Author:
San Marcos Hays County Collection.
Imprint:[San Marcos, Tex] : [San Marcos Public Library], [Approx. 1982].
Physical Description1 file.
Note:This file contains the correspondence and documentation for the Texas Historical Commission's designation of the Farmers Union Gin Company.
Note:" Local farmers Henry Kellerman, J. H. Barbee, A. H. Fleming, I. B. Rylander, and J. H. Williams purchased this site in 1908. Through their efforts the Farmers Union Gin Company was established here under the leadership of Oscar Calvin Smith. The first industrial plant of its size in San Marcos, the gin became vital to the area's cotton industry and remained in operation until 1966. This brick gin house, built in 1911, replaced an earlier structure which burned." Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1981 Incise in base: Restored by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crook and Mr. and Mrs. Randall Morris - 1981
Note:This marker is listed in the 1977 publication, Historical Markers in Hays County, 1907-1976, by Tula Townsend Wyatt. The "working draft" of her notes for this marker are digitally scanned, and linked below.
Electronic Resource:Electronic resource:
http://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/MARKERS/Farmers Union Gin Company.pdf -- Note: Tula's draft for Historical Markers in Hays County.
Electronic Resource:Electronic resource:
http://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/DOCUMENTS/National Register of Historic Places/Farmers Union.pdf -- Note: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form
