Texas Historical Marker

Site of a Confederate Powder Mill

Waxahachie · Ellis County · placed 1936

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Ellis County, Texas

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Erected in 1862 by William Rowen. On April 29, 1863 it was destroyed by an explosion and its owner killed. Also killed was Joshua G.

Phillips.

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