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New Braunfels, Texas

Everything New Braunfels is known for

45 songs mention this city 27 artists from here

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New Braunfels, Texas, a city known for its German Texan heritage and its location where the Texas Hill Country meets rolling prairie land, also has a notable connection to music. Over twenty artists call New Braunfels home, and dozens of songs mention the city. Artists like Sixpence None The Richer, known for pop, and country artists such as Josh Grider & Drew Kennedy, have roots in New Braunfels. The city is also mentioned in songs like "Screw You, We’re From Texas" by Ray Wylie Hubbard and "There's Only One S in New Braunfels" by Alex Meixner Band.

Music in New Braunfels

Songs About New Braunfels

Are You A Real Cowboy?
Amanda Kate Ferris
98%
"Have you danced down at Gruene Hall?"
Pray Your Name
Hudson Westbrook
97%
"Burning up some Gruene Hall floor"
Where There’s a Willie
Jack Ingram
97%
"There's a Gruene Hall where we can dance"
Kiss Me (Live at Gruene Hall)
Sixpence None the Richer
97%
"Gruene Hall"
Hill Country Boogaloo
Stoney LaRue
97%
"Cruise on over to Gruene Hall, baby"
Screw You, We’re From Texas
Ray Wylie Hubbard
96%
"Cause we got Stubbs, and Gruene Hall and Antone's"
Do You Love Texas?
Shooter Jennings
96%
"From Lubbock to Greune Hall"
Snake Farm
Ray Wylie Hubbard
95%
"She works down at the snake farm"
Travis County (Live at Gruene Hall)
Jack Ingram
95%
"Travis County (Live at Gruene Hall)"
Here I Come
John Baumann
94%
"Looking up at pictures of John T's and Gruene Hall"
Screw You, We’re From Texas
Josh Abbott Band
94%
"Cause we got Stubbs, and Gruene Hall, and Antone's"
Outlaw Blood
Ray Wylie Hubbard
94%
"Snake farm"
There's Only One S in New Braunfels
Alex Meixner Band
85%
are you a real cowboy
amanda kate ferris
60%
Friday Night
Wade Bowen
50%
"It's Friday night here in New Braunfels, Texas"
Texas Is My Home (Shiner Bock Mix)
Rich O’Toole
49%
"Rode down to New Braunfels tacos at Los Gallos"
fun all wrong
roger creager
45%
Lord Bury Me in Texas
Shane Smith & the Saints
45%
"We'll be stompin' to a beat at the ol' Gruene Hall"
south texas
matthew janecek
45%
Damn Strait
Scotty McCreery
40%

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Artists From New Braunfels

S
Sixpence None The Richer
pop
J
Josh Grider & Drew Kennedy
country
C
Catie Offerman
country
T
The Statesboro Revue
americana
A
Austin Meade
country
J
Jason Allen
country
S
Sunny Sauceda
tejano
C
Cody Canada & The Departed
country
A
Alex Meixner
polka
D
Dallas Burrow
country
C
Copper Chief
country
M
Midnight River Choir
americana
J
Jonny Burke
country
J
Jennifer Sullivan
country
T
Tony Taylor
country
I
Isaac Jacob Band
country
A
Austin Gilliam
americana
D
Devin Michaels
country
C
Cameron Allbright
country
T
Trevor Underwood
country

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Rivers & Roads in Song near New Braunfels

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near New Braunfels.

Guadalupe River 18 songs Interstate 35 45 songs Interstate 10 36 songs US Route 90 9 songs Blanco River 4 songs San Antonio River 2 songs

Musical Heritage

Gruene Hall's hidden air-cooling system RoadyGoat

1878

Gruene Hall has been open since 1878, and for almost a hundred and fifty years, staying cool inside meant ceiling fans, a couple of swamp coolers, and whatever breeze came through the open windows. Joe Ely tells it that when he played there in 1986, the stage got up around a hundred and twenty-five degrees — like the Amazon, he said. So this year they finally put in air conditioning. Quietly. The owner, Susie Molak, ran a poll first, and folks overwhelmingly told her not to touch the place. So the crew hid it — ran the ducts through the old woodwork and built a whole second roof out of pre-weathered tin, four inches above the first one, to bury the insulation. Molak drove up afterward and didn't even notice. And they'll only cool it to eighty-five. Some sweat, they decided, you keep.

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History of New Braunfels

The Oldest Bakery in Texas, Still in the Family Recipes RoadyGoat

If you want to taste 19th-century New Braunfels, walk into Naegelin's at 129 South Seguin Avenue, the oldest bakery in Texas. It opened in 1868, when an Alsatian immigrant named Edouard Naegelin arrived in town as a teenager with little more than a sack of flour to his name. He started baking, and the operation moved into its current spot around 1870, where it has been turning out bread, kolaches, strudel, and German pastries continuously ever since. The building itself is a piece of history, originally built in the German fachwerk style of timber framing filled with masonry, later covered over to protect the old walls. What is remarkable is how little has changed: the bakery still leans on recipes that go back to its earliest days, and ownership has passed down through a small number of local families rather than to any chain. More than a century and a half of New Braunfels has bought morning kolaches over this same counter. Pull in early, because the cases empty fast. (Source: Naegelin's Bakery; Texas Hill Country.)

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The Prince Who Named a Texas Town After Home RoadyGoat

The town around you owes its name and its existence to a German nobleman who didn't stay long. Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels arrived in Texas in 1844 as the first commissioner-general of the Adelsverein, a society of German aristocrats organizing the largest planned migration of German settlers to America. After immigrants landed at the coast and waited out a miserable winter, Prince Carl bought land where the Comal and Guadalupe rivers meet and, on March 21, 1845, established a settlement here as a way station toward a distant land grant. He named it New Braunfels after Braunfels, the seat of his family's principality back in Germany. The prince was a romantic figure, fond of uniforms and ceremony, but a poor administrator, and he sailed home before the year was out, leaving John O. Meusebach to clean up the finances. What he left behind grew into the county seat of Comal County and the cultural heart of German Texas, a place where the language, food, and music of the old country took root and never fully let go. (Source: Handbook of Texas; City of New Braunfels history.)

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How One Family Turned a River Into a Factory Town RoadyGoat

The clear water flowing through Landa Park once ran one of the busiest industrial operations in Central Texas. In 1859 Joseph Landa, a German-Jewish immigrant, bought the land around Comal Springs and harnessed the constant flow of the Comal River, the most reliable water power for miles. Over the following decades he and his son Harry built an empire on it: flour and grist mills, a cotton seed oil mill, a wool factory, an ice plant, a brewery, and in 1890 the Landa Electric Light and Power Company, which lit New Braunfels with hydroelectricity. The mills ran day and night, seven days a week, and Landa Industries became the largest employer in town. The Comal's steady, spring-fed current was the secret, never freezing, rarely flooding the works, always turning the wheels. In 1898 Harry Landa opened the grounds as a public park, drawing crowds by railroad spur to swim in the spring-fed pools. The factories are gone, but the river that powered them still runs through what is now the city's beloved Landa Park. (Source: Handbook of Texas; Sophienburg Museum.)

