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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZR_site-of-fort-martin-scott_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Established by the United States Army December 5, 1848 as a protection to travelers and settlers against Indian attack.Named in honor of Major Martin Scott,Brevet Lieutenant Colonel,5th United States Infantry,killed at Molino del Rey, September 8…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZF_otfrid-hans-freiherr-von-meusebach_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Born at Dillenburg, Nassau, GermanyMay 26, 1812.Commissioner-General of the Society forthe Protection of German Immigrants in Texaswho became a citizen of the Republic of Texasunder the name of John O. Meusebach. Founder of Fredericksburg on Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZ7_lasting-friendship_Fredericksburg-TX.html
John O. Meusebach, German settler and founder of Fredericksburg, and Penatuka Comanche chief, Santanna share a peace pipe on May 7, 1847, at the signing of the treaty between the People of Fredericksburg and the Comanche Nation. The standing Coman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNYQ_vereins-kirche_Fredericksburg-TX.html
[Seal of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee] [Panel 1:]Church for all denominations, school and community hall. Built, summer 1847, after the Comanche peace treaty made by John O. Meusebach, Commissioner, German Emigration Company. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNYP_bethany-lutheran-church_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Early settlers in Fredericksburg worshiped together in a community church, the Vereins Kirche. On March 27, 1887, the Rev. John Heinzelmann and about 80 families organized a separate congregation known as Die Evangelische Kirche (The Evangelical c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNYO_market-square-marktplatz_Fredericksburg-TX.html
This Square, originally a two-block area which included what is now called the Courthouse Square, has been at the center of Fredericksburg since the city's founding in 1846. The area was still heavily forested when the town's Vereins Kirche was bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM24_walch-home_Fredericksburg-TX.html
In 1845, Johan (John) Joseph Walch (1828-1914) migrated to Texas from Germany. In 1847 he settled in Fredericksburg, where he worked as a stonemason. Before Walch married Wilhelmine Gaertner in 1851, he erected a two-room limestone house on this l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8O_lower-south-grape-creek-school_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Area settlers built a log schoolhouse 1.5 miles south of here in 1871 along South Grape Creek. It was part of Luckenbach School Precinct No. 3 until 1889, when it was renamed Lower South Grape Creek and began to serve as District No. 21. The log s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IZ_luckenbach_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Members of the Luckenbach family and other German immigrants moved here from Fredericksburg in the 1850s. They settled along Grape Creek and soon established a school for their children. The Grape Creek Post Office was in operation briefly after 1…
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