Lancaster pistol factory
Armory, Lancaster, Texas.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Lancaster, Texas
- Years
- 1862-1865
- Today
- Marker only
LANCASTER PISTOL FACTORY
Pistol factory, 1862-1865. Joseph H. Sherrard, William L. Killem, Pleasant Taylor and John M. Crockett established it at Lancaster in 1862 to make pistols for Texas.
Then
Joseph H. Sherrard, William L. Killem, Pleasant Taylor and John M. Crockett established the factory in 1862 to make pistols for Texas.
Now
Marker only
A state marker stands on West Main Street.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by BNSF, about 0.3 miles away.