Marker Inscription
This mill built before 1824 on the Pajalache Acequia furnished food to early settlers and served as a resting place for travelers and Texas Soldiers en route to Bexar from the Missions.
Historical Marker
Mill on the Pajalache Acequia
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About this site
Mill on the Pajalache Acequia is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 239 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 542 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3987, -98.4881 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Yturri Mill (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Wright, L. T., House, Brooks, Sidney J., Old Home, and Meerscheidt, Otto, House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029003380. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Pajalache (or Concepcion) Acequia was the oldest of San Antonio's Spanish irrigation ditches, begun early in the 18th century to water the lands of Mission Concepcion, with a diversion dam near present Presa Street. In 1845 a grist mill was built along the acequia at the Navarro Street crossing; it was later operated by merchant Nat Lewis and continued until about 1890. The acequia itself was filled in 1869 after complaints that it contributed to flooding.
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