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After the Civil War, reports indicate Black Texas German communities in every county of the German belt, also known as the Texas German Country, running from Houston to the Hills Region. [11] [12] For Black Texans, speaking Texas German was a means of social mimicry and protection. [10] Doris Williams, an African American in Bastrop County ...
A school bond for $12,500 was raised in 1901 for a school to be built on the south side of Center Street (now called Lincoln Ave) near Citron Street and became Anaheim High School; it was the third high school in Orange County proceeded by Santa Ana and Fullerton High. In 1908 Loara and Magnolia Elementary School Districts were sending their ...
Felix Salten – composed scores for some 150 Hollywood movies [410] Arnold Schoenberg – expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School [411] Nico Schüler – music theorist, musicologist, musician, composer, educator; Wesley Schultz – guitarist and lead vocalist for the American folk rock band ...
The German-Texan Heritage Society was formed in 1978 by members of the annual Society for German-American Studies symposium. The organization moved into its current headquarters at the German Free School in downtown Austin in 1991. [3]
German settlers Ferdinand and Louise Backs moved to Anaheim in the 1870s, some of the earliest residents of the region. In 1902, the Backs began construction on a new home where their previous house stood. Architect Edward Niehaus designed it in the Colonial Revival style at 3,713 square feet (344.9 m 2). [1]
The 17,000 square-foot academy is expected to house 162 middle and high school students and 24 employees.
reopened in 1998 as Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School: Apollo Junior High School: Anaheim: 1979 demolished [7] [8] Argyll Academy: Los Angeles: 1982 all-girls school; evolved into co-ed Campbell Hall School under new name [9] Aviation High School: Redondo Beach: 1981 Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center: Bellarmine-Jefferson High School ...
Relatively few place names in the United States have names of German origin, unlike Spanish or French names. Many of the German town names are in the Midwest, due to high German settlement in the 1800s. Many of the names in New York and Pennsylvania originated with the German Palatines (called Pennsylvania Dutch), who immigrated in the 18th ...