Did You Know?

When you buy a "Southern Yellow Pine" board at the big box store, you are most likely getting Loblolly Pine from a corporate tree farm. The reason the big lumber companies plant Loblolly is that it grows fast, but that fast growth comes at a price. Namely, less density and strength. Our pine boards are milled from native, legendary Shortleaf Pine trees. Shortleaf Pine is renowned for it's strength and durability. When you see a weathered old barn in Southeastern Oklahoma, which has been standing for decades yet is still solid as the day it was nailed together, chances are it was built with Shortleaf Pine lumber. At The 1904 Lumber Company, we harvest Shortleaf Pine logs from trees which are dead, dying, or uprooted in a storm, and mill rugged boards suitable for construction of barns, sheds, and other outbuildings. We saw lumber in small batches to fill orders as they come in. We're not a big lumber yard with huge warehouses. We're just a small family business offering a product which takes you back in time... beautiful, rough-cut native Pine lumber like what you would have seen in 1904.

There is a small local sawmill operating right here in your community. Conveniently located between McAlester and Wilburton near Gowen, Oklahoma. We offer rough cut pine and oak lumber sawn from native trees. We also offer custom milling of your logs. If you have downed timber that you want made into dimensional lumber, bring it to us and we'll saw it to your exact dimensions. Or if you have a cherished old tree from the home place that is dying, bring us the log(s) and we can saw lumber or slabs you can make into furniture or a table-top which will preserve those memories for generations to come. My name is Daniel Dobson, and you can call me any time with your questions.