| Alpha-Numeric Key: | AG-27 |
| Corporate Name: | Durant Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | Durant |
| Owner Name: | Durant Lumber Company. Arch Caraway. Louie C. Odum. Tilford-Hunt Lumber Company. Glena Lumber Company. |
| Location: | Durant, near Clawson, intersection of 19 and 21 at railroad tracks |
| County: | Angelina |
| Years in Operation: | 20 years |
| Start Year: | 1909 |
| End Year: | 1928 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1909 to 1928 |
| Town: | Durant |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 200 in 1905, 25 in 1920 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and finished pine and hardwoods with 40% tie production
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | 40000: 1915 30000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 40,000 feet daily in 1915, 30,000 feet daily in 1928. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill and planing mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) |
| Historicial Development: | This sawmill town went by the name of Durant. The same sawmill was represented at different times by Louie Odum, Arch Carraway, the Tilford-Hunt Lumber Company, and the Glena Lumber Company. The mill opened about 1909, and the area was named Durant about the time it received a post office in October 1909. Louie C. Odum was the first post master. He operated his mill until 1913 when he sold out to Arch Caraway of Nacogdoches County. Caraway contracted the sawmill cut to the Tilford-Hunt Lumber Company of Nacogdoches; the latter never had its own mill at or near the town. Louie C. Odum, doing business as the Glena Lumber Company at Durant, regained control of the mill before 1918 but continued to sell the sawmill cut to Tilford-Hunt Lumber.
The Durant Lumber Company was listed in the Southern Lumberman's 1928 directory of sawmills under a Lufkin heading. |
| Research Date: | JKG 12-8-93, MCJ 12-04-95 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |