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Crabapple, Texas is an unincorporated farming and ranching community north of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, Texas located on Crabapple Creek,〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 about halfway between Fredericksburg and Enchanted Rock State Park〔 TexFiles〕 at an elevation of 1,775 feet. 〔 U.S. Dept of the Interior〕 The school was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 10022 in 1994. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas on May 6, 2005, NRHP Reference #:05000390. ==Settlers and community== The initial non-indigenous settlers in Crabapple were German immigrants Friedrich Welgehausen, Jacob Land, Adam Pehl, Mathias Schmidt,〔 Fredericksburg Geneaological Society〕 Nicolaus Rusche,〔 Fredericksburg Geneaological Society〕 James Riley, Heinrich Kneese, and Jacob〔 Fredericksburg Geneaological Society〕 and Adam Fries 〔 Fredericksburg Geneaological Society〕 in the mid 19th Century.〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crabapple, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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