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To: Dysart

“New Brownsville” lol.

Aka “New Braunfels,” named for the Duke of Braunfels who owned all the land between there and Houston (exaggerating a little here) a couple of hundred years ago. He started a lot of the settlements, bringing people over from the Old Country - I think he was Bavarian, but could be wrong about that.


34 posted on 08/26/2007 3:31:45 PM PDT by Rte66
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Addendum - I wasn’t *too* far off. The Prince was the son of the Grand Duke of Braunfels.


51 posted on 08/26/2007 3:56:20 PM PDT by Rte66
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