Thanks for the historical enlightenment, I had no idea, ignorant me! Inspired by this I just googled up Paris, Texas, but it doesn't seem to have been founded by French people, in spite of their mockup Eiffel tower, too bad :)
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: R C Macaulay To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Call for new Ozone process ... Everybody in Germany moved to Texas in the 1820's and are still here and speak German like a native. I live in Walhalla.. that's betrween Nechanitz and Rutersville. nearby is Waldeck and Weimar.. across to road from New Ulm and Dubina , which is down the road from Praha ( oops a Czech slipped in) Not to worry, Shiner Texas has the beer plant...The first German settlement in Texas was Industry Texas.near Blieberville and Cat Spring.. Dime Box was a late bloomer town. Richard