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New Braunfels, TX

1845

New Braunfels, the county seat of Comal County, is at the confluence of the Guadalupe and Comal rivers and the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and Farm Road 725, thirty miles northeast of San Antonio and forty-five miles southwest of Austin near the southeastern border of the county. It was founded on March 21, 1845, when, under the auspices of the Adelsverein , Nicolaus Zink led a German immigrant wagontrain up the Guadalupe River to the ford of the San Antonio-Nacogdoches road. They made camp at a site on Comal Creek (now Dry Comal Creek) chosen by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels , the first commissioner general of the Adelsverein, and promptly organized to receive later arrivals. Zink platted preliminary town and farm lots and supervised construction of a primitive stockade, the Zinkenburg , to protect the immigrants against allegedly cannibalistic Indians. Within weeks Prince Solms had laid the cornerstone for a more permanent fort and headquarters for the immigrant association, the Sophienburg (now the Sophienburg Museum ), made provision for supplying the burgeoning settlement through its first summer on the frontier, and handed leadership of the colony over to John O. Meusebach . By summer the settlers numbered between 300 and 400, and the community had been incorporated under the name of Prince Solms's estate on the Lahn River in western Germany, Braunfels. From 1846 until the 1880s a number of Hispanics and Lipan Indians moved into New Braunfels each spring during sheep-shearing season. Taking advantage of the reliable water power afforded by Comal Springs and the community's position on the road between Austin and San Antonio, the settlers wasted little time establishing the supply and processing businesses-stores, millworks, and craft shops-that soon made New Braunfels the commercial center of a growing agricultural area. Many immigrants brought artisanal skills as well as business acumen to their new home. Within a decade of its founding New Braunfels had emerged as a manufacturing center supplying wagons, farm implements, leather goods, furniture, and clothing for pioneers settling the hills of Central Texas. The town also figured as an important market for the expanding agricultural frontier. Its markets supplied places as close as Bastrop and Victoria and as far away as New Orleans, New York, and the Nassau province of Germany. It is reported that in 1850 New Braunfels was the fourth largest town in Texas. The community's social and cultural development proceeded with its economic progress. Independent Evangelical Protestant, Lutheran, Methodist, and Catholic congregations were formed in the early years of settlement and undertook the construction of permanent church buildings. Blacks formed Baptist and Methodist churches in the late 1860s. The initial church school gave way to a city school, then to a district system that in 1858 was incorporated with the New Braunfels Academy . Citizens voted unanimously to impose a tax for the support of a public school eighteen years before the Constitution of 1876 provided for such local taxation throughout Texas. New Braunfels, Galveston, and Fredricksburg were among the first Texas towns to collect taxes to support schools. Catholics established schools in the 1860s under the direction of the Sisters of Divine Providence ; Black schools were formed during Reconstruction , and schools for Hispanics appeared early in the twentieth century. In the decades before 1990 the New Braunfels Independent School District supported five schools. A gregarious lot, the Germans of New Braunfels also organized the Germania Singing Society, the Schuetzen Verein, a shooting club, and one of the early Turnvereins or athletic clubs. All of these served to maintain the ethnic and cultural identity of the original settlers for later generations. The Neu Braunfelser Zeitung , which issued its first edition in 1852, was published continuously in German until 1957; it later merged with the En

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Schlitterbahn

1979

Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts is a private, family-owned company that operates waterparks, hotels, and associated tourist attractions in Texas and Kansas. The company’s flagship park, which opened in New Braunfels, Texas, on August 2, 1979, originated when Bob and Billye Henry bought Camp Landa, a thirteen-acre campground with about thirty screened cabins, a spring-fed pool, and recreational facilities on the Comal River in 1966. Over the next twelve years the Henry family purchased adjacent properties to grow and develop the camp, which they renamed Landa Resort, into a forty-acre riverside resort; they added new lodges, an additional river-fed pool, tennis and basketball courts, a petting zoo, nine-hole golf course, arcade, fiberglass water slides, and a concrete chute that splashed riders directly into the Comal River. Tubing—floating down the river in large rubber inner tubes—has long been a popular way to beat the summer heat in Texas, and in 1979 the Henrys decided to expand the resort’s water recreation business by constructing a family waterpark. The first element in what they called Schlitterbahn (“slippery road” in German) was a sixty-foot structure modeled on one of the towers of the Solms Castle in Braunfels, Germany, and designed to reflect New Braunfels’s German heritage. The tower, designed and built by members of the Henry family, featured four slides and a system to pump water directly from the Comal River. A year later the Henrys added a large spring-fed lagoon and an inner-tube chute. Over the next decade the Henrys added new features until their original forty-acre property was filled with rides, slides, waterways, and buildings. In 1991 they purchased a nearby twenty-five acre plot, known as Camp Warnecke, a longtime New Braunfels resort on the Comal River, on which they built two new sections of the park: Surfenburg, which featured the world’s first continuous surfing wave (the Boogie Bahn), and Blastenhoff, which featured the world’s first uphill water coaster (the Master Blaster). A fourth area of the park, Tubenbach, opened in 2011 and featured the world’s longest waterpark ride (The Falls). Schlitterbahn New Braunfels, which is open from late April until mid-September, has some 2,000 seasonal employees, and during its 2015 season attracted more than 1,000,000 visitors, making it the most popular seasonal waterpark in the United States. The park has been featured on the NBC Today show and on the Travel Channel and in 2017 was the recipient of nineteen consecutive Golden Ticket Awards from Amusement Today . Schlitterbahn’s sister company NBGS International, founded in New Braunfels in 1984, designs and builds rides for waterparks around the world. A second attraction with a Brazilian beach theme, Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark, opened on South Padre Island in May 2001. It was the first Schlitterbahn park to feature the company’s innovative “Transportainment” river system. The “Transportainment” concept–a portmanteau of transportation and entertainment–conveys guests to each attraction on an extensive interconnected river system, thus eliminating the need to leave the water or stand in line. A 221-room beachfront resort with restaurants, retail shopping, and an indoor waterpark opened at the South Padre Island location in 2013. The Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark, a twenty-six-acre facility with more than thirty attractions, restaurants, and resort-style cabanas, opened in the spring of 2006. The park’s most notable attractions included a one-mile-long river system and Wasserfest, a 70,000-square-foot convertible indoor/outdoor area with heated rides capable of operating year-round. In 2016 Schlitterbahn Galveston Island debuted MASSIV, the world’s tallest uphill water coaster. In 2005 Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts announced plans to expand its business outside of Texas. These efforts resulted in the construction of Schlitterbahn Kansas City, which opened in 2009. In addition to hav

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Gruene Hall

1878

Built in 1878, Gruene Hall is the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Texas. George Strait, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, and countless others have played its stage.

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New Braunfels - German Immigration Wave

1845

Founded in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels as part of a German colonization effort. Became the staging point for one of the largest immigrant waves in Texas history.

New Braunfels

1845

Early inhabitants of this area included Karankawa, Lipan, Tonkawa and Waco Indians. Between 1844 and 1846, the Verein Zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas) sent more than 7,000 German settlers. Several hundred of them arrived in this area in 1845. Led by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, they founded a community here on Good Friday, March 21, of that year. Rafael L. and Maria Antonia Veramendi Garza sold the colonization society more than 1,200 acres of land for the settlers, who held a drawing for lots shortly after arriving. Briefly referred to as Comal Springs, the community was named New Braunfels for the German town of Braunfels on the Lahn River. On May 11, 1846, the Texas Legislature incorporated the city, although the charter was not ratified until the following year. By 1850, New Braunfels was reportedly the fourth largest city in Texas. Because of its temperate climate and abundant natural resources, agriculture and industry thrived. Early craftsmen included bakers, blacksmiths, butchers, button and fringe makers, cabinetmakers, carpenters, coppersmiths, locksmiths, machinists, saddlers, tailors, shoemakers, tanners, tinsmiths, turners and wagon makers. Industries included brick kilns, cotton gins, a door and blind factory, flour and grist mills, breweries, a sawmill, a soap and candle house, and a woolen mill. The city's settlers were undaunted by early hardships. Many old-world customs survive among descendants of the original colonists, and the city's heritage is reflected in its buildings, street names and institutions. (1970, 2005)

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Gebhardt, William F.

