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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