Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

SA-127

Corporate Name:

Kindred & McNair

Local Name:

Garrison

Owner Name:

Kindred & McNair

Location:

Unknown

County:

San Augustine

Years in Operation:

2 years

Start Year:

1909

End Year:

1910

Decades:

1900-1909,1910-1919

Period of Operation:

1909 to 1910

Town:

Unknown

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

350 in 1904, 530 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

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:

Unknown

Historicial Development:

Kindred & McNair first appeared in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907, as owning a sawmill at Garrison in Nacogdoches County. They, apparently, had moved the mill to San Augustine County sometime later, for in June 1909 they mortgaged $700 with H. B. Walling for a sawmill consisting of an Adams [Ames?] boiler, one 11-inch by 14-inch Adams steam engine, a 3-saw Curtis edger, a 2-saw 20-foot trimmer, a 24-inch cutoff saw, a 56-inch sawmill with a rope feed carriage, two 56-inch circular saws, two log wagons, a blacksmith shop, all located in San Augustine County. The county taxed the firm on product and boilers in 1910.

Research Date:

MCJ 02-19-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson