| sawmill id: | 9527 |
| alpha-numeric key: | AN-20 |
| corporate name: | Elkhart Lumber Company |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Elkhart Lumber Company, owners were J. D. Houston and H. I. Harris. J. D. Houston. Houston-Bostick Lumber Company. |
| location: | Elkhart, eight miles south of Palestine |
| county: | Anderson |
| years in operation: | 30 |
| start year: | 1928 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1957 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 |
| period of operation: | About 1928 to at least 1957 |
| town: | Elkhart, south of Palestine |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 210 in 1905, 2200 in 1928; 1018 in 1934 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Unknown |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | Yes |
| maximum capacity: | 15000: 1928 |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Unknown |
| historical development: | This sawmill firm operated under various names (see above) but is normall associated with J. D. Houston. The Lufkin Daily News reported that the Elkhart Lumber Company sawmill was operating at Elkhart in 1943 and had been for about fifteen years. It was listed under J. D. Houston in the Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills for 1928, cutting 15,000 feet daily. The Houston-Bostick Lumber Company is listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. |
| research date: | MCJ 03-06-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | Southern Lumberman. Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th ed. Nashville: Southern Lumberman, 1928. 1010. Nelson T. Samson. Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. Nacogdoches, Texas: Bulletin No. 2, Department of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State College, March 1957. 121. Lufkin Daily News. October 3, 1943. 8. |
