Published On Jan 16, 2023
Fredericksburg was founded in 1846. The emigration was in part the liberal, educated Germans fleeing the social, political, and economic conditions that later resulted in the Revolution of 1848, and in part working-class Germans.
Baron von Meusebach renounced his noble title and became known in Texas as John O. Meusebach. The reddish-blonde haired John O. Meusebach was named El Sol Colorado (The Red Sun) by Penateka Comanche Chief Ketemoczy (Katemcy). Meusebach brokered the 1847 Treaty between the Comanche and the German Immigration Company. The treaty was unique in that it did not take away the rights of the Penateka Comanche, but was an agreement that the Comanche and settlers would mutually share the land, co-existing in peace and friendship. Meusebach paid the Penateka Comanches $3,000 in food, gifts, and other commodities for their participation in the signing of the agreement. It is one of the very few treaties with native American tribes that was never broken.
In 1845, Meusebach set out from New Braunfels, he opted for a valley situated between two creeks, which are now known as Barons Creek and Town Creek, and surrounded by seven hills. He named it in honor of Prince Frederick of Prussia, the highest-ranking member of the Mainzer Adelsverein and nephew of King Frederick William III of Prussia. For the settlement, he purchased 10,000 acres.
On April 23, 1846, the first wagon train of settlers left New Braunfels, encountering friendly Delaware Indians en route, and arrived at the Fredericksburg site on May 8, 1846.The first colonists immediately set about to plant a garden and build a storehouse out of logs, and a stockade and a blockhouse.
So was the founding of Fredericksburg, Texas today you can see a lot of the German influences in this town, come along as we discover what it has to offer.
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