name: | A. B. Stoker |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | A. B. Stoker. M. D. Stoker. |
| Location: | Stack or Stoker, ten miles on the Upper Nacogdoches and Martinsville Road |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 10 years |
| Start Year: | 1901 |
| End Year: | 1910 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1901 to 1910 |
| Town: | Stack or Stoker |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Shingles, cotton, cornmeal
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
 Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Small steam engine and boiler
| 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Iron frame Triumph shingle mill, a De Loach drag saw, a grist mill, a 50-saw Winship gin, a set of cotton scales, gin belts, a boiler, a bolting saw, a shingle saw, an Emory stand, a Murray 9-inch by 14-inch steam engine, and a 9-foot by 36-inch boiler. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | None |
| Historicial Development: | M. D. Stoker's mill probably pre-dated 1900. In February, 1901, the Nacogdoches newspaper reported that M. D. Stoker had a log rolling Monday: a good crowd and lots of lifting.
M. D. Stoker sold in 1910 to A. B. Stoker for $1,000 the following equipment at the village of Stoker in eastern Nacogdoches County: an iron frame Triumph shingle mill, a De Loach drag saw, a grist mill, a 50-saw Winship gin, a set of cotton scales, gin belts, a boiler, a bolting saw, a shingle saw, an Emory stand, a Murray 9-inch by 14-inch steam engine, and a 9-foot by 36-inch boiler.
The equipment, particularly the small size of the engine and boiler, indicates that this operation was primarily one producing cornmeal and cotton with shingles as a secondary product. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |