Table of Contents

Foreword Emigration, by H. Ochs, Sr.......................................................9
Fredericksburg, a Poem by F. H. Lohmann...............................................9
The Mainzer Society of Noblemen...........................................................11
John O. Meusebach.................................................................................27
The First Expedition to Fredericksburg.....................................................27
The Second Expedition to Fredericksburg, by Julius Splittgerber...............29
The First Years in the New Colony of Fredericksburg...............................36
Meusebach's Expedition into the Comanche Territory................................37
The Mormon Settlement Near Fredericksburg..........................................45
Sketches from Earlier Day, Julius Splittgerber............................................46
Burning of Hunter's Store, by H.R. v. Biberstein........................................47
The First Lynching in Fredericksburg.........................................................47
Recollections from Indian Times, by Emil Kriewitz.....................................48
The History of the Development of Gillespie County, by B. Blum...............50
A Systematic Arrangement of the County Offices of Gillespie County..........56
Statistical Information................................................................................57
School System of Gillespie County............................................................57
Church Chronicles.....................................................................................59
Association  Chronicles.............................................................................65
Gallery of Several Prominent Men of Fredericksburg..................................70
Noteworthy Attractions in Gillespie County................................................71
From the Time of the Indians.....................................................................78
A Little more from Olden Times................................................................79
The Murder of John Braeutigam................................................................79
The Robbery of the Bank of Fredericksburg..............................................79
Humor during Times of Distress.................................................................79
Appendix..........................................................................................81-128

Index of Names
Ahlert, Alabama Indians, Alamo, Alberthal, Albrecht, Allison, Althaus, Ameling, American, Amthor, Anderegg, Antwerp (Belgium), Arhelger, Arkansas, Arlt, Assig, Augsburg Confession, Austin, Austin County, Bader, Barnet, Barons Creek, Bartlet, Basse, Bauer, Baumacher, Baunach, Bear Creek, Bear Mountain, Beaver Creek, Becker, Behrens, Bene, Benedictione, Berg, Bergmann, Berlin, Bernstein, Bertram, Bettina, Bexar County, Biberstein, Bickel, Bieberich, Biegel, Biehl, Bierschwale, Biesele, Blanco County, Blum, Boecking, Boerne, Bohnenberger, Bonham, Bonn, Boos-Waldeck, Borchers,Bosz, Bracht, Braeutigam, Braterich, Braubach, Brozos, Bremen, Brockmann, Brodbeck, Brodie, Broetzmann, Bruiersky, Bruno, Buchel, Buchen, Buchholz, Buchmeier, Buchschacher, Buffalo