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Site of Nix Mill

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Barksdale, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 43' 31.27573999992", -100° 2' 8.6848199988"
 
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    Built by John L. Nix (1842-1915) to cut rawhide lumber, grind corn and wheat, and gin cotton. Upper floor housed gin; lower, grist mill. On east side was sawmill with wood furnace and boiler to furnish steam power. Furnace was fed cedar and oak wood. Spanish oaks, white oaks, and elms from Nueces River watercourse were sawed into the rawhide lumber from which were built town's wagon yard, feed stalls, a dance hall, and other structures. After Nix, successive owners were J. L. Jackson, W. D. Hutcherson, Edward Miller, Matthew Taylor, and O. C. Henderson. (1972)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Nix Mill Historical Marker Location Map, Barksdale, Texas