WOOLEN MILL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND LOCATED IN THE PREMIER WOOL & MOHAIR PART
OF THE STATE. LONG CLOSED, IT IS NOW A MUSEUM.
***MEASURES 61" X 60" WITH ANOTHER 5" FRINGE ON EACH END. THICK AND VERY WARM
WOOL. OVER ALL CLEAN WITH NO ODORS. HANDSOME LOOKING. ROSY TAN COLOR.
During the Nazi bombing blitz of London, refugee blankets were woven at the Eldorado Woolen Mill.
Local ranchers would designate part of their clip for “Blankets for Britain” at the wool warehouse.
Beginning in July of 1942; however, all civilian production stopped, and the mill went into full-time war production.
The mill employed 20 people at the time, and ran 16 hours a day, six days a week. 24,300 blankets for the
U.S. Army were shipped out by rail from Eldorado. One soldier returned after the war to see the mill,
declaring that he had made a vow to see the mill that saved his life. His small boat had been hit by a torpedo.
With water pouring in, the only thing available to stuff in the breach was a box of Eldorado Army blankets.
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