Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: HD-13
Corporate Name: C. S. Johnson
Local Name:
Owner Name: C. S. Johnson
Location: Dolan [Dolen], fourteen miles east of Cleveland, two miles east of Rayborn
County: Hardin
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1906
End Year: 1906
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1906
Town: Dolan
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
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: 40,000 feet daily projected
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Gulf, Coast & Santa Fe
Historicial Development: C. S. Johnson and associates were planning on building a 40,000-feet sawmill at Dolan in order to harvest 6,000 acres of pine timber in Hardin County. The company was supposed to be incorporated at $100,000. Santa Fe was going to put in a switch at Dolan. No record exists that this happened. Four other companies were sawmilling in the Rayborn area at that time.
Research Date: MCJ 03-13-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson