Site of the First Permanent German Settlement Industry 1831
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Marker Text: Founded by Friedrich Ernst, born at Varel, Oldenburg, Germany. Immigrated to America, 1829 and to Texas in 1831. Died here in 1858. The town was laid out in 1838. (1936)
Marker No: 2644
Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker
Geographic: 29.978741,-96.503288
Location: .3 miles off FM 109 (in Lions Club Park) of Ernst Memorial Park Industry
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