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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Cat Spring Agricultural Society |
| Title, Monographic | The Cat Spring Story |
| Place of Publication | San Antonio, Tex. |
| Publisher | Lone Star Printing Company |
| Date of Publication | 1956 |
| Extent of Work | 166 |
| Abstract | From the Introduction: "This is the intriguing story of one of the earliest successful German settlements in Texas. Cat Spring is in Austin County, a few miles southwest of the county seat, Bellville. . . . Near the original settlement is a large spring. It is reported that someone killed a wildcat nearby and it was first called Wildcat Spring but was later shortened to Cat Spring (Katzenquelle). Many names still prominent in the life of Texas are found in the original list of those who first settled here in the early 1830s; names such as Von Roeder, Kleberg, Hintz, Eckelberg, Amsler, Mueller, Welhausen, Meyer, Engelking, Reibenstein, Trenckmann, Vornkahl, Regenbrecht, Keuffel and Rinicke. Charles Nagel, born near Cat Spring in 1849, was Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Taft. The settlement was founded in 1832 when Austin County had a population of about a thousand people. . . . Settlers of Teutonic origin came from various parts of Western Europe. Frequently mentioned in the minutes and in related literature are such localities as Hannover, Westphalia, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Hamburg and Saxony. Others came later from Switzerland and Moravia." |
| Notes | Donated by Glenn Gilbert |
| Call Number | MKI / SHS F394 C3 C3 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Texas/ 19th century |