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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Comal County, Texas
Adjacent to Comal County, Texas
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| On Old Nacogdoches Road (Farm to Market Road 2252) 1.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 3009, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Organized 1871, with 52 German members, by the Rev. William Felsing, itinerant minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Building was erected 1872 of native limestone; enlarged 1893; had brick facade and bell tower added, 1913. Still in . . . — — Map (db m150988) HM |
| On Hunter Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | German immigrant farmers were the first settlers of this area, which was originally called Goodwin. Henry D. Gruene established a large cotton farming operation here in the 1870s. He built a mercantile, cotton gin and dance hall, and conveyed land . . . — — Map (db m81254) HM |
| Near Gruene Road at Hunter Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built on the site of an earlier grist mill, the Gruene cotton gin was constructed in 1878 by H.D. Gruene. Powered by the Guadalupe River, the gin was steam-operated and served to process the vast amounts of cotton grown in the area. The gin played . . . — — Map (db m71562) HM |
| On Gruene Road at Hunter Road, on the right when traveling south on Gruene Road. |
| | Built in 1878 as a saloon and social hall for area cotton farmers, this is believed to be one of the oldest dance halls in Texas. Christian Herry (1854-1917) built the hall under the direction of town developer Henry D. Gruene, for whom many of the . . . — — Map (db m71559) HM |
| On Gruene Road south of Hunter Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | On this green bank, by this soft stream, we set today two votive milestones, that memory may their deeds redeem, when like our sires, our grandsons and daughters too are gone!!
Born in New Braunfels, Henry D. Gruene (1850-1920) was the son of . . . — — Map (db m71558) HM |
| On North Castell Avenue at West Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on North Castell Avenue. |
| | The old post office of New Braunfels was built during the full-scale 20th century transformation of the United States Postal System. Programs like the United States Postal Savings System, parcel post, airmail, and improved rural delivery services . . . — — Map (db m130116) HM |
| Near North Business Interstate Highway 35 south of Peach Street. |
| | Born in Prussia, Carl (Karl) Heinrich Guenther immigrated to Texas in 1845. He was a community leader, one of New Braunfels’ first public school teachers, and a director of the Germania, an early singing society. In 1854, he was elected president of . . . — — Map (db m151033) HM |
| On Business Interstate 35 north of State Highway 46, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Formed from Travis and Bexar
land districts
Created March 24,1846
Organized July 13, 1846
Named for the river
so called from the pancake shape
of the islands formed by its springs
New Braunfels, county seat
established March . . . — — Map (db m130112) HM |
| On East San Antonio Street at North Seguin Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East San Antonio Street. |
| | In 1846 Comal County held its first court session in the home of its county clerk, Conrad Seabaugh. Courthouse facilities acquired in 1849 proved inadequate and were replaced with a 2-story building at the southeast corner of the city plaza in . . . — — Map (db m111237) HM |
| On Main Plaza at South Seguin Avenue (Business State Highway 46), on the right when traveling south on Main Plaza. |
| | Manufacturing and supply center in Civil War. The local newpaper urged southern cause so strongly that 1861 vote was 239 to 86 favoring secession.
More than 300 Confederate soldiers enlisted here. The "Texas Mounted Rifles" of Capt. Theodore . . . — — Map (db m130117) HM |
| On Landa Park Drive (California Boulevard) 0.1 miles north of Monument Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The largest springs in Texas and the Southwest, maximum recorded discharge was 550 cubic feet per second (355,608,000 gallons per day) on April 20, 1977. They are a natural discharge of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) aquifer. Water enters this . . . — — Map (db m156472) HM |
| On South Seguin Avenue (Business State Highway 46), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Situated on lot deeded to colonist Christoph Luentzel. Adobe brick and cedar beam house was begun about 1850 by Heinrich Bevenroth (d. 1850), and enlarged by later owners Heinrich C. C. Pohlmann, Mrs. Elisabeth Gehrung, Egmond . . . — — Map (db m130134) HM |
| On East San Antonio Street at Main Plaza, on the right when traveling north on East San Antonio Street. |
| | In 1846, one year after New Braunfels was founded, a mercantile company owned by James Ferguson and Henry Hessler opened on the corner of Castell and San Antonio streets. By 1858, both men had died and Ernst Scherff, an employee, purchased the . . . — — Map (db m130113) HM |
| On West Coll Street at Magazine Avenue, on the right when traveling north on West Coll Street. |
