[TXnMA]

Interesting twist on Texas history! This subject should produce more than a few theses and dissertations...

Of course, we Texans are now well aware that locations founded and settled by German immigrants are some of the finest and most colorful communities in Texas. (Schulenberg, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Lueders, Fredericksburg, etc. come to mind.)

Perhaps it is best that this plot took so long to be revealed; many of Texas' finest citizens now claim German ancestry. They are an important and well-regarded part of this folk we call "Texans". Our culture would be far less rich without them.

(FWIW, I do not count myself among them -- my ancestors were mostly Scots -- but I certainly appreciate the contributions Teutonic Texans have made to our fair State.)

[NutCrackerBoy]

Of course, we Texans are now well aware that locations founded and settled by German immigrants are some of the finest and most colorful communities in Texas. (Schulenberg, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Lueders, Fredericksburg, etc. come to mind.)

In New Braunfels ist das Leben schön!

[pepsionice]

This lays out an interesting scenario. What if....the mass part of what we consider Texas today...had turned into a German Republic in the 1840s? With strong German immigration...it would have been fairly populated by the 1860s. This German Republic would have had a significant impact on the civil war...possibly delaying this entire war by 10 years or so because of American worries about the German Republic. Its also likely that the US government would have eventually taken on the Germans and started a Texas war....to ensure that the region stayed American. Lots of scenarios here.

[norton]

Kerrville is about my favorite place of all.

[okie01]

"we Texans are now well aware that locations founded and settled by German immigrants are some of the finest and most colorful communities in Texas. (Schulenberg, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Lueders, Fredericksburg, etc. come to mind.)"

Let's not be forgetting Shiner (and its Spoetzl Brewery)...