Hump, Burch, Burgdorf, Burrier, Caldwell, Caledonia, California, Callan, Carlisten, Carlshafen, Carter, Cas, Casino, cast, Castell, Castman, Castro, Castroville, Catoy Indians, Cave Creek, Cecil, Chadbourne (Fort), Cherokee Indians, Cherry Mountain, Cherry Spring, Cherry Spring Lodge, Chrischona, Cibolo, Cincinnati, Civil War, Clarke, Cloudt, Coffee Mill, Cold Spring (Loyal Valley), Coleto, Coll, Colorado River, Comal, Comanche Indians, Comfort, Comparet, Concepcion Mission, Confederate, Connor (Chief), Cooley, Coreth, Crab Apple, Cramm, Creek Street, Crenwelge, Cross Mountain, Cuans, Dale, Dallas, Dalwigk, Dangers, Dannheim, Darmstaedter, Daumann, Dechert, Degener, De Geller, Delaware Indians, Dennis, De Orvanne, Detthardt, Dietrich, Dietz, Dirksen, Doebbler, Doering, Dombriski, Donop, Doole's Store, Draeger, Dresel, Dry Creek, Dubois, Duecker, Duff, Durst, Eckert, Eckhardt, Ehrenberg, Eigenauer, Eilers, Eiser, Eldridge, Elley, Ellinger,  Elm, Emanuel, Enchanted Rock, Enderlin, Engel, Erath, Erlemeyer, Ernst, Ervendberg, Espado, Estill, Evangelical Prot. Congregation, Ev. Prot Holy Ghost, Ebans, Evers, Fahrenhorst, Fair Association, Feller, Ferdinand, Fiedler, Fischer, Fisher-Miller, Flersheim, Fordtran, Forest, Formann, Frank, Frankfort, Frantzen, Fredericksburg, Freeman, Frels, Frentzel, Fresenius, Fridolin, Friedlaender, Frishmeyer, Fritze, Frohsinn, Fullenweider, Galveston, Gardner, Garrison, Gebrimsette, Geiger, Gellermann, Gerdes, German, Germany, Gieseke, Gillespie County, Gillespie, Glatzle, Goat Creek, Goehmann, gold, Goliad, Gonzales, Goszweiler, Gramme, Grape Creek, Grape Twon, Grasmeier, Griebenrath, Grosz, Grote, Grunder, Guadalupe, Guenther, Guergens, Gunst, Haag, Haas, Haberkorn, Hagen, Hahn, Halt, Hamlton, Hansen, Hanstem, Harkort, Harmmacher, Harper, Harrison, Hartmann, Hays County, Heimann, Heinimann, Heinzelmann, Heiser, Hellmueller, Henke, Heinrich, Heinrich Heine Lodge, Henrich, Henschell, Herbort, Herder, Herff, Hermann, Hermann's University, Herschell, Hertz, Heunecke, Heusemann, Hillebrand, Hillmann, Hirsch, Hoelzer, Hoermann, Hoerster, Hoffmann, Hohenberger, Hollien, Holzinger, Homburg, Home Guard, Hopf, Hotop, House Mountain, Houston, Houy, Howard, howe, Hubertus, Hugg, Hunter, Hunter's Store, Indianola, Industry, Itz, Jacoby, Jaffaund, Jenkins, Jensen, Johnson Fork, Jordan, Jost, Juenkem Jung, Kallenberg, Kammlah, Kampmann's Regiment, Kanter, Kastro (Chief), Keese, Keidel, Keller, Kendall County, Kensing, Kern, Kerr County, Ketemoczy (Chief), Kettner, Keuchler, Keyser, Kezler, Kiehne, Kikapoo Indians, Kimble County, Kimps, Kingston, Kinchel, Kleberg, Kleck, Klein, Kleine, Klingelhoefer, Kneese, Knights of Honor, Knolle, Knopp, Knox, Knup, Koblenz, Koch, Koenig, Koennecke, Koepf, Koeppen, Koester, Kohlmeier, Koll, Kopp, Kordzig, Kortisky, Kotemoczy (Chief), Kothe, Kott, Kramer, Kratz, Kraus, Krauskopf, Krieger, Kriewitz, Krueger, Kuhlmann, Kusenberger, La Bahia (Goliad), Langenheim, Langerhans, Lantz, Larson, Lavaca Bay, Lee, Lehmann, Lehmkuhl, Leiningen, Lepan Indians, Lewis, Leyendecker, Lindig, Live Oak, Liverpool, Llano County, Llano Leather Jackets, Llano River, Lochte, Lohmann, Loudon, Louis, Louisiana, Love, Loyal Valley, Luckenbach, Ludwig, Lueck, Luekenboger, Lueders, Lundt, Lungkwitz, Luther, Lutheran