It wasn’t so long ago…

Their stories are our stories. They are a part of us.

Anna and her brother Henry won’t let anything stop them from the promise of a better future for their family or friends. Will they be able to dig within themselves to find the courage to survive?

“After hastily erecting a few tents and some arbor shelters for protection against the wind and rain, the eight Immigration Society troopers, about twenty drivers and, unfortunately, several capable young men returned to New Braunfels and left the small number of family fathers, women and children in no enviable situation in the wilderness.”

  - According to the notations compiled by Mr. B. Blum. Fredericksburg, Texas…The First Fifty Years, 1896, published by Robert Penniger

What would it have like to have been there? Let’s find out! Join me as we get to know Anna, Henry, Elizabeth, William and their families as on the Texas frontier.

It wasn’t so long ago….

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