Coltharp Green Grist Millstone - Edom, TX
N 32° 22.334 W 095° 36.635
15S E 254381 N 3584693
One of the millstones from the Coltharp Green Gristmill is on display in front of the Edom Historical Society Museum, 8282 FM 279, Edom, TX.
Waymark Code: WMP894
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2015
Views: 1
A small, metal sign attached to the millstone provides some background:
In 1860 James Coltharp established a mill place on the upper reaches of Tonkawa Creek, also known as Candy Branch, in the edge of Henderson County. It was about halfway between Edom and what was to become Chandler. He operated a sawmill, a carding machine and a gristmill which soon became known as "one of the finest mills in the state." He named this place Tyron Mills, but it was often called Coltharp's Mills during the Civil War. The mill operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in order to keep up with demand. He shipped flour and cornmeal as far east as Shreveport and as far west as Fort Worth. When Coltharp died in 1872, his son Bruce inherited the sawmill and son-in-law, William Green received the gristmill, which he moved to Kickapoo Creek near the mouth of Tonkawa Creek. That place became known as Green Mill Crossing. It was on the road from Edom through Chandler to Larissa in Northwest Cherokee County. Just when the mill ceased operation is unknown. This stone is one of the stones used in that gristmill. It was recovered from the bottom of Kickapoo Creek a number of years ago by Kenneth L. Kidd with help [from] Raymond Kidd and Newman Herrington.
May 2006
Type of mill: Other
What did this millstone make?: Flower and cornmeal
Status of Stone: Public Display
Website containing relating information: [Web Link]
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