[js1138]

A German newspaper in Texas? Veeeery interesting.

[Wonder Warthog]

"A German newspaper in Texas? Veeeery interesting."

Well, the New Braunsfels area WAS settled by Germans, and still retains a heavy dose of German influence today--the newspaper name obviously being one of them.

[Loyal Buckeye]

I believe a lot of Germans imigrated to the U.S. in the 1800's and settled in Texas.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

A German newspaper in Texas? Veeeery interesting.

A lot of Germans settled in central Texas...It's one of those things a lot of people don't realize but gives Texas the flavor it has...Admiral Nimetz was born in Fredricksburg, which is smack in the German settlement area, and a neat place to visit...

[Robert A Cook PE]

The (Catholic, anti-slavery) German settlers in Bastrop, New Braunfels, Castroville, Round Rock, Rockne, Schertz, Cibalo and points around Austin-San Antonio were so strong from 1835-1860 that that area almost "seceded" from Texas when it left the US to join the Confederacy.
Couple of waves of German immigration: first was 1835-1855, then again after the Franco-Prussian war in the mid-1870's. Less after the 1890-1910's when Germanic immigration lessened as the Slav's, Jews, Italians, and southern Europeans became more common into NY.
My great-grandmother (Bastrop-Rockne area) spoke nothing but German through the mid-20's. My grandmother grew up speaking German at home and at church. Likewise on my wife's side down near Castroville.

German POW camps were set in that area because they could find lots of German-speaking locals to hire the POW's in WWII to work on the farms and roads.

[roaddog727]

Ft. Meyers FL has a big German community too. Has a German language newspaper as well. No big deal.

[ARA]

HUge german area from the 1800's