1892

William F. "Willie" Gebhardt, business entrepreneur, cook, and chili powder innovator, was born in Germany on March 16, 1875. He was the son of Fredrick and Wilhelmine Gebhardt. In 1883 Gebhardt's parents immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in the German town of New Braunfels, Texas, in 1885. It was there that William, who was raised to speak German, learned to read and write English. He also met Rose Mary Kronkosky, and they married by 1895. They had three children: Stella, Benno, and Herbert. Gebhardt's passion for cooking was first ignited in 1892, when he opened a café in the back of a saloon located on the corner of West San Antonio Street and Castell Street in downtown New Braunfels. The drinking establishment was known as the Phoenix Saloon by the mid-1890s. Gebhardt owned the café for four years. During this time, he developed what became his famous chili powder, which was first called "Tampico Dust," and he flavored his stew with the spice. Enthralled by the spicy variety of Mexican cuisine, Gebhardt spent his free time traveling the thirty miles south to San Antonio to enjoy the local Mexican food. He began experimenting with grinding herbs and dried peppers, and cooking a variety of chilies for his customers. Chili was a popular dish in the area, but it was seasonally limited due to the availability of fresh peppers. He later discovered that by drying his chili peppers and grinding them into a flavored powder, he could keep the powder fresh for several months. Having learned that, historically, American Indian groups had used ancho peppers for seasoning foods, he began importing ancho peppers by the wagonload from San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Thus he stored enough peppers to last for the entire year. Gebhardt spent years developing a recipe to grind chilies into a piquant powder known as chili powder. In 1896 Gebhardt peddled bottles of his concoction and called it Gebhardt's Eagle Brand Chili Powder. He registered the Eagle Brand name and trademarked his Eagle Chili Powder. In 1898 he moved to San Antonio and opened a factory on West Commerce Street. The 1900 census listed the family in San Antonio, and Gebhardt was listed as a "Chili Powder Manufacturer." He soon secured financial backing from his brother-in-law Albert Kronkosky. Gebhardt initially sold his powder in Texas, but his success with his product allowed him to take credit as the first entrepreneur to market his chili powder on a large scale. In 1908 his company published a cookbook, Mexican Cooking , in an effort to introduce and educate the American public about Mexican food. It was one of the first cookbooks to focus on Mexican-American cooking and spurred several later editions. Gebhardt received his butcher's license in 1911. This additional qualification enabled his company-renamed to Gebhardt's Chili Powder Company-to grow and diversify its products by first selling canned chili and later canned tamales. Over the years, Gebhardt's company expanded exponentially and sold products in most of the United States as well as London, South Africa, and Canada. Profits reached almost $1 million by 1915, and Gebhardt was producing 18,000 bottles of chili powder a day. A feature in the August 3, 1924, edition of the San Antonio Light lauded the company's success: "This growth has brought the factory up from a practically unknown concern in 1900 to its present place as the largest manufacturers of chili products exclusively in the world." At its height, Gebhardt products were sold across the United States as well as in nineteen other countries across the globe. From what started as a simple desire to learn to cook Mexican food, Gebhardt built an international business, later known as Gebhardt Mexican Foods Company , with commercial products that had never been sold in grocery stores before. William F. Gebhardt retired from business in 1936. He died at Baptist Memorial Hospital in San Antonio on June 11, 1956. He was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery

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Things to Do in New Braunfels

historical 3.9 mi away
Gruene Hall

Gruene Hall opened in 1878 and has never closed its doors making it the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Texas. The wooden floor is scuffed smooth…
nature 1.0 mi away
Comal Springs

Comal Springs in New Braunfels is the largest spring system in Texas -- more than two hundred and fifty individual vents pouring out three hundred million…
historical 2.7 mi away
Where George Strait Got His Start

Before George Strait was the King of Country he was a young singer playing regular gigs at Gruene Hall in the 1970s and 80s. The tiny dance hall with no air…
historical 2.7 mi away
Gruene Hall

Texas' oldest dance hall (1878). Still hosts live music every night.
quirky 2.7 mi away
The Kayaker Who Saved a Ghost Town

In 1974 developers had plans to bulldoze what was left of Gruene and build suburban homes. Then a University of Texas architecture student named Chip Kaufman…
historical 2.8 mi away
The Oldest Dance Hall in Texas

Gruene Hall was built in 1878 by a German cotton farmer named Henry D. Gruene and it has never stopped hosting dances. That makes it the oldest continuously…
nature 13.3 mi away
Bracken Cave

The largest bat colony on earth lives in this single sinkhole outside San Antonio -- somewhere between fifteen and twenty million Mexican free-tailed bats…
historical 16.1 mi away
Devil's Backbone Tavern

Perched on the haunted limestone ridge that gives the road its name, Devil's Backbone Tavern is one of the great Texas Hill Country dive bars. The first stone…
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Sports in New Braunfels

🏆 STATE CHAMPIONS Class 5A · Football · 2024–2025

Smithson Valley — UIL 5A Football State Champions — 2 titles

Most recent: 28-6 over Frisco Lone Star · 2025 5A Division 1 final

Smithson Valley High School, located in New Braunfels, Texas, has established itself as a formidable presence in Class 5A football. The Rangers have secured two UIL 5A Division 1 State Championships. Their consistent performance reflects a strong program within the competitive landscape of Texas high school sports.

The community of New Braunfels has rallied behind their team, celebrating these significant achievements. These titles represent hard-fought seasons and dedicated effort on the field, bringing pride to the school and its supporters.

State titles
2 (2024–2025)
Most recent
2025, 28-6
Class
5A
The moment

In 2025, Smithson Valley High School claimed the 5A Division 1 State Championship by defeating Frisco Lone Star 28-6.

Sources: UIL State Championship Archives · SI High School (ScoreBook Live)
⭐ HOMETOWN LEGENDS Class 5A · Baseball

New Braunfels — New Braunfels — a college & pro athletic pipeline

5 alumni who reached major-college or pro sports

New Braunfels High School, a Class 5A school, has a history of producing athletes who have gone on to significant careers in major college and professional sports. The Unicorns' alumni include individuals who have made their mark in various fields. Among them are Nell Fortner, a U.S. Olympic and college Women's Basketball coach, and Geoff Hangartner, a former American football guard. These individuals represent a tradition of athletic pursuit.

The school's baseball program has also seen alumni reach the professional ranks. Bryce Miller, a professional baseball pitcher, and Jordan Westburg, a professional baseball infielder, both came through New Braunfels. Additionally, Terry Tausch, a former NFL guard, is another notable athlete from the Unicorns' past who played at the professional level.

Pro/D1 alumni
5
Class
5A
Founded
1845
Key Players
  • Nell Fortner — , U.S. Olympic and college Women's Basketball coach
  • Geoff Hangartner — , former American football guard
  • Bryce Miller — (2017), professional baseball pitcher
  • Terry Tausch — , former NFL guard
  • Jordan Westburg — (2017), professional baseball infielder
The moment

Nell Fortner went on to become a U.S. Olympic and college Women's Basketball coach.

Sources: Wikipedia · SI High School (ScoreBook Live)
🏆 STATE CHAMPIONS Class 4A · Volleyball · 2023

Davenport — 2023 UIL 4A Volleyball State Champions

Most recent: 2023 4A

Davenport High School, nestled in the scenic Texas Hill Country just outside New Braunfels, stands as a Class 4A powerhouse, particularly on the volleyball court. The Wolves have established a strong tradition, bringing pride and excitement to their community through their consistent performance and dedication to the sport.

The Davenport volleyball program reached the pinnacle of high school sports in Texas, securing a UIL 4A State Championship in 2023. This significant achievement highlights the team's hard work and commitment, cementing their place among the state's elite volleyball programs and bringing a state title home to New Braunfels.

State titles
2023
Most recent
2023
Class
4A
The moment

The Davenport High School volleyball team captured the UIL 4A State Championship in 2023.

Sources: UIL State Championship Archives · SI High School (ScoreBook Live)

Everything Near New Braunfels

618 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the nearest 200 are listed here — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • New Braunfels - German Immigration Wave · Historical Marker

    Founded in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels as part of a German colonization effort. Became the staging point for one of the largest immigrant waves in Texas history.

  • New Braunfels · Historical Marker

    Early inhabitants of this area included Karankawa, Lipan, Tonkawa and Waco Indians. Between 1844 and 1846, the Verein Zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas)…

  • The Oldest Bakery in Texas, Still in the Family Recipes

    If you want to taste 19th-century New Braunfels, walk into Naegelin's at 129 South Seguin Avenue, the oldest bakery in Texas. It opened in 1868, when an Alsatian immigrant named Edouard Naegelin arrived in town as a…

  • New Braunfels, TX · Local history

    This city's story begins in 1845, established by German immigrants organized by the Mainzer Adelsverein, also known as the Noblemen's Society. Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels led the initial settlement efforts, naming…

  • Comal County, C.S.A. · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a vital manufacturing and supply center for the Confederacy during the Civil War. This town's newspaper pushed hard for secession, and over 300 local men enlisted. Comal County…

  • Eiband and Fischer General Mercantile · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Eiband and Fischer General Mercantile, a business that grew with New Braunfels. Starting in 1846, it changed hands and names several times, eventually becoming one of the region's…

  • Comal County Courthouse · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Comal County Courthouse, a Romanesque beauty built in 1898. It was designed by J. Riley Gordon, a famous Texas courthouse architect. Look for the dramatic massing and superb stone detail,…

