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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ9N_the-brenham-maifest_Brenham-TX.html
The Brenham Maifest has evolved from the German Volksfest, a spring festival carried to this area by German Texans who settled near Brenham. When the Brenham Fire Department assumed the duties of the Volksfest Association in 1880, the exclusively …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6J_washington-county-c-s-a_Brenham-TX.html
Washington county was the most populous in the state during the Civil War. It served as a center for production, warehousing, transportation, communications, and had a large quartermaster depot. Local wartime factories made spinning jennies, lumbe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUL_greenvine-gas-discovery_Brenham-TX.html
Apparently the first use in Texas of natural gas for fuel occurred in 1879 near here. William Seidel, a farmer, grist mill and cotton gin owner, and merchant, trying to dig a water well, struck gas at approximate depth of 106 feet. The gas was pip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUG_thomas-affleck_Brenham-TX.html
Born and educated in Scotland, Thomas Affleck (1812-1868) emigrated in 1832 to the United States, where he became one of the most well-known agriculturalists of his time. A prolific writer, Affleck was associated with several agricultural and hort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUE_wauls-texas-legion-campsite_Brenham-TX.html
In the spring of 1862 Thomas N. Waul (1813-1903) recruited men from Washington and the surrounding counties to form a legion for Confederate service. Composed of twelve infantry companies, six cavalry companies, and two artillery companies, the le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHE_la-bahia-road_Brenham-TX.html
One of the first overland routes used by European explorers of Texas, La Bahia Road was originally an east-west Indian trail in southeastern Texas and Louisiana. Earlier it may have been an animal trail. Although not as famous, or long, as El Cami…
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