| Alpha-Numeric Key: | JA-5 |
| Corporate Name: | Palmetto Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Palmetto Lumber Company, a subdivision of Ford-Isbell at Fort Worth, with the main plant at Oakhurst. A. C. Ford, President. By 1928, the main plant was at Jasper with offices at Houston. E. A. Oualline. |
| Location: | Jasper: Palmetto Road and railroad tracks |
| County: | Jasper |
| Years in Operation: | 14 years |
| Start Year: | 1915 |
| End Year: | 1928 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1915 to at least 1928 |
| Town: | Jasper |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Longleaf and shortleaf yellow pine
 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: | 75000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 1928: 40,000 feet daily cut, with a 75,000-feet daily capacity. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, logging road, dry kiln |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Coast, & Santa Fe |
| Historicial Development: | Ellis A. Oualline was reported by The Gulf Coast Lumberman in 1915 to be building a sawmill at Jasper in order to cut timber on land owned by A. C. Ford and the Gibbs heirs of Houston. Palmetto Lumber Company bought the E. A. Oualline sawmill at Jasper in 1918, reported the same trade journal. Palmetto ordered machinery and floor plans that year from Lufkin Foundry & Machine Company. It was Palmetto's only operating mill in 1928.
Although he has the beginning date wrong, Marvin P. Hancock, in “History of City of Jasper, Texas and Folklore,” notes that “the Palmetto Lumber Company, with A. Black as president. . . . operated near the depot and was located across the road from the A. L. Black home on the depot road between the switch track and the creek . . .”. |
| Research Date: | JKG 9-1-93, MCJ 12-07-95 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |