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Original Site of First Oil Mill in Texas

Schulenburg, Fayette County

Marker Text

Erected by Frederick Hillje, 1866, using German-made sugar beet crusher adapted locally to seed processing. Later enlarged plant had regular milling machinery for cottonseed. After Galveston, Houston & San Antonio Railroad bypassed High Hill, Hillje moved mill to Weimar, 1880. (1967)

Marker Details

Address High Hill Rd.
Location Description High Hill community, on High Hill Road near FM 2672. Marker reported missing Dec. 31, 1979. Map dot approximate.
Marker # 1803
Dedicated 1967
Size, Type 14" x 24"
Code factories, industrial buildings; mills - textile, fiber, gristmills, cotton gins; German American topics
Latitude, Longitude 29.7193, -96.925829

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