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Schulenburg is located in southern Fayette County on high ground 2 miles (3 km) east of the Navidad River. It is approximately 95 miles west of Houston, Texas and 100 miles east of San Antonio. According to the United States Census Bureau, Schulenburg has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2), all land. [4]
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In 1887 the hall was expanded by 60 feet. In 1891 the hall was again enlarged 20' by 6". In 1894 the Verein held its first agriculture fair which continued into the early 1900s. Chris Herry of New Braunfels, Texas was contracted in 1908 to build the addition to the hall which is the current dance floor at a cost of $2512.37. Mr.
Texas Polka Music Museum in Schulenburg, Texas. Polka is popular in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the "Beer Barrel Polka" is played during the seventh-inning stretch and halftime of Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks games. [17] Polka is also the official state dance of Wisconsin. [18]
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In 2006, Gruene Hall was shown in the movie Coyote Funeral. [2] In 2009, George Strait's album Twang CD cover and insert photos were taken at Gruene Hall. [citation needed] In 2019, ZZ Top did interviews and played live music for many parts of the documentary That Little ol' Band from Texas at the dance hall. At the end of the documentary, they ...
Elizabeth Thompson (born Mary Elizabeth Haley; 18 October 1855 – 13 April 1953) was a prostitute and dance hall girl who worked in Dodge City, Kansas and other frontier cattle towns during the 1870s. She later became famous as Squirrel Tooth Alice, madam of a brothel in Sweetwater, Texas. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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