Details for On This Site a Treaty of Peace

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5411000991

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Marker Number 991
Atlas Number 5411000991
Marker Title On This Site a Treaty of Peace
Index Entry Treaty of Peace
Address FM 2732
City San Saba
County San Saba
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 507776
UTM Northing 3446709
Subject Codes Native Americans; German immigrants/immigration
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 2372, E side, 0.5 mi. SW of CR 346 at Sloan Pool Spring. AKA Comanche Indian Treaty marker.
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (gray granite)
Marker Text On this site a treaty of peace was agreed upon, March 1-2, 1847, between twenty Comanche chiefs and the German colonists represented by Otfried Hans, Freiherr von Meusebach (1812-1897), who became a citizen of Texas under the name of John O. Meusebach * * This treaty was never broken. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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