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  2. Treue der Union Monument - Wikipedia

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    The German-American Treue der Union Monument (Loyalty to the Union), is located in the Kendall County community of Comfort in the U.S. state of Texas. It was dedicated on August 10, 1866 to commemorate the German-Texans who died at the 1862 Nueces massacre. Thirty-four were killed, some executed after being taken prisoner, for refusing to sign ...

  3. Nueces massacre - Wikipedia

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    Approximate map of Texas Hill Country. Germans immigrated to Texas as early as 1836. [8] By 1860, the German population in Texas, predominantly first-generation immigrants, reached an approximate level of 20,000 across the entire state. [9] They settled heavily in an area known as the Hill Country. [8] The exact dimensions of Hill Country are ...

  4. Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites

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    The monument of the fallen men of the Dawson Massacre and the ill-fated Mier Expedition.. On September 18, 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the Dawson Massacre and the Black Bean Episode, which had been retrieved from their original burial sites, were reinterred in a common tomb with a sandstone vault at the location now known as Monument Hill.

  5. Flying, venomous Joro spider is no concern in Texas, but ...

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    A Texas Redheaded Centipede is spotted at Lake Arrowhead State Park . The venomous Texas redheaded centipede can grow up to a half-foot in length — and it's bite can be very painful. Tarantula hawk

  6. List of Texas state parks - Wikipedia

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    The Blanco River in Blanco State Park: Bonham State Park: Fannin 261 acres (106 ha) 1933 Bonham State Park headquarters: Brazos Bend State Park: Fort Bend 4,897 acres (1,982 ha) 1984 Brazos Bend State Park: Buescher State Park: Bastrop 1,016.7 acres (411 ha) 1940 Buescher State Park: Caddo Lake State Park: Harrison 468 acres (189 ha) 1933 Caddo ...

  7. Do sleeping humans really swallow 8 spiders a year? - AOL

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    But Rod Crawford, arachnid curator at the Burke Museum, said "spiders probably find sleeping humans terrifying" because we "create vibrations that warn spiders of danger."

  8. Spiders could theoretically eat every human on earth in one year

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    Spiders could, theoretically, eat every single human on earth within one year. It gets worse. Those humans consume about 400 million tons of meat and fish each year, so ultimately, the tiny ...

  9. List of former Texas state parks - Wikipedia

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    Tres Palacios State Park: 1933? Matagorda: Unknown [3] Kerrville-Schreiner State Park: 1936: 2004: Kerr: Kerrville-Schreiner Park: Fort Stockton State Park?? Pecos: Unknown: Mackenzie State Park?? Lubbock: Mackenzie Park: Avalon State Park?? Bandera: Bandera County Medina Lake Park: Texas Park Road 37 still in commission even though state park ...