THE INSTALLATEUR NOTDIENST 1230 WIEN DIARIES

the massive influx of German immigrants to Texas from the mid-1800s stimulated land sales in south-central Texas. Johann Theodor Gerfers, his wife Maria, as well as their 4 little ones arrived in Texas in 1848. Gerfers purchased the initial land (one hundred sixty acres) within the Timberwood place and started cattle and sheep ranching. with the ea