Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: NA-120
Corporate Name: Floyd Wallace
Local Name:
Owner Name: Floyd Wallace. Summers-Tucker Lumber Company.
Location: Red Flat Community, thirteen miles northwest of Nacogdoches
County: Nacogdoches
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1938
End Year: 1938
Decades: 1930-1939
Period of Operation: 1938
Town: Red Flat Community
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber
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: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Possibly a circular sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: The Summers-Tucker Lumber Company sold its sawmill complex at Red Flat Community, thirteen miles northwest of Nacogdoches, to Floyd Wallace in 1938. The Summers-Tucker Lumber Company owners were E. B. Tucker and Jesse Summers, of the Nacogdoches County Lumber Company. Floyd Wallace was a local Cushing sawmill owner.
Research Date: MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By: M Johnson