Marshall Pottery Inc. is the largest manufacturer of red clay pots in the United States. From 1974 to 2015, Marshall Pottery operated a 100,000 ft<sup>2</sup> (9,000 m<sup>2</sup>) retail store adjacent to its headquarters in Marshall, Texas, which at one time attracted over 500,000 tourists each year.
History
Marshall Pottery was founded by W. F. Rocker in Marshall in 1895. Rocker located the business in East Texas because of its abundant water and white clay deposits. In 1905 Marshall Pottery was acquired by Sam Ellis. With the invention of the glass canning jar and other new competing products in the 1920s, the business almost folded. Prohibition led to a thriving moonshine industry and a need for inexpensive jugs to store the liquor. If not for the sale of jugs during Prohibition, Marshall Pottery would likely have gone bankrupt. In November 2017, OSHA fined the company over $545,000 related to Gonzalez's death. A worker died in a similar incident at Marshall in 2008.