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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticLee, Whitney
Title, AnalyticThe County's Namesake: George B. Erath
Journal TitleThe Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society)
Date of PublicationSummer 2010
Volume ID32
Issue ID2
Location in Work130-131, ill.
ISSN0730-3106
AbstractGeorge Bernard Erath was a soldier, surveyor, and legislator, born in 1813, in Vienna, Austria. In 1832 he arrived in New Orleans, and by 1833 he moved to the Republic of Texas, where he became a surveyor in Robertson County. In 1843 he was elected to the Congress of the Republic of Texas, representing Milam County until 1845. Erath died in 1891. The city of Stephenville, in Erath County, boasts a set of Erath Memorial Arches at the entrance of Erath Street.
NotesFrom the Stephenville Empire-Tribune, March 28, 2010
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Texas/ History/ 19th century