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Mills County is a leader in Texas pecan production. [57] Pecans are credited as one of the most lucrative crops in the early days of Mills County, fetching about four cents per pound. [1] In the early days, pecan crops were typically sold at markets in Houston. [1] In 1905, one Mills County citizen reported earnings of $49.10 from a single tree ...
In 1940, the W.P.A. erected a new school designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick for the Star Independent School District; it is the only school built in Mills County by the W.P.A. [6] The population stood at around 170 in the mid-1940s. The rising usage of the automobile caused a decline in the number of local businesses.
November 8, 2000 (1011 Fourth St. Goldthwaite: Part of State Antiquities Landmark, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark: 2: Mills County Jailhouse: Mills County Jailhouse: May 8, 1979
Williams Ranch is a ghost town located in Mills County, Texas, and is considered the oldest community in the county. It is named after John Williams, who settled there in 1855 when the area was in Brown County, Texas. [2] The location is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Mullin, and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Goldthwaite, the county seat.
Joseph Eloi Broussard (December 16, 1866 – October 6, 1956) was a pioneer rice grower and miller in southeast Texas. He was born and grew up near Beaumont, Texas.In 1892 he converted a grist mill into the Beaumont Rice Mill, the first commercially successful rice mill in the state of Texas.
The Mills County Courthouse, built in 1913, is an historic three-story Classical Revival-style courthouse building located at 1011 Fourth Street in Goldthwaite, Texas. Designed by San Antonio architect Henry Truman Phelps (1871–1944), it replaced the first courthouse built in 1890, which burned in 1912.
Moline is an unincorporated community in Lampasas and Mills counties in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, [citation needed] the community had a population of 12 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
Texas: County: Mills: Elevation [1] 1,480 ft (450 m) Time zone: UTC-6 (Central (CST)) ... The area in what is known as Ridge today was first settled in the early ...