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Thompson's Island Homeplace |
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Conway and River Road, San Marcos,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
29° 52' 17.62380000012",
-91° 55' 40.57132000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Dr. William Alexander Thompson (1803-1879) made an agreement with neighbors in 1850 to use the San Marcos River for irrigation and as a source of energy. He and his sons William A. and James used slave labor to build a gristmill, sawmill and cotton gin. The land masses formed by digging a ditch for the waterwheel and a sluiceway from the river were called Thompson Islands. The Thompsons directed the business until 1911 when John Matthew Cape (1861-1933) bought the mill. The use of electricity in 1942 ended the mill's need for water power.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Thompson's Island Homeplace Historical Marker Location Map, San Marcos, Texas
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