Haass-Quintle Mill and Mill Complex area

A newspaper correspondent who evaluated this site in 1854 said it was worth traveling 100 miles in any direction to see—a trip that would have taken four days by wagon at the time. The U.S. Army purchased cornmeal from the mill for forts west of Castroville, including Forts Lancaster and McKavett, other THC historic sites that you can visit. The remains of the wool and cotton processing building are located opposite the gristmill as you move up the hill. Look west of the gristmill for a wall of the processing building. Look for the historic scale, boiler, and turbine, restored and relocated to the mill area.