  • Schmitz Hotel · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Schmitz Hotel. First portion--of local cedar and limestone--was built about 1851 by Rudolph Nauendorf. Early German immigrant Jacob Schmitz bought building in 1858 as new location of his "Guadalupe…

  • Klein, Stephen, Home · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Stephen Klein Home, built in 1846. This was one of the first homes in Comal County, and it features classic 'fachwerk' construction. It was purchased by Edward Naegelin, Sr. in 1868 and remains a…

  • Main Plaza Bandstand · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Main Plaza Bandstand in New Braunfels, built back in 1905. It was originally a stage for summer concerts by the Waldschmidt Fire Department Band. Later, in 1926, it was raised on a limestone base…

  • The Prince Who Named a Texas Town After Home · 0.1 mi

    The town around you owes its name and its existence to a German nobleman who didn't stay long. Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels arrived in Texas in 1844 as the first commissioner-general of the Adelsverein, a society of…

  • How One Family Turned a River Into a Factory Town · 0.1 mi

    The clear water flowing through Landa Park once ran one of the busiest industrial operations in Central Texas. In 1859 Joseph Landa, a German-Jewish immigrant, bought the land around Comal Springs and harnessed the…

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  • The Ten-Day Salute to the Sausage · 0.1 mi

    Every November, New Braunfels throws one of the largest German festivals in America, and it grew out of a meat inspector's idea. In 1961 Dr. E.A. Grist, the city's veterinarian and meat inspector, proposed a sausage…

  • The Water Slide That Sends You Uphill · 0.1 mi

    Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels is the birthplace of a genuine engineering breakthrough: the uphill water coaster. A normal water slide only goes down, because gravity is the only engine. In the early 1990s Jeff Henry,…

  • King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving along a road that's been a vital path for centuries. This is the King's Highway, also known as the Camino Real, or the Old San Antonio Road. It was a crucial route for exploration and settlement, marked…

  • Phoenix Saloon · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Phoenix Saloon. Built in 1871, the original Phoenix Saloon building was a two-story brick, rock, and stucco building built by John Sippel located on the corner of west San Antonio Street and Castell…

  • The Castle on the Hill That Was Never Built · 0.1 mi

    On the rise where the Sophienburg Museum now stands, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels laid a cornerstone in 1845 for a hilltop castle he meant to build for his fiancee back in Germany, Princess Sophie. He named the spot…

  • The Hotelier Who Never Checked Out · 0.1 mi

    The Faust Hotel opened its doors on October 12, 1929, built by local businessman Walter Faust Sr. as the Traveler's Hotel, a proud six-story landmark for New Braunfels. Then, 17 days later, the stock market crashed and…

  • The Father of Texas Botany Lived Here · 0.1 mi

    On Comal Street sits the modest 1852 timber-framed home of Ferdinand Lindheimer, remembered as the Father of Texas Botany. Born in Frankfurt in 1801, Lindheimer fled Germany after taking part in failed political reform…

  • Faust Hotel · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here is the Faust Hotel. It opened its doors in 1929 as the Travelers Hotel, a sign of the booming local economy. It had 63 guest rooms! Then, in 1936, it was renamed for…

  • Krause Building, Old · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Krause Building, a structure built around 1860 by master carpenter Friedrich Krause. He used local cedar, cypress, limestone, and adobe brick to construct it. This building has seen life as a…

  • Eggeling Hotel · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and just ahead, you're passing the site of the old Eggeling Hotel. Built between 1898 and 1900 by Emilie and Theodor Eggeling, this place was their second hotel venture. It was a…

  • Klein, Joseph, House · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Joseph Klein House, a survivor from the earliest days of German settlement in New Braunfels. Klein, one of the immigrants who arrived in <say-as interpret-as="date"…

  • Voigt House, The · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Voigt House, a classic example of 19th-century Texas architecture. This land was deeded way back in 1845 to Hermann Seele, a New Braunfels schoolmaster. But the house you see? It was built in…

  • Mill Street Telegraph Station · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of New Braunfels' very first telegraph station, which opened in the 1860s! It started at the Guadalupe Hotel, operated by August Schmitz, a schoolteacher who spoke both German and English.…

  • Plumeyer Bakery Building · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising through New Braunfels, and right here is the Plumeyer Bakery Building. Built in 1913 by Kathinka Clemens, this spot served as the City Bakery for A.C. and Helen Plumeyer until 1926. For decades after, it…

  • 1915 New Braunfels Post Office · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the old New Braunfels Post Office, built back in 1915. This building was part of a huge expansion of the U.S. Postal System, bringing services like parcel post and airmail to the growing…

  • The New Braunfels Herald · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here, this spot was home to The New Braunfels Herald. Established in 1892, it was the first English newspaper in this German-speaking town. From 1896 to 1907, and again…

  • Henne, Louis, Co. · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Louis Henne building in New Braunfels, a Victorian beauty built in 1893. It was constructed by Christian Herry for Louis Henne, who expanded his family's tin shop business right here. The third…

  • Hinmann House · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Hinmann House. This home&#x2019;s architecture reflects the German influence of many of the area&#x2019;s early structures. Heinrich Hinmann purchased the property in July 1855, and he and his wife…

  • Dietz, August, Cottage · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the August Dietz Cottage in New Braunfels. Dietz, a German immigrant, bought this lot in 1866 and quickly built this cottage. Though later enlarged, the original two-room structure featured thick…

  • Groos, Carl W., Old Home · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're passing the Carl W. Groos Old Home, built around 1870. It's made of adobe brick with a cypress floor and features original rolled glass windows, plus ruby glass in the front door. This historic landmark has been…

  • Site of New Braunfels Academy · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here is the site of a Texas first! This was the New Braunfels Academy, incorporated in 1858. Now, Texas didn't officially provide for local school taxes until the…

  • Brauntex Theatre · 0.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over a sec! This gorgeous building is the Brauntex Theatre, and it's way more than just a pretty face. It's a time capsule from the golden age of Hollywood. Built in 1942, right in the thick of World War II, the…

  • The Grotto · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in New Braunfels. Back in 1918, a deadly influenza epidemic swept the nation. Father J.M.J. Wack, who served this parish for 38 years, led his congregation in a…

  • New Braunfels Academy · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of a pioneering educational experiment in Texas! German immigrants arriving in the 1840s were promised schools, and they got them. Classes started in August 1845, just as Texas authorized…

  • International & Great Northern Railroad in New Braunfels · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past where the International & Great Northern Railroad first rolled into New Braunfels back in 1880. This line wasn't just about moving goods; it sparked tourism, even inspiring Helen Gould to help create…

  • The Church of Saints Peter and Paul · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in New Braunfels. German Catholic colonists arrived here in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1845</say-as>, and by <say-as interpret-as="date"…

  • Windwehen Home · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Windwehen Home. Carl Victor Windwehen moved to New Braunfels with his mother and young daughter after his wife, Charlotte (stocker), had died. He was the only dentist listed in the city&#x2019;s 1906…

  • Dr. Theodore Koester Home · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the home of Dr. Theodore Koester, built in 1859 right here in New Braunfels. This place wasn't just a house; it was a hub of activity. Dr. Koester, a physician for the German Immigration Company, ran…

  • New Braunfels Woolen Mill · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past where the New Braunfels Woolen Mill once stood, a testament to immigrant ingenuity. Originally a distillery in 1864, it became a successful woolen mill, harnessing the Comal River's power. Later, it…

  • Sophienburg Hill · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Sophienburg Hill, the very spot where Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels planned to build a fortress to protect the new German settlement of New Braunfels. He named it for his fiancée, Princess Sophia,…

  • Old New Braunfels High School · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Old New Braunfels High School, a building that served this community for over fifty years. Built in 1913, it replaced the older New Braunfels Academy. Take a look at the architecture – it…

  • Old Schmidt Home · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising past the Old Schmidt Home, built in the 1850s. Imagine this place going up, constructed from adobe bricks and timbers hand-hewn from cedar, pine, and oak. It's a classic example of "Fachwerk" style…

  • August and Karoline Tolle House · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the August and Karoline Tolle House, a classic example of vernacular Victorian design right here in New Braunfels. August, a German immigrant who arrived in Texas back in 1845, bought this house in…

