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Covering approximately 2,807 acres (1,136 ha), the Klein Frankreich Rural Historic District is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of the city of Fredericksburg, in Gillespie County, Texas. The name Klein Frankreich translates from the original German language as "Little France", and the area was so named because the initial settlers (ca. 1846 ...
Luckenbach (/ ˈ l uː k ɪ n b ɑː k / LOO-kin-bahk) is an unincorporated community 13 miles (19 km) from Fredericksburg in southeastern Gillespie County, Texas, United States.Named for Carl Albert Luckenbach, son of the early settler Jacob Luckenbach, the town is known as a venue for country music and for its German-Texan heritage.
Early native inhabitants were the Tonkawa, Comanche, Kiowa, and Lipan Apache peoples. [3] In 1842, the Adelsverein organized in Germany to promote emigration to Texas. [4] The Fisher–Miller Land Grant set aside three million acres (12,000 km 2) to settle 600 families and single men of German, Dutch, Swiss, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian ancestry in Texas. [5]
Fort Martin Scott is a restored United States Army outpost near Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country, United States, that was active from December 5, 1848, until April, 1853. [2] It was part of a line of frontier forts established to protect travelers and settlers within Texas .
The personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the best places to celebrate New Year's Eve this year. The site compared 100 of the biggest US cities on entertainment, food, costs, safety, and ...
The Fredericksburg event was capped by a 10-car caravan tour of Fredericksburg, while Nimitz instead visited his relatives. [62] On November 22, 1963, when Lyndon Johnson became President of the United States, global attention focused upon the Texas White House at nearby Stonewall.
The restaurant ranks No. 23 on Yelp's Best New Restaurants of 2024. No. 24: Percy in Boise, Idaho (American) No. 25: Cataline Kitchen + Bar in Charlotte, North Carolina (scratch kitchen)
The White Mills Hotel, long vacant, is proposed to be rehabilitated for affordable workforce housing for Settlers Hospitality. The historic boarding house is seen along Main Street (Route 6) at ...