Gruene (Ernest K.) Narrative 1844-1855

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Gruene (Ernest K.) Narrative 1844-1855

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The narrative is an historicaldocumentation of the founding of New Braunfels by the German colonists written byGruene.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Solms-Braunfels, Carl, Prinz zu, 1812-1875

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Gruene, Ernest

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Gruene, Ernest K.

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Ernest (or Ernst) K. Gruene and his wife Antoinette were among the first of the German settlers to arrive in Texas in the 1840s. Gruene chose New Braunfels for his starting point. He and his two sons, Ernest (or Ernst) Jr. and Heinrich D., founded Gruene, Texas, about five miles northwest of New Braunfels, in 1872, and developed a farm system for growing cotton. Source: Gruene, Texas. Gruene, Texas History. http://www.gruenetexas.com/35/gruene-texas.php (accessed July 15...

Meusebach, John O., 1812-1897

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Born in Dillenburg, Germany, Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach, or John O. Meusebach (1812-1897), was one of four children to Baron Carl Hartwig Gregor von Meusebach and Ernestine von Witzleben. After studying law at the University of Bonn in 1832, Meusebach transferred to the University of Halle and took his bar examinations in 1836. A fluent speaker of English, Meusebach was appointed as commissioner general of the Adelsverein (Society for the Protection of German Immigran...