Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

HO-17

Corporate Name:

Boatwright

Local Name:

Boatwright Mill

Owner Name:

M. C. Boatwright. J. Walter Boatwright.

Location:

Tadmore

County:

Houston

Years in Operation:

4 years

Start Year:

1927

End Year:

1930

Decades:

1920-1929,1930-1939

Period of Operation:

1927 to the early 1930s

Town:

Tadmore

Company Town:

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:

Unknown

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Circular

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Unknown

Historicial Development:

Boatwright, according to H. Sides, was sawmilling at Tadmore during the early 1930s in Houston County. A bill of sale, recorded in the Houston County records, reveals that J. Walter Boatwright sold his sawmill plant to M. C. Boatwright in 1927 for $800. Property included a boiler, a circular sawmill and carriage, a “steam engine, all machinery, located in Houston County, Texas.”

Research Date:

MCJ 02-20-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson