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1. www.tshaonline.org › handbook › entriesGillespie County - TSHA

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   Mar 23, 2021 · In 1986 Gillespie County had three weekly newspapers: the Fredericksburg Standard, established in 1888, and Radio Post, established in 1922, and the Harper Herald, also established in 1922. The people of Gillespie County have always been proud of their German heritage and pioneer history.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gillespie_County,_TexasGillespie County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 26,725. [1] The county seat is Fredericksburg. [2] It is located in the heart of the rural Texas Hill Country in Central Texas.

3. www.frontiertimesmagazine.com › blog › earlyEarly Gillespie County, TX History - Heroines of the Hills

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   Feb 17, 2014 · GILLESPIE COUNTY. Gillespie county has a unique history in comparison with the other counties of the state. All the other counties were settled from older states —Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and others. They brought the pioneer customs of the South into the frontier state of Texas.

4. texashistory.unt.edu › explore › partnersGillespie County Historical Society - The Portal to Texas History

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   The Gillespie County Historical Society exists to preserve and make accessible the history of Gillespie County. Many of the materials collected by the society come from the county seat of Fredericksburg, which has a deep connection with its German roots. The society is located within the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg. Contact. Evelyn Weinheimer.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gillespie_CountyGillespie County Historical Society - Wikipedia

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   The Gillespie County Historical Society is a historical society founded in 1934 serving Gillespie County, Texas. It operates The Pioneer Museum of Fredericksburg, Texas, intended as "a memorial to celebrate a unique community that was created by early settlers to the Texas Hill Country."

6. researchworks.oclc.org › archivegrid › collectionGillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860

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   Comprised of two bound volumes of Photostats, the Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860, document the free inhabitants of Gillespie County, Texas, during the 1850 and 1860 censuses.

7. texashistory.unt.edu › explore › collectionsGillespie County Newspaper Collection - The Portal to Texas ...

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   The Gillespie County Area Newspaper Collection hosts the _The Harper Herald_ and _The Radio Post_, both weekly newspapers serving the county.

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   How many newspapers are there in Gillespie County?

   • In 1986 Gillespie County had three weekly newspapers: the Fredericksburg Standard, established in 1888, and Radio Post, established in 1922, and the Harper Herald, also established in 1922. The people of Gillespie County have always been proud of their German heritage and pioneer history.

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   Where is Gillespie County Texas?

   • Gillespie County is located in west central Texas. Fredericksburg, the county's largest town and county seat, is seventy miles west of Austin and sixty-five miles northwest of San Antonio. The center point of the county is at 30°18' north latitude and 98°55' west longitude, about two miles west of Fredericksburg.

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   When was Gillespie County formed?

   • On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar and Travis Counties. While the signers were overwhelmingly German immigrants, names also on the petition were Castillo, Pena, Munos, and a handful of non-German Anglo names.

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   What happened to Gillespie County?

   • But Gillespie County was still regarded with suspicion and distrust by its pro-Confederate neighbors. On May 30, 1862, Gen. Philemon T. Herbert imposed martial law on Central Texas, and the notorious Confederate irregular James Duff was put in charge of Gillespie and Kerr counties.

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   What is Gillespie County known for?

   • Gillespie County ranked first in the state in production of peaches (more than two million pounds in 1982), second in turkeys, sixth in hogs, ninth in oats, and tenth in Angora goats and mohair production.

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   When did Gillespie County change its boundaries?

   • The last change came in 1883, when the county's boundaries were redefined and its present limits set. In 1850, 913 of the 1,235 Whites in Gillespie County were of foreign extraction, almost all of them German. Because Gillespie County was not well suited to cotton cultivation, slaveholding was never an important part of the local economy.

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