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 |
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Marker Condition |
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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 |