Lone Star and Eagle: German Immigration to Texas

In the 1840s, German immigrants began settling at New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Sisterdale, and other locations in Central Texas, imparting a distinctive character to these communities.
Gonzales Locations and Dates
November 13-22 Victoria College-Gonzales Campus
December 2 - January 3 Riverside School Community Center

Lone Star and Eagle: German Immigration to Texas features reproductions of archival photographs, newspaper headlines, maps, and paintings that tell the story of a people remarkable for individual and communal industry in setting down roots and adapting ways of the old country to life in a new world. Panel topics include:
  • “Star of Texas” poet and poem
  • Carl, Prince of Solms, and his settlements
  • German upheavals and Texas Revolution
  • Writers and printers in Texas
  • Social and cultural enterprises
  • Culture in San Antonio
  • Art on the Pedernales
  • Photo album of German Texans
  • Visual reminders of pioneers

Lone Star and Eagle: German Immigration is brought to Gonzales by the Gonzales County Historical Commission in partnership with Thomas Shelton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution through grants from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the City of Gonzales, Tourism Advisory Committee.

Lone Star and Eagle is an exhibition by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

For More Information Contact: chair@gonzaleschc.org / 512-924-5850