Lange's Mill
Doss, Gillespie County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Established in 1849 by Doss brothers. Operated 1859-1878 by William F. Lange, 1878-1888 by Julius Lange. Its products were famed throughout the region. One of the last of the old burr mills in Texas, one of few in as perfect a state of preservation. Near by on a cliff are Indian pictographs.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Established in 1849 by the Doss brothers, Lange's Mill was run by William F. Lange and then Julius Lange through the 1870s and 1880s, and its flour and meal earned a reputation across the region. As one of the last old burr mills in Texas and among the best preserved, it survives as a window into frontier-era milling. Ancient pictographs on a nearby cliff hint at far older use of the land.
Why it matters
Grist mills were the industrial anchors of frontier settlements, and few survive as intact as this one to show how communities turned grain into daily bread.
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Related people
- · William F. Lange
- · Julius Lange
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