  • Seele, Hermann · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the birthplace of Hermann Seele, a true pioneer of New Braunfels. Born in Germany in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1823</say-as>, Seele arrived in Texas in 1843. Just two years later, he…

  • First Patented Wire Fence · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past New Braunfels, and right here is where history was made for ranchers and farmers across the country. William H. Meriwether, a local plantation owner, was tired of fences that couldn't handle Texas's…

  • Lindheimer, Ferdinand, Home · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the home of Ferdinand Lindheimer, a man who wore many hats in early Texas. Born in Germany in 1801, he fought in the Texas Revolution and later became known as the Father of Texas Botany. Lindheimer…

  • Torrey, John F., Early Mill and Factory · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of a true Texas industrial pioneer, John F. Torrey! From 1850, Torrey wasn't just building things; he was building an industrial empire. He ran a saw and grist mill, a sash and door factory,…

  • Ullrich Home · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Ullrich Home, built in 1855 by George Ullrich. But George wasn't just any builder. He was the man who drove the very first wagon carrying German Emigration Company settlers, crossing the…

  • Father of Texas botany · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the former home of Ferdinand Lindheimer, a true pioneer of Texas botany and journalism. Born in Germany, he fought in the Texas Revolution before settling in New Braunfels. Lindheimer became the…

  • Lindheimer, Ferdinand, Home · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    (1801 - 1879) Soldier in the Texas Revolution; father of Texas botany. Editor of the New Braunfelser Zeitung, 1852-1872.

  • Johann Michael Jahn · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of a master craftsman's legacy in New Braunfels. Johann Michael Jahn arrived here in 1845 with the German Emigration Company. He wasn't just a settler; he was a Tischlermeister, a master…

  • Emmie Seele Faust Memorial Library · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Emmie Seele Faust Memorial Library in New Braunfels. This native rock building was the city's public library from 1938 to 1969, a dream spearheaded by Emmie Seele Faust, daughter of a pioneering…

  • First United Methodist Church · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of New Braunfels' first Methodist congregation, established in 1853 by circuit rider Rev. Henry P. Young. Many German immigrants converted to Methodism here. A church building was…

  • Meriwether Milling · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, where in 1847, William Hunter Meriwether saw potential in these springs. He purchased land, dammed the Geyser Springs, and used slave labor to dig a mill race, powering a grist…

  • Wurstfest · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the grounds of Wurstfest, New Braunfels' annual 'salute to sausage.' It all started in 1961 with Dr. E. A. Grist, who wanted to celebrate the town's deep German sausage-making traditions. Today, this…

  • Scholl House · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Scholl House in New Braunfels, a place where Texas history is built layer by layer. The original section, crafted around 1847, shows off the traditional Fachwerk style brought by German…

  • Texas Germans in the Civil War · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comal County, Texas, a place with a complicated history during the Civil War. Back in 1861, ten heavily German counties actually voted against secession. Comal County, though, was an exception.…

  • The Hofheinz House · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    Driving through New Braunfels, you're passing the historic Hofheinz House. Frederick Hofheinz, a German immigrant who arrived in Texas in 1852, built this beautiful home in 1906 with his wife Emilie. Hofheinz was a…

  • Albert and Marie Kopplin House · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Albert and Marie Kopplin House, built in 1892 as their retirement home. It's a beautiful example of Folk Victorian style, with intricate gingerbread trim on the porches. For a time, their…

  • New Braunfels, TX · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    New Braunfels, the county seat of Comal County, is at the confluence of the Guadalupe and Comal rivers and the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and Farm Road 725, thirty miles northeast of San Antonio and…

  • Schlitterbahn · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts is a private, family-owned company that operates waterparks, hotels, and associated tourist attractions in Texas and Kansas. The company’s flagship park, which opened in New…

  • Gebhardt, William F. · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    William F. "Willie" Gebhardt, business entrepreneur, cook, and chili powder innovator, was born in Germany on March 16, 1875. He was the son of Fredrick and Wilhelmine Gebhardt. In 1883 Gebhardt's parents immigrated to…

  • Henry, Robert Ray · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here is the original Schlitterbahn! What started as a simple campground called Camp Landa in 1966, purchased by Bob and Billye Henry, transformed into a unique waterpark.…

  • Holekamp, Betty Wilhelmine Abbenthern · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through the beautiful Texas Hill Country, and right here, you're passing through an area deeply connected to German heritage. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1844</say-as>, Betty Wilhelmine…

  • Cardona, Gregorio José María · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town that owes much of its early 20th-century Mexican American heritage to Gregorio José María Cardona. Arriving in Texas in 1904, Cardona, an educator, quickly set out to serve…

  • Comal County · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, the heart of Texas Hill Country. Right here, in 1845, German Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels secured title to land around the beautiful Comal Springs. This was the start of New…

  • Comal River · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here is the Comal River, famous for being the shortest river in the United States. It starts from a series of large springs right in town and flows for just three miles…

  • Comal Springs · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels right now, and just to your northwest are the Comal Springs, the biggest natural springs in all of Texas! For centuries, Native Americans camped here. Spanish explorer Damián…

  • Confederate Bat Guano Kiln, New Braunfels · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here in Landa Park, you're passing by the remnants of a Confederate gunpowder factory. During the Civil War, with Union blockades cutting off supplies, the Confederacy…

  • DeRyee, William · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through what is now Polk County, but back in 1856, William DeRyee arrived in New Braunfels, Texas. A chemist and inventor from Germany, he was looking for new opportunities. While living with an inventor,…

  • Dreissiger · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing through the legacy of the Dreissiger. These were intellectual refugees, German liberals who fled repression in the 1830s after failed uprisings. They…

  • Giesecke, Bertram Ernest · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Central Texas, a region that's seen its share of innovation. Right here, in New Braunfels, Bertram Giesecke was born in 1892. He followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an architect and the…

  • Hernández, Ignacio [Nash] · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, the birthplace of Nash Hernández, a trumpet player and bandleader who shaped Texas music for decades. Born Ignacio Hernández in 1922, he started out playing German polka music…

  • Hi-Toppers · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Central Texas, maybe not too far from McQueeney, where a popular German polka band got its start. It was the fall of 1948 when three high school friends, practicing just for fun, decided to form a…

  • Iwonski, Carl G. Von · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through the heart of Texas German culture, and right here in New Braunfels is where Carl von Iwonski began his artistic journey. Arriving with the Adelsverein colonists in 1845, Iwonski became a…

  • Jahn, Johann Michael · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town with roots stretching back to German pioneers. One of those pioneers was Johann Michael Jahn, a cabinetmaker who arrived in Texas in 1844. He wasn't just a craftsman; he was…

  • Saengerhalle · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town steeped in German heritage. Right here, on the outskirts, is the Saengerhalle. Established in 1959, it was built from old army barracks moved from Fort Sam Houston. This hall…

  • Spiess, Lena · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, near New Braunfels, on land that was once the wild Texas frontier. Right here, a young girl's life was a mystery. Born in Mexico or Texas, she was orphaned and possibly captured by…

  • Torrey, John Frink · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Central Texas, and right here in what is now New Braunfels, John Frink Torrey was building an industrial empire. Arriving in Texas around 1838, Torrey quickly established himself, first in…

  • Zinkenburg · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving near New Braunfels, in Comal County. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1845</say-as>, settlers arrived and immediately built a temporary fortress called Zinkenburg. It was named for…

  • Ervendberg, Louis Cachand · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Louis Cachand (christened Christian Friedrich Ludwig Cachand) Ervendberg, minister, local official, naturalist, and teacher, was born on May 3, 1809, at Rhoden in the former principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He was…

  • Dorow, Friedrich Wilhelm · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Bandera County, perhaps near Pipe Creek, where Friedrich Wilhelm Dorow once farmed and served the community. He was a German immigrant who came to Texas as a boy, fought for the Confederacy, and…

  • Groos, Johann Jacob · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, and right here in New Braunfels, you're passing through the heart of German Texas. Johann Jacob Groos arrived from Germany in 1845, drawn by tales of opportunity. He settled in New…

  • Kessler, Alexander Louis · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, near New Braunfels, the hometown of Alexander Kessler. He wasn't just a businessman, but a key player in early Texas politics. Kessler served in the Texas Legislature from 1874 to…

  • Weinert, Ferdinand C. · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, not far from where Ferdinand Weinert spent his life. Born in New Braunfels in 1853, Weinert was a merchant and a public servant for over sixty years. He served as county…

  • New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, first known as the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung , was one of the earliest German-language newspapers in Texas. The paper developed from efforts of local citizens to raise money by…

  • Denman, Leroy Gilbert · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, and right here is the area where Leroy Gilbert Denman got his start. Born in 1855, Denman taught school and then graduated from the University of Virginia's law school in 1880.…

  • Fuchs, John Romberg · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town that was home to John Romberg Fuchs, a prominent judge who served the Twenty-second Judicial District for twenty years. He was elected in 1944 and held that office until he…

  • Nowotny, Arno [Shorty] · 0.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving near New Braunfels, the birthplace of Arno "Shorty" Nowotny, a giant in University of Texas student life. Born in a log cabin in 1899, Shorty went on to become Dean of Men, and later Dean of Student Life,…

  • Guadalupe and the Comal, Junction of Two Important Rivers, the · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the spot where two important Texas rivers, the Guadalupe and the Comal, meet. This junction has seen a lot of history. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1718</say-as>, Governor Martin de…

  • Moeller House, The · 0.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Moeller House, a testament to German craftsmanship right here in New Braunfels. Built by John George Moeller himself, working alone, this home took seven years to complete. Imagine the labor…

  • Kloepper, Richard E. and Ella Sodke, House · 0.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising through New Braunfels, and right here is the Kloepper House, a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture built back in 1906. That same year, Richard E. Kloepper and his wife Ella Sodke began…

  • Gruene: The Town That Came Back to Life · 0.9 mi

    Just a few miles from downtown New Braunfels, you'll find what looks like a separate, perfectly preserved 19th-century town. This is Gruene. It was founded in the 1870s by Ernst Gruene's son, Henry D. Gruene, as a…

  • Taming the Guadalupe with Canyon Dam · 0.9 mi

    The Guadalupe River flowing through New Braunfels is beautiful, but it has a history of destructive power. Major floods in 1936 and 1938 pushed state and community leaders to demand federal help, and the answer was a…

  • Gruene Hall's hidden air-cooling system · 0.9 mi

    Gruene Hall has been open since 1878, and for almost a hundred and fifty years, staying cool inside meant ceiling fans, a couple of swamp coolers, and whatever breeze came through the open windows. Joe Ely tells it that…

  • Wurstfest: A Ten-Day Salute to Sausage · 0.9 mi

    Every November, New Braunfels transforms. The air fills with the sounds of polka music and the smell of sizzling sausage. This is Wurstfest. What you see today—a massive, ten-day festival drawing over 100,000…

  • Schlitterbahn: The World's First Waterpark Resort · 0.9 mi

    Right here on the banks of the Comal River is one of the most inventive waterparks ever built. In the 1960s and 70s, Bob and Billye Henry ran a small resort here -- a few simple cabins and river inner tubes. In 1979,…

  • New Braunfels · 0.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a city founded not by Texans, but by Germans seeking a new life. On March 21, 1845, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels established this settlement, naming it after his own estate back…

  • Landa Park · 0.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising past Landa Park, a New Braunfels gem that started in 1859 when Joseph Landa bought this land. He harnessed the power of Comal Springs and the river to run mills, factories, and even an ice plant and…

  • The Night the Comal Turned Killer · 0.9 mi

    The same springs and rivers that make New Braunfels a paradise can turn deadly in hours. On the night of May 11, 1972, a stalled downpour dumped more than 16 inches of rain into the hills above town. Floodwater first…

  • The Father of Texas Botany · 0.9 mi

    On Comal Avenue, you can pass a small, unassuming half-timbered house that was home to a scientific giant. This was the home of Ferdinand Lindheimer. A German political refugee, Lindheimer came to New Braunfels in 1844…

  • New Braunfels, TX · 0.9 mi

    In 1845, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Mainzer Adelsverein, established New Braunfels, a city with a rich German Texan heritage. The first settlers forded the Guadalupe River on Good…

  • Comal County Fair · 0.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Comal County Fair. The annual Comal County Fair represents tradition and community in New Braunfels, where it has been an important event since the early 1890s. The fair emphasizes agriculture,…

  • New Braunfels Gemischter Chor Harmonie · 0.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the New Braunfels Gemischter Chor Harmonie, a singing society formed in 1937. Organized by Gilbert A. Becker, this mixed-voice group was recognized as one of the best in the region. By…

  • Comal Springs · 1.0 mi · Things to Do

    Comal Springs in New Braunfels is the largest spring system in Texas -- more than two hundred and fifty individual vents pouring out three hundred million…

  • The Longest Shortest River in the World · 1.0 mi

    You can float the entire length of the Comal River in an afternoon, because it's the shortest navigable river in Texas, running roughly two and a half miles before it spills into the Guadalupe. Locals proudly call it…

  • The Summer the Great Springs Ran Dry · 1.0 mi

    The springs feeding Landa Park have flowed for thousands of years, but in the brutal drought of the 1950s they did something they had never done in recorded history: they stopped. From June 13 to November 3, 1956, Comal…

  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery. This historic cemetery was established by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church to meet the needs of the growing Mexican American New Braunfels population that…

  • The Cotton Gin That Became a Restaurant · 1.1 mi · Things to Do

    Henry Gruene built a cotton gin next to the Guadalupe River in the 1870s powered by the rivers current. For decades it processed cotton from surrounding farms.…

  • Lindheimer, Ferdinand J. · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising past the resting place of Ferdinand Lindheimer, a man who wore two hats in early Texas: soldier and scientist. Born in Germany in 1801, he fought in the Texas Army in 1836. But after the battles, he…

  • Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Mission · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Mission, established in 1756. This mission was an extension of another, ill-fated mission called San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas, which had suffered…

  • Faust Street Bridge · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Faust Street Bridge, a survivor of Texas's early infrastructure boom. For centuries, travelers crossed the Guadalupe River right here on El Camino Real, often waiting weeks for floodwaters to…

  • Panteon Hidalgo (Hidalgo Cemetery) · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Panteon Hidalgo, the Hidalgo Cemetery, established in 1920 by the Asociación Mutualista de Beneficencia. This burial ground served New Braunfels' growing Mexican working-class community, many of whom…

  • Near River Crossing Used by New Braunfels' First Settlers · 1.2 mi

    You're driving past a spot that marked the end of a long, hard journey for some of Texas' earliest German settlers. Imagine, six months after leaving Europe, about 200 colonists arrive here at the Guadalupe River…

  • Edgar Alfred Grist, DVM · 1.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the former site of New Braunfels Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Edgar Alfred Grist, the first licensed vet in Comal County, opened this practice in 1950. He was also the visionary behind the famous…

  • Carl Heinrich Guenther · 1.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the New Braunfels home of Carl Heinrich Guenther, a Prussian immigrant who arrived in Texas in 1845. He was a teacher, a leader of German singing societies, and even presided over a statewide…

  • New Braunfels Cemetery · 1.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here is the city's first cemetery, dedicated way back on June 23rd, 1845, just months after this town was founded by German immigrants. It saw many colonists laid to rest…

  • Ernst and Antoinette Gruene House · 1.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comaltown, an area with a rich German heritage. Look for the Ernst and Antoinette Gruene House, built in 1852. This dogtrot-style home, constructed from adobe brick and cedar timber, was where…

  • West End Park and Dance Hall · 1.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of what used to be West End Park and Dance Hall, a vibrant hub for New Braunfels' Hispanic community. After serving in World War II, Felipe Delgado and his wife Elisa bought this land in…

  • Church Hill School Building · 1.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the old Church Hill School Building. For years, pastors at St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church held day school right in the church. But in 1870, this dedicated schoolhouse was built…

  • Breustedt House · 1.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past a piece of German-Texan history! This is the Breustedt House, a beautiful example of "fachwerk" construction. Imagine cedar timbers framing the walls, then packed solid with sun-baked adobe brick.…

  • Breustedt Kitchen · 1.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Breustedt Kitchen, a hand-hewn limestone building right here in New Braunfels. Built in the 1860s, this was the detached kitchen for Johann Andreas Breustedt's home. Imagine this: nine sons and…

  • Comal County · 1.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comal County, a place named for its unique river, shaped like a pancake where its springs bubble up. This county was officially created on March 24th, 1846, and organized just a few months later…

  • New Braunfels · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town founded in 1845 by Prince Karl of Solms-Braunfels. This was the main destination for German immigrants heading into Central and West Texas. During the Civil War, the town…

  • How the Purple Heart Trail Grew Across Texas · 1.9 mi

    This highway is part of the Purple Heart Trail, a symbolic trail that runs through all fifty states to honor those killed or wounded in combat while serving in the armed forces. In Texas it started with one road. In two…

  • A Star in the Window, a Marker by the Road · 1.9 mi

    This road carries a Blue Star Memorial Highway designation, one of a string of them across Texas. The name comes from a family tradition. When someone in a household was serving in the armed forces, the family displayed…

  • Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe · 2.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, established way back in 1757. Franciscan missionaries set up shop here with a goal: to civilize and Christianize the local Tonkawa, Mayeye, and other…

  • Gruene Hall · 2.6 mi · Historical Marker

    Built in 1878, Gruene Hall is the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Texas. George Strait, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, and countless others have played its stage.

