Story of German Adelsverein told in new fictional trilogy

Meet the Author The “Adelsverein” trilogy can be purchased at Sophie’s Shop at the Sophienburg. Author Celia Hayes will be the guest speaker at the Scholarship Brunch of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Ferdinand Lindheimer Chapter, on Saturday, March 12. Brunch and book review are $20. Reservations may

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Waggoners important to early New Braunfels transportation

By Myra Lee Adams Goff Waggoners or Teamsters were important to early New Braunfels. They not only led the wagon trains of the early German settlers but they hauled freight to and from the frontier, especially the Gulf coast. G. Fred Oheim, editor of the Zeitung’s Jahrbuch in 1943, named

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