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Angelina Hardwood Sales Co. (AN-6)
| sawmill id: | 9513 |
| alpha-numeric key: | AN-6 |
| corporate name: | Angelina Hardwood Sales Co. |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Angelina Hardwood Sales Co. George H. Henderson, Sr. |
| location: | Near the railroad tracks on the west side of Palestine |
| county: | Anderson |
| years in operation: | 4 |
| start year: | 1950 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1953 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1950-1959 |
| period of operation: | Early 1950s |
| town: | West side of Palestine |
| company town: | No |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Hardwood flooring |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | Yes |
| 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: | Yes |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | Yes |
| other: | No |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | Yes |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Unknown |
| historical development: | John R. Brush a long-time employee with Angelina Hardwood Sales Company, in a conversation with Melvin C. Johnson on April 19, 1995, remembered that he began working with the company in 1949. Besides the main plant at Lufkin, the company had small hardwood mills during the early 1950s on Jack Island Road close to Echo and south of Mineola, in Wood County; near the railroad tracks on the west side of Palestine, in Anderson County; and near Orange, in Orange County, from 1952 to 1953. Brush worked as a hardwood lumber grader. |
| research date: | MCJ 03-06-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | John R. Brush Conversation with Melvin C. Johnson, April 19, 1995. Texas Forestry Museum. Lufkin, Texas. |
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