  • Dog Fights and Badger Fights at the Dance Hall · 2.6 mi · Things to Do

    Before Gruene Hall became a legendary music venue it hosted some decidedly less refined entertainment. In the early days the hall was used for German singing…

  • Gruene River Grill · 2.6 mi · Things to Do

    On the Guadalupe River in historic Gruene, steps from Texas's oldest dance hall. Chicken-fried steak, river views, and a porch that catches the breeze off the…

  • The Dance Hall That Outlived Its Own Ghost Town · 2.7 mi

    Step into Gruene Hall and you're standing in the oldest continually operating dance hall in Texas, built in 1878 by Henry D. Gruene as the social center of a German cotton community along the Guadalupe. For decades the…

  • Gruene Hall · 2.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Dance where legends like Willie Nelson and George Strait have played at Texas's oldest continually run dance hall, built in 1878! German immigrant Henry Gruene built this hall in the town he founded, Gruene, Texas. It…

  • Gruene Hall · 2.7 mi · Things to Do

    Texas' oldest dance hall (1878). Still hosts live music every night.

  • Where George Strait Got His Start · 2.7 mi · Things to Do

    Before George Strait was the King of Country he was a young singer playing regular gigs at Gruene Hall in the 1970s and 80s. The tiny dance hall with no air…

  • The Kayaker Who Saved a Ghost Town · 2.7 mi · Things to Do

    In 1974 developers had plans to bulldoze what was left of Gruene and build suburban homes. Then a University of Texas architecture student named Chip Kaufman…

  • Gruene's Hall · 2.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Gruene Hall, built way back in 1878. It started as a saloon and social center for local cotton farmers, and it's believed to be one of the oldest dance halls in Texas. Christian Herry built it under…

  • Gruene, New Braunfels, Texas · 2.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get ready to step back in time! Gruene, Texas, wasn't always the tourist hotspot it is today. Founded in the mid-1840s by German immigrant Ernst Gruene, it quickly became a thriving cotton-producing town. The Gruene…

  • Gruene Mercantile, Original · 2.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the original Gruene Mercantile, founded way back in 1878 by Henry D. Gruene. This wasn't just a store; it was the heart of the community, providing everything from food and clothes to…

  • Gruene Cotton Gin · 2.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Gruene Cotton Gin, built back in 1878 by H. D. Gruene. This steam-powered gin processed the area's booming cotton crop, vital to the local economy. Though the main gin burned down in…

  • Gruene, H. D., Mercantile · 2.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Gruene, Texas, where in 1878, Henry D. Gruene opened his mercantile business right here. By 1904, this impressive brick building went up to handle the growing trade. For over thirty years, this…

  • Gruene Mansion · 2.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Gruene Mansion, built in 1872 by Henry D. Gruene, the son of German immigrants. Gruene became a leader in the community, which was later renamed for him. Though the town declined after his death…

  • The Cotton Kings Victorian Mansion · 2.7 mi · Things to Do

    Henry D. Gruene didnt just build a dance hall and a cotton gin -- he built himself a proper Victorian mansion. The home featured elaborate Eastlake detailing…

  • 148 Years Without Air Conditioning · 2.7 mi · Things to Do

    Gruene Hall was built in 1878 and in all that time no one has ever installed air conditioning. Not once. In the Texas Hill Country where summer temperatures…

  • The Guadalupe River Float · 2.7 mi · Things to Do

    The stretch of the Guadalupe River running past Gruene has become one of the most popular tubing destinations in all of Texas. On any summer weekend thousands…

  • Neuse, Erhardt, House · 2.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Erhardt Neuse House, built in the 1880s by Henry D. Gruene. This was the home of Erhardt Neuse, the field foreman for Gruene's massive cotton operations. The Neuse family lived here until the…

  • The Oldest Dance Hall in Texas · 2.8 mi · Things to Do

    Gruene Hall was built in 1878 by a German cotton farmer named Henry D. Gruene and it has never stopped hosting dances. That makes it the oldest continuously…

  • The Boll Weevil That Killed a Town · 2.8 mi · Things to Do

    In 1925 the boll weevil arrived in Gruene and devoured everything. The Gruene familys 8000-acre cotton holdings failed to produce a single bale. Combined with…

  • Waisenhaus (Orphanage) · 2.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the first orphanage in the entire state of Texas! Chartered in 1848 as the 'Western Texas Orphan Asylum,' this place was the dream of Pastor L. C. Ervendberg. Severe epidemics left many…

  • Gruene · 2.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Gruene, Texas, originally called Goodwin. German immigrants settled here, but it was Henry D. Gruene who built a major cotton operation in the 1870s, complete with a mercantile and a cotton gin. The…

  • Thorn Hill, TX · 3.2 mi

    Thorn Hill, a historic home near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, stands as a testament to the region's formative years. Constructed in 1792, this two-story, five-bay brick I-house dwelling has been a central…

  • Jauer Family Cemetery · 3.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, passing the Jauer Family Cemetery. This burial ground was likely set aside around 1853, with the death of an unnamed infant daughter. It holds the remains of Johann Carl Ludwig…

  • Lake Dunlap, TX · 3.7 mi

    Lake Dunlap Dam, located in Guadalupe County, Texas, is a critical structure that once failed in 2019, draining the lake. The dam's function is to create a reservoir by holding back water, which is essential for water…

  • Slumber Falls Camp · 3.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising along the Guadalupe River Road, just northwest of New Braunfels. This spot, known as Slumber Falls Camp, has been a river getaway since the late 1800s. In the 1930s, it transformed into a tourist court.…

  • Gruene Hall · 3.9 mi · Things to Do

    Gruene Hall opened in 1878 and has never closed its doors making it the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Texas. The wooden floor is scuffed smooth…

  • Clear Spring Hall and Storage · 4.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through the former Clear Spring Community, just outside Seguin. This area was settled by German immigrants back in the 1840s and 50s. The community itself never quite became a town, but this spot was the…

  • Schumannsville Cemetery · 4.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Schumannsville Cemetery, a final resting place for German immigrants who settled here in the mid-1800s. August Wilhelm Schumann arrived from Germany in 1846, buying a large tract of land.…

  • The Commissioner Who Fought for the Courthouse · 4.4 mi

    Farm to Market Road Three Oh Six carries the name of a county commissioner who pushed to improve it. In two thousand seventeen, the city and Comal County named the stretch from Interstate Thirty Five to River Chase Way…

  • Homesite of Johann and Gertruda Walzem · 4.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the homesite of Johann and Gertruda Walzem, German immigrants who arrived in Texas around 1851. By 1859, they officially owned the 160 acres they’d settled, including this very spot. Johann was a…

  • Mission Valley School · 4.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Mission Valley, a community founded by German settlers in the 1840s. For years, kids learned their lessons at home. Then, in 1870, brothers Karl and Julius Brehmer donated land for the first…

  • Walzem Chapel · 5.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Walzem Chapel, built by German immigrants in the Mission Valley Settlement. Johann Walzem, a stone mason, and his sons quarried local limestone and built this chapel around 1870, legend…

