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Clear Spring Hall and Store

Seguin, Guadalupe County

Marker Text

This area was settled by German immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s. Named for a water source later inundated by Lake Dunlap, the Clear Spring Community never evolved into a town, but remained a rural settlement. A store built at this site in the 1870s by Johann Andreas Breustedt became the commercial and social center for the surrounding area. A saloon and community hall were added to the building in later years, and the Clear Spring Gin Company located behind the store was important to the local cotton industry. 1989

Marker Details

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Location Description from Seguin, take SH 46 approximately 8 miles. Marker is at main door of Clear Spring Restaurant.
Marker # 914
Dedicated 1989
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cotton; saloons; German immigrants/immigration; water topics; markets, merchantiles
Latitude, Longitude 29.677326, -98.060959

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