Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: NA-230
Corporate Name: S. F. Bacom Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: S. F. Bacom Lumber Company
Location: Three miles south of Sacul
County: Nacogdoches
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1904
End Year: 1905
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1904 and 1905
Town: Three miles south of Sacul
Company Town: 1
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: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Texas & New Orleans Railway
Historicial Development: The Beaumont Journal referred to the large mill of S. F. Bacom three miles south of Sacul. It was not listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905 or the “Lumber Mills of Texas,” Southern Industrial & Lumber Review, September 6,1906 issues. It was not listed in the 1907 edition of the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association.
Research Date: MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By: M Johnson