The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 35, July 1931 - April, 1932 Page: 283
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Victor Friederich Bracht, a Texas Pioneer
as district clerk. I resigned at the beginning of the election,
but, in spite of this, I received as many votes as the second can-
didate. . "
Again we find him traveling in the interest of the Mainzer
Verein, to which organization he makes many references in his
letters and in his book, as for instance:
"Austin, September 17, 1847.
Dear:
The business of the Verein keeps me traveling over the coun-
try. When I return to New Braunfels, I always find so much
work awaiting me that I have not time to write you even a short
letter. Therefore I shall use the few hours I still have here be-
fore I return to San Marcos, to let you know in a few words that
on the second of this month I went by Bastrop and Nassau to
Houston. After having attended to my business there, as well
as in the other two places mentioned, I came home again on the
fourteenth; on the fifteenth I rode to San Marcos, and from
there I arrived here at noon yesterday. From here I walked to
the Mormon Mills, located at the foot of the mountains on the
bank of the river and about half a mile from the peak of Mount
Bonnell. The Mormons supplied our colonists in the upper coun-
try with corn meal. Since they built and put into operation a
fine mill on the Pedernales three and one-half miles from Fred-
erickburg, they have sold this one called the Sycamore Springs
Mill, for the small sum of fifteen hundred dollars. .
All the land of the grant, a small kingdom in itself, has been
surveyed and made secure for the Verein, provided funds arrive
in time to prevent the surveyors from selling the field notes else-
where. Through negotiations and the raising of small sums of
money, Mr. Meusebach has once more retrieved the cause of the
Verein, which seemed already lost. But for more than a year the
Verein has not sent any money. This indifference cannot con-
tinue without causing great losses to its members. . "
Viktor Bracht's extensive travels over the State and his care-
ful observation of the country and conditions in general as he
traveled gave added authority to his writings. He made exten-
sive explorations along the Medina, Colorado, Guadalupe, San
Antonio, Pedernales and Llano rivers, and even as far north as
the San Saba. He visited practically all the colonial centers, for
there are letters extant written from Fredericksburg, Galveston,
New Braunfels, San Antonio and Austin, as well as references
to places like Castell, Castroville and other places that he visited.283
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