| Alpha-Numeric Key: | AG-43 |
| Corporate Name: | Angelina Orchard Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Hooks Lumber Company. Angelina Orchard Company, Charles S. Bonant, Boston, president in 1905. |
| Location: | Manton, northeast Angelina County |
| County: | Angelina |
| Years in Operation: | 9 years |
| Start Year: | 1904 |
| End Year: | 1912 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1904 to sometime after 1912 |
| Town: | Manton |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 150 in 1910 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Sawmill and planing mill
 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: | Angelina Orchard: Sawmill, crate and box company. Hooks: sawmill and planing mill. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & New Orleans |
| Historicial Development: | The Beaumont Journal mentioned an unidentified Manton sawmill in 1904, which was probably the Angelina Orchid Company. The firm operated a sawmill and a box and crate factory at Manton in the first part of the century. It failed about 1912. F. M. Hooks Lumber Company bought the land, commissary, and tenant houses. When he cut the timber out, Hooks moved his sawmill and planing mill elsewhere.
Guy Croom records that the small mill was between the old Moffett school and church. Logging was done by mule.
Manton was, according to Archie Birdsong Matthews and Bob Bowman, a small sawmill center after the turn of the century. Located in northeast Angelina County on the tracks of the Texas & New Orleans. Webb noted that Manton “was a sawmill town in the early 1900's and had a population of 150 in 1910.” |
| Research Date: | MCJ 01-12-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |