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 Muenster Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 33° 38.888 W 097° 22.844
14S E 650157 N 3724318
This marker, with a quick summary of the history of Muenster, stands on a post outside of the City Park.
Waymark Code: WM3XVC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2008
Views: 18
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Muenster
City: Muenster
County: Cooke
Subject Codes: cities and towns; railroads; Roman Catholic denomination; German immigrants/immigration
Year Marker Erected: 1979
Marker Location: On US 82 near city park on the east side of town, Muenster.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 3525
Marker Text:
In 1889 brothers Anton, August, and Emil Flusche contracted to sell 22,000 acres of this land along the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. Jot Gunter gave 25 acres for a school, church, cemetery, and park. The first Mass, celebrated Dec. 8, 1889, marked the official beginning of this German Catholic town. Despite drought, typhoid fever, and tornadoes destroying the first two church buildings, the area grew and farming and dairy business increased. Farmers established an insurance company and a marketing group for buying products in bulk. An oil boom in 1926 added to the prosperity. (1979)
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