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Marker Text: On the Fisher-Miller land grant three settlements of the German Emigration Company directed by Commissioner General John O. Meusebach began in 1847, Castell-only permanent settlement made by company on the land grant. First permanent town in Llano County. Settled by pioneers from Fredericksburg. Leningen- three miles east, non-existent today. Bettina- located where Elm Creek enters Llano River. First communal settlement in Texas. Abandoned less than a year when supplies ran out. (????)
Marker No: 9436
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30° 42' 4.7808", -98° 57' 29.3364"
Location: Castell
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