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Harris County, Texas
Historical Markers in Klein, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 6 Texas historical markers in Klein, in Harris County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Cowboys & Cattle, Tales of Tragedy, and Civil War. The markers on this list were placed between 1977 and 2002.
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- McDougle Cemeteryplaced 2001
This small cemetery reflects the common 19th-century custom of burying friends and family near the family homestead.
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemeteryplaced 1990
A number of German immigrants settled in this area in the 1840s. The community first called Big Cypress was later renamed in honor of pioneer settler…
- Wunderlich Farmplaced 1996
J. Peter Wunderlich (1828-1864) migrated from Germany to Texas in 1852. He married Maria Hofius and in 1854 bought 120 acres of farmland in Klein in…
- Catherine Wunderlichplaced 2002
Catherine Wunderlich Maria Katherina (Catherine) Hofius immigrated to Texas in 1852 from her native Prussia at the age of 21.
- Kohrville Communityplaced 2002
Kohrville Community In the 1870s, former slaves from Alabama and Mississippi settled on Cypress Creek, near a store owned by German immigrants Paulin…
- The Klein Communityplaced 1977
A farming community developed in this area after a group of German immigrants settled on the banks of Cypress Creek in 1845.
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