Marshall Pottery Inc. is the largest manufacturer of red clay pots in the United States.
Rocker located the business in East Texas because of its abundant water and white clay deposits.
[1] In the 1940s, with the discovery of a clay that required a lower firing temperature, the pottery began producing flower pots.
Along with its closing went the hand-turned pottery division, leaving only the terra cotta production facility operational.
In April 2017, a Marshall Pottery worker, Arturo Gonzalez, was locked inside a kiln, which was then heated, killing him.