THE INSTALLATEUR NOTDIENST 1230 WIEN DIARIES

the massive influx of German immigrants to Texas during the mid-1800s stimulated land sales in south-central Texas. Johann Theodor Gerfers, his wife Maria, and their 4 youngsters arrived in Texas in 1848. Gerfers ordered the initial land (a hundred and sixty acres) in the Timberwood space and commenced cattle and sheep ranching. in the early 1850s