| | Located on the corner of Coll Street and Magazine Avenue, the Emmie Seele Faust Memorial Library served as the New Braunfels public library from 1938 to 1969. The New Braunfels Library Association formed in 1928 to meet the need for better education . . . — — Map (db m132650) HM |
| On Faust Street Bridge (pedestrian and cyclists only) east of Sanger Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Caravans carrying supplies to Spanish missions in East Texas and other travelers crossed the Guadalupe River on El Camino Real (The King's Highway) near this site in the 18th century. It sometimes took weeks for floodwaters to subside so travelers . . . — — Map (db m150969) HM |
| On State Highway 46 at Landa Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 46. |
| | Virginia native William H. Meriwether (b. 1800), an early Comal County plantation owner, ran a sawmill, cotton gin and gristmill at this site. As an agriculturalist, he was aware of the need for an economical and practical source of fencing . . . — — Map (db m156486) HM |
| Near Landa Park Drive (California Blvd) at Monument Drive. |
| | 1700 This tree began as a seedling in this major camesile of Central Texas Indians. Archeology has traced the Indians presence here to 13,000 years ago. Early settlers told that Indians left messages to those who followed by weighing down the . . . — — Map (db m157206) HM |
| | A native of Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, Hermann Seele came to Texas in 1843. He became the fist school teacher in New Braunfels on Aug. 11, 1845, when he held class for 15 pupils beneath elm trees at the foot of this hill. Selle helped organize . . . — — Map (db m130133) HM |
| On South Castell Avenue 0.1 miles south of West San Antonio Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This home’s architecture reflects the German influence of many of the area’s early structures. Heinrich Hinmann purchased the property in July 1855, and he and his wife Therese (Sickold) raised ten children here. The home dates from circa 1868 and . . . — — Map (db m111251) HM |
| On Comal Avenue 0.1 miles east of East Garden Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Soldier in the Texas Revolution · Father of Texas botany · Editor of the New Braunfelser Zeitung, 1852-1872 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 Additional marker New Braunfels German Heritage Center of Texas recognizes this property Site of . . . — — Map (db m156494) HM |
| On West San Antonio Street at Hill Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West San Antonio Street. |
| | As early as 1875, New Braunfels residents began petitioning rail companies to bring lines into the community. The town's first major proposal, to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad, failed to achieve the goal. By the end of the . . . — — Map (db m130119) HM |
| On South Seguin Avenue north of Butcher Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Johann Michael Jahn (1816-1883) came to New Braunfels in 1845 as a colonist with the German Emigration Company. He married Anna Klein Bellmer in 1850. A "Tischlermeister" or master craftsman, Jahn established a business making fine hand-crafted . . . — — Map (db m150980) HM |
| Near Landa Park Drive (California Boulevard) at Monument Drive. |
| | Joseph Landa purchased the land that now encompasses this park in 1859. The Comal Springs, the largest group of springs in the American Southwest, are the focus of the park. Landa used the Comal River to power gristmills, cotton and woolen . . . — — Map (db m156485) HM |
| On West San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Victorian embellishments distinguish this structure, built 1893 by noted local contractor Christian Herry.
Owner Louis Henne (1840-1912) worked in the family tin shop next door, expanded to this site. Third generation now conducts this . . . — — Map (db m130131) HM |
| On Main Plaza at North Seguin Avenue (Business State Highway 46), on the left when traveling south on Main Plaza. |
| | Following a petition by local residents, the City of New Braunfels built its Main Plaza Bandstand in 1905. Neo-classical in design, it originally served as a stage for summer evening concerts by the Waldschmidt Fire Department Band. In 1926, with . . . — — Map (db m130114) HM |
| On Natural Bridge Caverns Road 0.8 miles west of Highway 3009, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Discovered March 27, 1960, by four students of St. Mary's University, San Antonio. Named for the rock bridge that marks entrance. Dedicated on August 5, 1964 by Governor John Connally. Of Early Cretaceous age; still forming. Site of artifacts . . . — — Map (db m156444) HM |
| On Porter Street at McKenna Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Porter Street. |
| | At the crossing of the San Antonio-Nacogdoches Road on the Guadalupe River (used earlier by some of Texas' most famous trail-blazers) about 200 German colonists ended a journey that had begun six months before in Europe. Here, on Good Friday, 1845, . . . — — Map (db m150968) HM |
| On East San Antonio Street at North Seguin Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East San Antonio Street. |
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Early inhabitants of this area included Karankawa, Lipan, Tonkawa and Waco Indians.
