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Gillespie County

Gillespie County( )
Author: Gillespie County Historical Society, Gillespie County
Series title:Images of America Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7385-9649-5
Publication Date:Mar 2013
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.99
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The Society for the Protection of German Immigrants was formed in Germany in 1842 by a group of German noblemen with both philanthropic and commercial goals for a settlement in Texas. Over 5,200 German immigrants arrived on the Texas coast between October 1845 and April 1846. Lack of adequate funding and planning, as well as the continued war between Texas and Mexico, left many immigrants stranded at Indianola without sufficient food, water, shelter, or transportation inland. Hundreds...
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