Ed Tewes [Cover]
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Ed Tewes [Cover]Description
Cover from "HAENEL & HELLMANN, / MARION, Guadaulupe Co. , Texas" addressed to "Mr / Ed. Tewes / New Berlin / Tex." Postmarked "MARION / DEC 1893 / TEX."Context
Haenel and Hellmann, moved to Marion from a settlement on Santa Clara Creek. By the mid-1880s, Marion had steam, grist, and saw mills, two cotton gins, four general stores, a church, a district school, and 250 residents. Ed Tewes built the first store at New Berlin, and the town had a post office from 1878 to 1906. By the mid-1880s New Berlin had two steam gristmills and cotton gins, a general store, and seventy residents. The community served as a shipping point for cotton, cottonseed, corn, and oats. In 1904 fifty-six students attended the one-teacher school. The population of New Berlin fell to forty in 1949. The town was incorporated in 1980, when 253 residents were reported. In 1990 the population was 188.Category
The Handbook of Texas