Between 1844 and 1846, the Verein Zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (Society for the protection of German immigrants in Texas) sent more than . . . — — Map (db m111232) HM |
| On Landa Park Drive at Monument Drive, on the left when traveling north on Landa Park Drive. |
| | Founded on March 21, 1845 by Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner-General of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. Named after Prince Solms' estate, Braunfels, on the Lahn River in Germany. Its permanence was assured . . . — — Map (db m117665) HM |
| On Hill Avenue 0 miles east of West San Antonio Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In February 1871, Rudolph Wipprecht of the New Braunfels Turnverein (Gymnastic Society) proposed a resolution to organize a fire brigade. Fighting fires remained difficult, however, until June of 1886 with the establishment of water mains, twenty . . . — — Map (db m130696) HM |
| On South Seguin Avenue south of Main Plaza, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Built about 1860 by master carpenter Friedrich Krause of hand-cut native cedar, cypress, limestone, and adobe brick. Once Weber & Deutsch store, Hoffmann Opera House,and drill hall for Clemen's Rifles of Texas Militia. Recorded Texas Historic . . . — — Map (db m150973) HM |
| On West San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this site was home to two drugstores and a bakery. In 1913, Kathinka Clemens constructed this building to serve as a bakery for A.C. and Helen Plumeyer, who used the second floor as a residence. Known also . . . — — Map (db m130130) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1102 at Malone Street, on the right when traveling east on Road 1102. |
| | Rileys Tavern, Hunter's oldest business, is housed in a circa 1895 building that was the Galloway Saloon and later home to the Bernardino Sanchez family. In 1933, Texas was the 23rd state to vote for the repeal of Prohibition. Shortly thereafter, . . . — — Map (db m150961) HM |
| On State Highway 46 0.1 miles south of Center Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1851 Jamaica native Jacob De Cordova (1808-1868) settled here. He selected this spot for its beauty, rich soil and nearby springs. He built his first home, "Wanderer's Retreat." It served as a stage stop on the San Antonio Road and as a mail . . . — — Map (db m111260) HM |
| On Main Plaza at North Seguin Avenue (Business State Highway 46), on the right when traveling south on Main Plaza. |
| | First portion - of local cedar and limestone - was built about 1851 by Rudolph Nauendorf. Early German immigrant Jacob Schmitz bought building in 1858 as new location of his "Guadalupe Hotel."
Old World atmosphere of the inn-stagestand was . . . — — Map (db m130115) HM |
| On West Coll Street at South Academy Avenue, on the right when traveling north on West Coll Street. |
| | During the Republic of Texas period, Europeans became interested in colonizing Texas. In the 1840s, a group of German noblemen formed the Adelsverein or the Society for the Protection of German Immigration in Texas. Prince Carl of . . . — — Map (db m130120) HM |
| On South Castell Avenue 0.1 miles south of West San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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The traditions of spaß (fun) and gemütlichkeit (fellowship) came with the German immigrants to the Texas frontier in 1845.
From the time of their arrival, settlers had to rely on their own skills and ingenuity to provide the necessities of . . . — — Map (db m111255) HM |
| On Comal Avenue at Lindheimer Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Comal Avenue. |
| | In 1861, ten heavily German counties in Texas voted against secession, though Comal County was an exception. States' rights puzzled some voters. Many had lately taken naturalization oaths. After secession, some avoided military duty from . . . — — Map (db m156496) HM |
| Near North Business Interstate Highway 35 south of Peach Street. |
| | Dedicated at the burial of Mrs. Elise Peter, on June 23,1845, a few months after New Braunfels was founded. This cemetery gave rest to many colonists in early years of hardships that besieged the German Emigration Company. Gerlach Peter, husband of . . . — — Map (db m151030) HM |
| On Katy Street west of North Grape Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Following his service in World War II, Felipe Delgado and his wife, Elisa Saenz Delgado, purchased a lot in 1947 in the West End Subdivision #2, determined to create an entertainment center for the Hispanic community. Felipe worked various jobs . . . — — Map (db m151021) HM |
| On Old Nacogdoches Road at Farm to Market Road 482, on the right when traveling south on Old Nacogdoches Road. |
| | In the mid-19th century, several German families left nearby New Braunfels and established farms in what would become the village of Comal, Texas. At varying times, Comal has been known as “Wenzel” for one of these founding families, and . . . — — Map (db m151008) HM |
| On Highway 482 at Bunker Street, on the right when traveling east on Highway 482. |
| | The original Catholic settlers of Comal Village longed for their own place of worship and school. Peter Ignatz Wenzel donated 3 acres of land for the construction of a school and a chapel. A one room school was built in December 1868 and an expanded . . . — — Map (db m113847) HM |
| On Old Nacogdoches Road at Farm to Market Road 482, on the right when traveling south on Old Nacogdoches Road. |
| | The stone below, dated 1915, represents a portion of the headwall element of one of several culverts constructed in 1915 for water displacement from the Dry Comal Creek as it passes along Comal Settlement. These culverts formed a part of the Post . . . — — Map (db m151012) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 311 at Farm to Market Road 3159, on the right when traveling north on Highway 311. |
| | Located off State Highway 46 on Farm to Market road 311 in the Texas Hill Country, the Smithson Valley Cemetery is the final resting place for German immigrants who settled the Smithson Valley community area at one time. The community had a store, . . . — — Map (db m156448) HM |
| On Spring Branch Road at Old Spring Branch Road, on the right when traveling east on Spring Branch Road. |
| | Area settlers in horse-drawn carriages used this gravel bed low water crossing of the San Antonio-Blanco Road to reach the German settlement of Spring Branch. Despite frequent floods, use of the crossing increased during the years (1875-1906) Spring . . . — — Map (db m46923) HM |
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