Historical Marker
John F. Torrey, Site of Early Mill and Factory
Historical marker location:
New Braunfels, Texas
( at end of Mill St in Prince Solms Park. New Braunfels)
Marker installed: 1936
(1821- 1893)
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 partail destruction by tornado and floods, until all was swept away.