| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-126 |
| Corporate Name: | Galloway & Wright Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | Clevenger |
| Owner Name: | Joe P. Clevenger of Clevenger Lumber Company. Galloway & Wright Lumber Company . |
| Location: | North of Durst Road and along the east bank of the Moral Bayou, west of Nacogdoches |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 3 years |
| Start Year: | 1899 |
| End Year: | 1901 |
| Decades: | 1890-1899,1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1899 to 1901 |
| Town: | West of Nacogdoches |
| 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 |
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| Power Source: | 100 horsepower steam engine
| 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: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | None |
| Historicial Development: | Local and state-wide newspapers reported that Joe Clevenger entered the lumber business about 1898. His original mill was located about two miles west of Nacogdoches about 1899. Nacogdoches County Deed Records note transactions beginning as early as 1888 and extending to 1910 in which Clevenger was buying and selling land two to three and a half miles west of Nacogdoches. Much of the land is north of Durst Road and along the east bank of Moral Bayou. The sawmill was probably located in the Juan de Acosta grant.
When he cutout the timber, Clevenger moved in 1901 eight miles east of town, then moved to the final location on the Texas and New Orleans Railway in 1902.
Galloway & Wright Lumber Company bought the Joe P. Clevenger Mill and reported it was temporarily closing the plant down in April, 1900. The paper reported on February 27, 1901 that Joe Clevenger sold his lumber on the mill yard to C. C. Galloway and would begin tearing up his machinery in a few days and moving it Dorr Creek on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, where he would put in a much larger mill and proceed to cut some fine pine timber.
The local newspaper mentioned March 6, 1901, that Joe Clevenger moved his sawmill machinery from west of town to a location about eight miles east of town on the new railroad. The great machinery passed through the town “yesterday.” Clevenger had cut up almost all the standing timber at the old mill, where he had been for about two years, and had to move to “tall timber.” |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |