| Alpha-Numeric Key: | PA-147 |
| Corporate Name: | Vansickle & Barber |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | F. Vansickle & Barber. Vansycle & Pruitt. |
| Location: | Sugar Hill with a Beckville post office |
| County: | Panola |
| Years in Operation: | 3 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1905 and 1907 |
| Town: | Sugar Hill |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 58 in 1905 |
| 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: | 10-inch by12-inch Chandler 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: | Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern, became Texas & Gulf in 1905, at Carthage |
| Historicial Development: | Vansycle & Pruitt were listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905 edition as sawmillers at Sugar Hill, and again in 1907. The Panola County records note the name as “Vansickle.” Apparently, by 1907, Vansickle's partner was a man named Barber. They mortgaged on that day a 44-inch by 14-foot boiler and a side-crank Chandler steam engine with Southern Trading Company. On January 22, 1907, F. Vansickle mortgaged “One Saw Mill Complete” with A. B. Palmore, as Trustee. F. Van Sickle mortgaged with Walter Connally for a No. 2 Mississippi three-saw edger on March 23, 1907. F. Van Sickle sold J. W. Cooke, a local bank cashier, 500,000 feet of lumber on October 18, 1907, plus 100,000 shingles stacked at Ballinson's shingle mill. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-08-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |