| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HO-126 |
| Corporate Name: | S. B. Blackman |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | S. B. Blackman with W. V. Langham |
| Location: | Grapeland, about ten miles north of Crockett |
| County: | Houston |
| Years in Operation: | 7 years |
| Start Year: | 1930 |
| End Year: | 1936 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939 |
| Period of Operation: | 1930 to 1936 |
| Town: | Grapeland |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 750 in 1905; 3,000 in 1928; 1027 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and dressed lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Unknown
| 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: | Sawmill and planer |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| Historicial Development: | S. B. Blackman operated a sawmill and a planer about ten miles north of Crockett in 1930, according to Houston County records. In that year, he sold, for $235, to W. V. Langham his “entire sawmill known as the Blackman sawmill situated 10 miles north of Crockett in Houston County, property to remain in possession of S. B. Blackman as long as he operates mill on a commission basis to be 50% split of net profits of mill and planer.”
Blackmon [sic] was noted as sawmilling at Grapeland in 1934 by the Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934.
Langham sold back his interest to Blackman in 1936. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |