On Farm to Market Road 2502 at Wickel Road, on the right when traveling south on Highway 2502.
Ebenezer German Baptist Church was organized in 1861 following a revival preached by Frank Kiefer (1833-1909), a German immigrant and convert to the Baptist faith. Commonly known as Greenvine Baptist Church, the congregation first met in a log . . . — — Map (db m165383) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2052 at County Road 2, on the right when traveling south on Road 2052.
Apparently the first use in Texas of natural gas for fuel occurred in 1879 near here. William Seidel, a farmer, grist mill and cotton gin owner, and merchant, trying to dig a water well, struck gas at approximate depth of 106 feet. The gas was piped . . . — — Map (db m28321) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2502, 0.1 miles south of Wickel Road, on the right when traveling south.
Public education in the rural community of Greenvine began in 1880, when the Greenvine School was established near this site. The students, predominantly German in descent and Lutheran and Baptist in faith, began attending classes taught in German . . . — — Map (db m165384) HM
