​Chadwick's Mill
(Site Three Miles North)

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Marker Text: Famous pioneer sawmill, flour mill, and cotton gin. Built 1874 by Henry A. Chadwick and son Milam. A sturdy oak dam across river supplied power. A millrace chiseled in sandstone channeled water to millstones. Mill and gin house were also sandstone. A fish trap in millrace offered food and sport to customers, who often had to wait several days for a turn at the mill.
    This scenic spot grew to be a popular resort around 1900, with hotel and dance platform. Attracted hundreds of campers.
​   Change in course of river, 1915, forced mill to be abandoned. (1970) 

Additional Plate: This millstone is typical of those used during the Chadwick Mill period, 1874-1915.
   Original Chadwick Mill property, consisting of 25 acres of land and improvements is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Hicks, Lometa, Texas.

Marker No: 797

18 x 28 Aluminum Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​31° 13.053′ N, 98° 33.79′ W

Location: ​U.S. 190, 0.3 miles west of County Highway 1935