Here is a question I have not seen elsewhere.

I know when fiberglass boats really started to get popular there were a lot of overnight boat manufacturers that sprung up in Texas, especially between Dallas and Texarkana.

Does any one know where I could find a list of the Texas boat manufacturers that existed in the 1950’s and 1960s?

The US Coast Guard MIC (Manufacturer's Identificaiton Code) database will have any firm that existed in 1973 to present.

Here are some of which I have in a file of Texas boat builders that I created:

Lone Star Boat Mfg. Co., Grand Prairie
Marine Plastics, Inc. (Glass Magic), Ft. Worth
Swank Craft Boats, Three Rivers
TemCraft Boats, Three Rivers
Texas Boat Mfg. Co., Inc. (Texas Maid), Lewisville
Fiberglide Boat Co., New Boston
Multi-Plastics (FiberFlite), Ft. Worth
Yellow Jacket Boat Co., Inc., Denison
Bee Craft Boat Mfg. Co., Paris
Holman Boat Works, Paris
Choctaw Boat Works, Paris
Red Fish Boat Co., Clarksville
Indian Craft, Inc. (Chief Craft, Inc.?), Hugo
Morphew Boat Works, Paris
Texas Boat Works, Paris
Master Molders, Inc. (Kingfisher boats)
Hundley Boat Works, Lake Dallas
Love Corp. (baseball player Mickey Mantle was president)
Whitehouse Plastics Corp., Ft. Worth

Andreas Jordahl Rhude
thompsonboat@msn.com

Andreas

That is incredible!

Thanks...... I wonder if any are left?

I know Skeeter Boats is still located in Kilgore, TX and they have been around since 1948.