My dad worked at this plant in the early 1950's. It was PHILIPPS 66 then. It changed hands and became Rocketdyne in the mid 50's. I still remember the wonderful company picnics Phillips 66 used to give their employees. Rose (Thompson) Denson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bentley Hooks" <benhooks@swbell.net> To: <TXMCLENN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 10:57 PM Subject: Blue Bonnet Ordnance Plant > The plant was spread over a fairly wide area immediately south and > west of McGregor, TX, and was begun about 1942-1943. It borders on the > city limits, was spread out to decrease the size of an accidental > explosion and it was used to load powder/explosive mat'l into shells and > bombs made elsewhere, I believe. I'd not say when it actually opened but > it made a significant contribution to the WW II war effort. It was > closed after the war, but was used by Rocketdyne for rocket motor > production later (1960s, ?). It was shown as a Naval Weapons Reserve > Plant on a 1988 Roads of Texas map, and on a 1998 Delorme Texas Road > Atlas but not labelled. I believe it is currently in use by Texas A & M > University. > I believe that > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/MM/hgm4.html > will "take" you to McGregor and explain more and better about it than > I've done. > Bestes', Ben > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >