Confederate Tannery

To fill footwear, harness and saddlery needs of the South; established 1863 on this site, then 2 miles above city limits. Operated in summer as well as winter, because tanning agent, a soup made of chopped mesquite wood, soaked deeply into hides. Thus, unlike other tannins, this prevented loss in hot weather. Plant treated 6,000 hides at a time. Shoemakers of Confederate Texas were to be concentrated here. A cotton and woolen mill, run by San Antonio River power, was also built on plant site. Other wartime Texas products included salt, hats, cotton cards. (1965)

Confederate Tannery is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 236 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 503 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.4600, -98.4771 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chinese Sunken Garden Gate (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Company, Portland Cement Plants, and Zambrano House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029012648. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.