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| Directions: at corner of Porter and McKinna in front of Mission Valley Mills, New Braunfels | |
| Marker #: 5091003561 | |
| Year Dedicated: 1968 | |
| Size, type: 18 x 28" Subject | |
| Last reported condition: refinish not on major hwy. | |
| Near River Crossing Used by New Braunfels' First Settlers - At the crossing of the San Antonio-Nacogdches 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 Firday,1845, they founded the town of New Braunfels. Named for the estate of Prince Solms-Braunfels, the commissioner-general of the German Emigration Society. Part of a wave of German colonists,1844-1847, this small group and others like it have left a distinctive mark on the heritage and culture of Texas. (1968) | |
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Decimal degrees: N 29.696701 W -98.105907
Degrees, minutes: N 29 41.802 W 098 06.354 UTM: Zone 14, Easting 586496, Northing 3285512 |
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