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Cave
Creek - History on a PinheadThis
once all German-settlement dates from the second half of the 19th Century and
was named after the nearby watercourse, a tributary of the Pedernales
River. The population never got large enough to pose a threat to Fredericksburg
, and it’s more than likely that its nearness to the county seat curtailed Cave
Creek’s growth. The cemetery, also known as St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery holds
the remains of the community’s earliest settlers, but there are only scattered
residences and no discernable town center.
Photographer's Note:
"Cave Creek TX - Located about 12 miles east of Fredericksburg
on FM1631. Scattered residences with many new developements and homes coming in
with the expanding growth of nearby popular Fredericksburg.
The photo of the city limit sign tells it all, you enter and leave at the same
time!" - Will
Beauchamp, March 2011
Cave Creek Historic LandmarksSt.
Paul Lutheran Church
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark
Cave
Creek School next page
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St.
Paul Lutheran Church Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Will
Beauchamp, 2011 |
Historical
Marker textSt. Paul
Lutheran ChurchOldest
rural Lutheran church in Gillespie County. The Rev. M. Haag served as first pastor.
Charter members numbered 17.
A frame building with walls of rough boxing
planks was dedicated June 22, 1884. Size: 25 x 30 feet with a 40-foot tower. Cost:
$600. In 1890 building was enlarged, interior finished, beaded ceiling installed.
Altar niche was added, interior finished with sheet rock and exterior covered
with tin in 1928-29.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1969 |
St.
Paul Lutheran Church weather vane
Photo courtesy Will
Beauchamp, 2011 |
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