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Between February and May 1609, improvements were made to the colony; twenty cabins were built, and by 1614 Jamestown consisted of, “two faire rowes of howses, all of framed timber, two stories, and an upper garret or corne loft high, besides three large, and substantial storehowses joined together in length some hundred and twenty foot, and ...
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensional lumber). The "portable" sawmill is simple to operate. The log lies flat on a steel bed, and the ...
Ratcliff is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 227 and Texas State Highway 7, 3.5 mi (5.6 km) east of Kennard, 18 mi (29 km) east of Crockett, and 36 mi (58 km) southwest of Nacogdoches in eastern Houston County. [3] Texas State Highway 103 also travels through the community. [6]
[3] After Gilmer’s death in 1906, the sawmills at Lemonville were owned and operated by others, including the Miller-Link and Peavy-Moore lumber companies. As the nearby lumber eventually became depleted, and as lumber prices fell, the operators eventually abandoned the site. The Lemonville post office was officially closed in 1928. [4]
In the later parts of the 1800s, White Oak was a small farming community with three sawmills located on thick forested land. By 1884, there were roughly 15 families living in the area. Most sought to either work at the large sawmills dominating the area or farm the land near the creaks and rivers.
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From the 1850s to 1950s, the territory was closely linked to the history of the timber industry in Montgomery County, which had more sawmills than any other county in East Texas. From 1918 to 1964, the Grogan Cochran Lumber Company operated the final mill in the area before selling 2,800 acres to George Mitchell .
The community's official name was changed at that time from Reedsville to Pine Mills. In 1884, Pine Mills reported a population of 130, two churches, and several businesses including a blacksmith, carpenters, two cotton gins, and several sawmills. The population reached 250 by 1892, and eleven businesses including two physicians were noted