Leather Factories, C. S. A.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member txoilgas
N 32° 43.711 W 094° 56.674
15S E 317777 N 3622863
Located on the side of a building across from the courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM7VC9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 11324

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On this site during the Civil War, a shoe factory converted leather into footgear for the Confederate Army. A harness factory nearby made bridles and saddles and also leather lines and breechings that hitched horses and mules to gun carriages, wagons and ambulances, to move armies through campaigns and battles. Leather was obtained from a local tanyard that treated over 2,000 hides a year. East Texas plants furnished the South 900 sets of harness and 300 saddles monthly during the war.

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