THE INSTALLATEUR NOTDIENST 1230 WIEN DIARIES

the massive inflow of German immigrants to Texas from the mid-1800s stimulated land income in south-central Texas. Johann Theodor Gerfers, his spouse Maria, and their four kids arrived in Texas in 1848. Gerfers obtained the first land (one hundred sixty acres) within the Timberwood spot and began cattle and sheep ranching. through the early 1850s i