Bakery -- Fort Lancaster SHS, Sheffield TX
N 30° 39.950 W 101° 41.820
14R E 241588 N 3395671
The sign at the Bakery on board the Fort Lancaster SHS, Sheffield TX
Waymark Code: WMTW96
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2017
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This interpretive sign stands in front of the ruins of the Bakery at the Fort Lancaster state historic site outside of Sheffield, Texas.
The sign reads as follows:
"BAKERY
The bakery was a stone and adobe building a large oven that measured approximately 12 feet wide and 11 feet deep. The forts baker, also a soldier, was responsible for providing the daily ration of bread for an average of 130 men. In 1860, Inspector General Joseph Mansfield reported that the baker was excellent and his bread was of the highest quality.
The Baker was excellent
the bread was first quality reported Mansfield in his inspection during 1860."
Group that erected the marker: Texas Historical Commission
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
SH 290 at Fort Lancaster Road
Sheffield, TX
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