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On This Site a Treaty of Peace

San Saba, San Saba County

Marker Text

On this site a treaty of peace was agreed upon, March 1-2, 1847, between twenty Comanche chiefs and the German colonists represented by Otfried Hans, Freiherr von Meusebach (1812-1897), who became a citizen of Texas under the name of John O. Meusebach * * This treaty was never broken. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address FM 2732
Location Description FM 2372, E side, 0.5 mi. SW of CR 346 at Sloan Pool Spring. AKA Comanche Indian Treaty marker.
Marker # 991
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (gray granite)
Code Native Americans; German immigrants/immigration

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    • Latitude, Longitude 31.154333, -98.918415

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