Mansfeild Mill

Julian Feild and Ralph Mann, who became acquainted in Harrison County, Texas, about 1850, built a mill near the Clear and West Forks of the Trinity River about 1854. In 1856 they came south of Fort Worth and at this site found the ruins of a mill that had been constructed by Charles Turner. With the help of local settlers and brickmaker S.W.A. Hook, Mann and Feild built a three-story steam-powered wheat and corn mill during the winter of 1859-60. The mill attracted business from San Antonio to the Oklahoma Territory, and the community that developed around it was given the name Mansfeild, now Mansfield. During the Civil War, the Confederate government collected for its use a certain proportion of the mill's output. After the war, government contracts were secured to supply flour for federal forts. Julian Feild sold his interest in the mill in 1874, and the mill continued in operation until the early part of the 20th century. Since that time, the site has been used as a memorial to World War I veterans and for municipal offices, and it is the beginning of the City of Mansfield.

Mansfield, Texas · United States