Historical Marker
Original Site of First Oil Mill in Texas
Historical marker location:
Schulenburg, Texas
( Cr of Ds 77 W High Hill, 4 mile NW of Schulenburg.)
Marker installed: 1967
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 move mill to Weimar, 1880.
Marker Sponsored by: Mrs. E. M. Hubbard, Chas. Herder, Jr., Leroy Herder, Paul K. Herder, Henry Herder.