THE INSTALLATEUR NOTDIENST 1230 WIEN DIARIES

the massive inflow of German immigrants to Texas within the mid-1800s stimulated land profits in south-central Texas. Johann Theodor Gerfers, his spouse Maria, as well as their 4 small children arrived in Texas in 1848. Gerfers procured the primary land (a hundred and sixty acres) in the Timberwood location and began cattle and sheep ranching. from