| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SJ-29 |
| Corporate Name: | G. W. Reid & W. Roy Reed. |
| Local Name: | Keisler Mill |
| Owner Name: | G. W. Reid & W. Roy Reed. Keisler Mill, probably J. T. Keisler. |
| Location: | Enoch Jones Survey, five miles northeast of Oakhurst, on Pool's Creek |
| County: | San Jacinto |
| Years in Operation: | 8 years |
| Start Year: | 1916 |
| End Year: | 1923 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1916 to 1923 |
| Town: | Northeast of Oakhurst |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Eight tenant houses and a store house |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and finished lumber
 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: | |
| 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: | 1923: sawmill, planers, pipes, tools, etc. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| Historicial Development: | G. W. Reid, et al. registered in the San Jacinto Chattel Mortgage Register, on January 1, 1923, a sawmill and all timber being cut on the Enoch Jones Survey, to Johanna Manning, for $2,000. A mortgage of April 23, 1923, to T. E. Keisler reveals that the Keisler facility was a complete sawmill with a company town of a commissary and tenant houses. Reid had bought timber stumpage from the estate of D. J. Young and Mary E. Carey, owners of the old Columbia Lumber Company that had sold out to Palmetto Lumber Company. The stumpage was located on 823 acres in the Enoch Jones Survey and 200 acres in the J Foster survey near the mill in San Jacinto County. A chattel document of June 12, 1923, lists the sawmill, eight tenant houses, a store house, wagons, mules, harness sets, and about 400,000 feet of lumber.
G. W. Reid owned another mill two and a half miles southeast of Oakhurst during these years. |
| Research Date: | JKG 6-24-94, M. Johnson 02-23-96 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M. Johnson |