​​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