| Alpha-Numeric Key: | UP-172 |
| Corporate Name: | Texas & Oklahoma Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Texas & Oklahoma Lumber Company - E.C. Williams and S. N. Mingo |
| Location: | East of Bettie at intersection of Bluebonnet Road and Lilly Creek |
| County: | Upshur |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1889 |
| End Year: | 1893 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889,1890-1899 |
| Period of Operation: | 1889 to 1893 |
| Town: | East of Bettie |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| 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 |
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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: | 35000: 1893 |
| Capacity Comments: | 35,000 feet daily in 1893 |
| 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: | St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) |
| Historicial Development: | Texas and Oklahoma Lumber Company, chartered at Tyler, Texas, bought the mills of E. C. Williams and S. J. Mingo on 22 June 1889. Equipment included Mill No. 1: the sawmill, a 12-inch by 20-inch Kingsland and Ferguson steam engine, a 60-foot flue boiler and #3 rival pumps, carriage, headblocks, and gang edger; Mill No.2: a 12-inch by 20-inch Kingsland and Ferguson steam engine, two boilers, etc; other 12-inch by 20-inch and 12-inch by 24-inch steam engines; and thirty-seven work oxen. D. L. Neal gave Texas and Oklahoma Lumber Company in 1889 a right of way across his land located between the company mill at the fork of Lilly and Cypress Creeks and the Cotton Belt tracks at Roberts Switch.
Texas & Oklahoma Lumber Company was cutting 35,000 feet daily at Gilmer in 1893. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-03-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |