​Gruene Cotton Gin

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Marker Text: ​Built on the site of an earlier grist mill, the Gruene cotton gin was constructed in 1878 by H.D. Gruene. Powered by the Guadalupe River, the gin was steam-operated and served to process the vast amounts of cotton grown in the area, the gin played an important part in the economic development of Gruene, a community dependent upon the cotton crop. The gin was destroyed in a 1922 fire, and only part of the boiler room remains. A new electric gin was built at another location and served the community until the cotton crop was lost to a boll weevil infestation in 1925. (1998)

Marker No: 2294

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.738256,-98.105034

Location: ​Next to base of water tower, Gruene