Zions Church, Lyningburg, Maier, Main Street, Mainzer Society, Marfity, Marschall, Martin, Mason County, Mason (Fort), Masor, Matagorda Bay, Maverick, Max, Mayer, McAdoo, McCullough County, McKavett (Fort), Meckel, Medina County, Meinhardt, Meerholz, Mehlig, Meier, Menard County,  Menardville, Menzel, Merrilm Merz, Messer, Methodists, Metzenthin, Metzger, Meusebach, Meusebach Creek, Mexicans, Mexico, Miehe, Miles, Milius, Miller, Moellering, Mogford, Monte Casino, Monterey (Battle, Moore, Mopechucope (Chief), Morgan, Mormans, Mosel, Moursund, Mueller, Mumme, Murcheson, Mutual Aid Society, Nachitoches Road, Nacogdoches, Namky, Nassau, Nassau Farm, Nauwald, Nebig, Neighbors, Neffendorf, Neraz, New Braunfels, New Orleans, Niebling, Nimitz, Nixon, Northern Methodist Church, Novian, Nueces, Oak Creek, Oberlaender, ochs, Odin, Ostreich, Ohlenberger, Ott, Pack Saddle Mountain, Padillo, Palm, Palo Alto, Palo Alto Battle, Pape, Parker, Paschall, Pattawotomie, Patton, Peace, Perdernales River, Pellicer, Penniger, Peske, Peter, Peterich, Peters, Petmecky, Petry, Petsch, Pfaeffle, Peiper, Pluenneke, Porton, Post Oak Hill, Preer, Preusch, Priesz, Probst, Protestants, Pucholasky, Rabke, Radelff, Rahe, Rahn, Ransleben, Redlich, Rehmann, Reichenau, Reider, Reinhardt, Rette, Ricks, Riehe, Rifelmen's Association, Riley, Riley's Creek, Robinson, Rode, Roeder, Roege, Roehrig, Roemer, Rohrdorf, Roos, Rosenberg, Rozas, Ruebsamen, Ruegner, Ruff, Runge, Sageser, Saint Paul (MN), Saledo, San Antonio, Sandy Creek, San Jacinto, San Jose, San Juan, Sanneko, San Patriciao, Santa Anna, Santana  (Chief), San Saba Mission, San Saba River, Sawiez, Schandua, Schaper, Scharnhorst, Schellenburg, Scheurich, Schild, Schildknecht, Schlaudt, Schlueter, Schmidt, Schmidtzinsky, Schnautz, Schneider, Schoenberg, Schoenwolf, Schoots, Schrack, Schrimpf, Schroeder, Schubert, Schuch, Schuchard, Schuer, Schuetz, Schuetze, Schultz, Schulz, Schulze, Schumacher, Schumann, Schupp, Schwarz, Schwemann, Schwerein, Scott, Segers, Sharpe, Sharpshooters, Shaw, Shawnie Indians, Shonie Indians, Siegmund, Siemering, Sieper, Sisterdale, Smith, Solms, Sons of Hermann, Sophia, Sophienburg, Southern Methodist Church, Spaeth, Spain, Spaniards, Specht, Spies, Splittgerber, Spohn, Sqauw Creek, Staats, Staggs, Starks, Staudt, Stein, Steinmann, Stern, Steubing, Stewart, Stiehl, Stoer, Stolte, Strackbein, Striegler, Stucken, Suchard, Sueltemeyer, Tansill, Tapps, Tatsch, Teich, Temple, Terry Post, Texas, Texas Choral Society, Texas Rangers, Theisz, Theodore, Thiele, Thoensen, Thuerwaechter, Tivydale, Tonkawah Indians, Travis, Treibs, Tarillion, Twohig, Ullrich, Ulm Creek, United States, United Workmen, Urrea, Usener, Utah, Victoria, Voelker, Volmar, Vordenbaeumen, Waco Indians, Wagner, Wahrenberger, Wahrmund, Walch, Walter, Waterloo (Battle), Waltersdorf, Waters, Weber, Wehmeyer, Weinheimer, Weisz, Welge, Welgehausen, Weniger, Weppler, Wertmann, weyershausen, Weyrich, White, White Oak Creek, Wiedenfeld, Wight, Wilhelm, Wilke, Willmann, Willms, Willow Creek, Wimmer, Winkel, Winningham, Wissemann, Wittig, Wittnebe, Wolfenberger, Wolf's Store, Wolf's Crossing, Woodmen of the World, Woolrich, Workmen's Associations, Wrede, Wunderlich, Young, Zacharias, Zenner, Zersinsky, Zink, Zinkenburg, Zizelmann, Zoeller, Zwingli