Author: Marcella Chapple
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Category : Comal County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 47

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Author: Marcella Chapple
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Category : Comal County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 47

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Author: Oscar Haas
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Category : Comal County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Founded 1845, became gateway to the Texan western wilderness. Could have been founded on the Medina or the San Saba, Llano, or San Antonio River, but was founded by an 'omen' on the Comal and Guadalupe rivers. Prince Carl Solms, founder, who was from Branfels on the Lahn River, Germany, wrote: "I myself with a troop of twenty-five men proceeded inland to find a place suitable for a town and to make the necessary preparations and investigations, especially as to whether or not there were hostile Indians in that region. It was on such an excursion that I found snow in my tent one morning, which, though it could be rolled in the hand, by noon had melted. Taking this as a good omen, we established our German colony here to which I gave the name New Braunfels." Much has been written about New Braunfels and Comal County. Much still remains to be written. May this boo9k add to incentives.

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Category : Comal County (Tex.)
Languages : en
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Author: Oscar Haas
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Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Author: Edward Callary
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477320644
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Hook,” the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong’s story has a nice ring to it, derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell County, of course. Tracing the turning points, fascinating characters, and cultural crossroads that shaped Texas history, Texas Place Names provides the colorful stories behind these and more than three thousand other county, city, and community names. Drawing on in-depth research to present the facts behind the folklore, linguist Edward Callary also clarifies pronunciations (it’s NAY-chis for Neches, referring to a Caddoan people whose name was attached to the Neches River during a Spanish expedition). A great resource for road trippers and historians alike, Texas Place Names alphabetically charts centuries of humanity through the enduring words (and, occasionally, the fateful spelling gaffes) left behind by men and women from all walks of life.

Author: Lonn Taylor
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292728697
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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"More examples of Texas' rich heritage of locally made nineteenth-century furniture and information on the craftsmen who produced it"--

Author: Hermann Seele
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292761767
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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When Hermann Seele anived in New Braunfels in 1845, the raw colony was plagued by poverty, disease, lack of food, and hostile Indians. This personal record of the Germans in Texas shows their evolution from struggling colonists to prosperous citizens. From his viewpoint of a hardworking yet imaginative pioneer, Seele presents first a history of German immigration and settlement in Texas during the nineteenth century. Next, his autobiographical writings range from a "sentimental recollection" of his first Christmas Eve in Texas to his first day of teaching in New Braunfels, from accounts of the popular singing society to murder and justice along the Comal River. In addition, Seele's romantic novel, The Cypress, is a delightful though improbable tale of a traveling botanist, a chieftain's daughter, and a savage Indian cult. Hermann Seele—farmer, lawyer, teacher, lay preacher, mayor, state representative, Civil War major, and editor—epitomizes the best of the German immigrants who established their communities as models of respectability and prosperity.

Author: Lonn Taylor
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292739427
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 351

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"More examples of Texas' rich heritage of locally made nineteenth-century furniture and information on the craftsmen who produced it"--

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Category : German American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 604

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