THE INSTALLATEUR NOTDIENST 1230 WIEN DIARIES

the big influx of German immigrants to Texas within the mid-1800s stimulated land revenue in south-central Texas. Johann Theodor Gerfers, his wife Maria, as well as their 4 children arrived in Texas in 1848. Gerfers acquired the main land (a hundred and sixty acres) in the Timberwood location and began cattle and sheep ranching. with the early 1850