​Site of
Early Mill and Factory
John F. Torrey
​1821-1893

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Marker Text: ​Pioneer promotor of Texas industry. He operated a flour, grist and saw mill, a sash, door and blind factory (1850), a cotton factory (1863) and the first woolen factory in Texas. With indomitable spirt he rebuilt the plant, after partial destruction by tornado and floods, until all was swept away. (1936) 

Marker No: 1779

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 29.707045,-98.123024

Location: at end of Mill Street in Prince Solms Park, New Braunfels