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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

POTD: Chadwick's Mill Marker, near Lometa

On our Texas travels, we've seen a lot of historical markers but this one is definitely unique thanks to its grindstone. This marker for Chadwick's Mill, located on US 190 about nine miles west of Lometa, remembers Chadwick's Mill. This mill, used as a sawmill, flour mill and cotton gin, was built here in 1874 by Henry Chadwick and his son, Milam, and powered by a dam across the river. For a while the site was so popular it became a resort with a hotel and dance platform but a change in the river course in 1915 caused the mill to be abandoned.

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