Gustav Schleicher
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Gustav Schleicher was a German-born Democratic United States representative from Texas. He was an engineer who served briefly in the Texas legislature, and was a veteran of the Confederate Army.
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Ferdinand Ludwig Herff
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Ferdinand Ludwig Herff was a 19th-century German-born physician who emigrated to Texas and became a medical pioneer in San Antonio. He was one of the co-founders of the Bettina commune. In 1982, Recor
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…He attended the Giessen University and studied engineering. He assisted in the construction of early railroads in Europe. He, Hermann Spiess and Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Herff were among the leaders in a group of intellectuals who immigrated to Texas and founded a Fisher–Miller Land Grant commune, named Bettina after the…
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