  • Altwein Family · 5.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Altwein family farm, just outside McQueeney. Johann Gotthülf Altwein, a mill builder, brought his family here from Prussia in 1851. They settled on this land along the Guadalupe River…

  • Site of Dietz Community · 5.8 mi · Historical Marker

    Keep your eyes peeled as you drive through Seguin, because you're passing the site of a community that started with a Jamaican immigrant and ended with a singing group. In 1851, Jacob De Cordova, a land agent who sold…

  • The German Cotton Empire · 6.3 mi · Things to Do

    Ernst Gruene and his bride Antoinette arrived in Texas from Germany in 1845 chasing the promise of cheap land. By 1872 the family had purchased 6000 acres…

  • Comal Community · 7.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Garden Ridge, in Comal County, passing through a place with roots stretching back to the mid-1800s. This area was settled by German families, some of the first to arrive in Texas in the 1840s.…

  • New Braunfels Schuetzen Verein · 7.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town founded by German immigrants in 1845. Just four years later, in 1849, they formed one of the nation's first shooting clubs: the New Braunfels Schuetzen Verein. They brought…

  • Lone Oak Cemetery · 7.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Lone Oak Cemetery, a final resting place with roots stretching back to 1897. German immigrants in the Geronimo area gathered that January, realizing they needed a dedicated spot for their community.…

  • Friedens Church · 7.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Friedens Church, a beautiful example of Modified Gothic architecture. Its story begins in 1896, when it was organized near Barbarossa. But the building you see was designed by Jacob Kiefer and…

  • Woman Hollering Creek · 8.4 mi · Things to Do

    Named for the screaming heard along its banks at night. A Texas variant of La Llorona the weeping woman who drowned her children and wanders waterways crying…

  • Mcqueeney, TX · 8.5 mi

    McQueeney sits nestled in the heart of the Texas coastal plain, a landscape sculpted by ancient seas. Imagine the Gulf of Mexico reaching far inland millions of years ago, leaving behind layers of sediment that slowly…

  • Two Marions, One Town Name · 9.1 mi

    The little railroad town you're rolling through carries a name with two competing origin stories, and the honest answer is that both have been told here for over a century. The official version, carried by the Handbook…

  • From a Railroad Camp to a German Farm Town · 9.1 mi

    Before there was a town here, there was a camp. When the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway pushed its line across western Guadalupe County in the mid-1870s, the work crews threw up a temporary settlement…

  • Two Gins, Two Mills, and a Cotton Economy · 9.1 mi

    For its first 70 years, Marion ran on cotton and corn. By the mid-1880s the young town already had steam, grist, and saw mills, two cotton gins, four general stores, a church, a district school, and about 250 residents,…

  • A Town Engineered Around a Railroad · 9.1 mi

    Marion is one of the cleanest examples in Texas of a town designed by an engineer rather than grown by accident. When Colonel Thomas W. Peirce platted the site in 1876, he did not just scatter lots; he laid the town out…

  • From Cotton Wagons to Commuter Traffic · 9.1 mi

    For most of its life Marion barely grew. It had around 250 people in the 1880s, 373 by 1940, and was still under 700 in 1980, a sleepy farm town on FM 78 between Seguin and San Antonio. Then the metro caught up to it.…

  • Marion, TX · 9.1 mi

    Marion, Texas, sits nestled in Guadalupe County, a place where the echoes of the past still whisper on the breeze. The town sprang up alongside the railroad in the late 19th century, a vital artery that connected the…

  • Founding of Town of Marion, 1877 · 9.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising through Marion, Texas, a town born from a railroad boom. Back in 1870, the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway was pushing west, aiming to connect interior Texas to the coast. Colonel Thomas W.…

  • Herrington, Joseph · 9.1 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Angelina County, and right here, in what was once the Republic of Texas, you're passing through the birthplace of its county government. Joseph Herrington, just twenty-two years old, was appointed…

  • Jacobs Creek School Teacherage · 9.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Jacobs Creek School Teacherage, a unique piece of Texas history built in 1870. Early settlers started the Jacobs Creek School back in 1867, and teacher Carl Pantermuehl himself built…

  • Marion, TX (Angelina County) · 9.1 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Angelina County, and right near here was Marion, once known as McNeill's Landing. Back in 1828, this was the northernmost steamboat stop on the Angelina River, a vital link bringing cotton down to…

  • The Bank That Opened Behind a Saloon · 9.2 mi

    The Marion State Bank at 301 West San Antonio Street is one of the oldest community-chartered banks in Texas, and its first home was about as small-town as it gets. The bank received its state charter on October 26,…

  • Real German Sausage on the Old Main Street · 9.2 mi

    If you want to taste the German farm-town that Marion has always been, pull in at Penshorn's Meat Market at 113 West San Antonio Street. It is exactly the kind of old-line country butcher shop that the town's German…

  • Marion State Bank · 9.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Marion State Bank, a financial institution that's been a cornerstone of this community for over a century. Chartered on October 26, 1906, it was one of the first state-chartered banks…

  • Marion Public Schools · 9.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Marion, a town with German roots, founded back in 1877 as a railroad hub. Right here, a man named T. W. Peirce believed in education, donating three thousand dollars and land for free public…

  • An Engineered Town · 9.4 mi

    The town of Marion owes its shape to 19th-century civil engineering, but not its name. When the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway ran its line west in 1877, the engineers were solving for grade and for…

  • Liquor license number 00001 · 9.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Riley's Tavern, a business that's been serving drinks since 1933. When Prohibition ended, J.C. Riley and his uncle drove a Model T to Austin to get Texas's first liquor license, number 00001. At…

  • Riley's Tavern · 9.4 mi · Historical Marker

    Rileys Tavern, Hunters oldest business, is housed in a circa 1895 building that was the Galloway Saloon and later home to the Bernardino Sanchez family. In 1933, Texas was the 23rd state to vote for the repeal of…

  • McQueeney, TX · 9.4 mi

    Lake McQueeney, a reservoir on the Guadalupe River in Texas, was formed in 1928 by damming the river to provide hydroelectric power. Dams work by blocking the flow of water, creating a reservoir that can store energy.…

  • The German Cornerstone · 9.4 mi

    If you want the historical anchor of Marion, look for a steeple, but start with the name. The town dates to 1877, when the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway ran its line through a plantation owned by Joshua…

  • Riley's Tavern · 9.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull up a stool at Riley's Tavern, a historic Texas watering hole that has been serving locals and travelers since the 1800s. It was converted into a tavern by James Curtis Riley in 1933. Located near a railroad stop…

  • The Heartbeat of a Small Town: Bulldog Football · 9.4 mi

    In a town like Marion, some of the biggest stories aren't in the distant past; they're happening right now, under the Friday night lights. The Marion Bulldogs are the heartbeat of this community. When you drive past the…

  • Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Navarro (Geronimo) · 9.9 mi

    Navarro (Geronimo, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Tyler Riske (3 HR).

  • Geronimo, TX · 9.9 mi

    In the mid-1800s, Geronimo, Texas, became a social center for German settlers who moved into the area from Schumansville in 1860. They formed a community and by 1891, Geronimo had grown into a small town with a general…

  • Navarro School · 10.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Navarro School, a landmark that's served Geronimo students for over a century. It started way back in 1889 as a simple one-room schoolhouse, just a half-mile northeast of here. By the…

  • Zions Kirche · 10.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Zions Kirche, a testament to German heritage in Comal County. Organized in 1871 with 52 German members by Reverend William Felsing, this Methodist Episcopal Church began with a simple limestone…

  • Original site of Mountain Valley School · 10.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the original site of the Mountain Valley School, a place that served this community for over 80 years. It all started back in 1874 when local landowners sold an acre for a schoolhouse. Initially, a…

  • Haag Cemetery · 10.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through the historic Haag Settlement, southwest of New Braunfels. This cemetery was established for the pioneering Haag Brothers: Friedrich, Peter, and Mathias. They made a long, dangerous voyage from…

  • Jose Antonio Navarro Ranch · 10.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the land that was once part of Jose Antonio Navarro's ranch. Born in San Antonio in 1795, Navarro was a key player in the Texas Revolution, even signing the Declaration of Independence. He bought…

  • Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Steele (Cibolo) · 10.4 mi

    Steele (Cibolo, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Andrew Tschoepe (2 HR).

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