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Creating New Braunfels and Fredericksburg, Texas...
Creating New Braunfels and Fredericksburg, Texas...
Item # 691630
May 13, 1847
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 13, 1847
* New Braunfels & Fredericksburg, Texas
* German settlements founding - creation
Page 2 has a great, 1 1/3 column article headed: "Affairs In New Mexico" with much on the Mexican War. Also inside: "Gen. Scott's Advance" which is on the war as well.
Page 2 also has: "The German Colony In Texas" which is datelined from New Braunfels and is an interesting article noting that the German Emigration Company has achieved peaceful relations with the Comanche Indians so that they can proceed to colonize the area. Also mention that: "...The settlement at Fredericksburg...is successfully progressing...". There is also mention of Baron von Meusebach.
These are two famous German communities, New Braunfels being the third fastest growing city in the United States during the last decade.
Four pages, very nice condition.
AI notes: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg were both founded in 1847 by German immigrants as part of a broader effort led by the Adelsverein (Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas), a group of German noblemen aiming to establish a colony in the Republic of Texas. New Braunfels was founded first, in March 1845, by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, near the Guadalupe River. It became one of the earliest and most successful German settlements in Texas. Fredericksburg was established shortly afterward, in May 1846, under the leadership of John O. Meusebach, who succeeded Prince Carl. By 1847, both towns were rapidly growing, and Meusebach notably negotiated a peace treaty that year with the Comanche, ensuring safer settlement and expansion in the region. The year 1847 marked the solidification of German-Texan culture in the Hill Country, with both communities becoming cultural and economic centers of German heritage in Texas.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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