Continuing the Search for America’s Wool Infrastructure In Part 1 of this series, I shared the motivation behind documenting the wool mills still operating across the United States—an effort driven by curiosity, necessity, and a desire to support the producers, processors, and makers who keep our domestic wool industry alive. Since publishing that first installment, I’ve continued digging deeper into the landscape of U.S. mills, and I want to share both the process and the ne

The United States wool textile industry, once a foundational sector of the American Industrial Revolution, has contracted from hundreds of integrated mills in the early 20th century to only a few surviving operations capable of processing wool. Today’s domestic wool mills vary in scale and services — from historic, full-service textile complexes to smaller specialty spinners and dyers. This article examines prominent wool mills still in operation, outlining their processing c