Fredericksburg, TX

Sunday, November 23 continued

It was about 12:30pm by the time we got back to the car after climbing Enchanted Rock.  We decided to head to Fredericksburg to walk around and find some lunch.

On the way to Fredericksburg, we passed this rooster at the entrance of a ranch.  Thought it was cute. 

This is the Pioneer Memorial Library just across from the town square.

We were walking down Main street.  As you can see it is 4 lanes wide with parking on both sides.  The 4 story building with the US flag down the street interested us.

As you can see, it was the Admiral Nimitz Museum.  Interesting.

The town square was large, about two blocks square. This nativity scene was on one corner.

There was an area honoring different things about Fredericksburg.  This is one of the first settlers in Fredericksburg smoking a peace pipe with one of the Comanche chiefs.  This process was to finalize a treat between the pioneers and the Comanches.  According to the place at this site, this treaty is the only treaty with native Americans that was not ever broken.

There was a bust of this man, but Tic was more interested in what the plaque said.
I looked up Jacob Brodbeck and the following is what I found:
"One often repeated story of Texas history claims that German immigrant and Hill Country resident Jacob Brodbeck was the first man to fly in an airplane. Although accounts vary, the event allegedly occurred on September 20, 1865, approximately five months following the conclusion of the Civil War and almost four decades before the Wright brothers’ flight experiments on North Carolina’s Outer Banks between 1900 and 1903.
According to the Handbook of Texas Online, Brodbeck’s “aviation achievements remain shrouded in doubt.” This is primarily because documentary evidence is largely lacking, as Brodbeck’s drawings or blueprints for his airplane have not survived and descriptions from eyewitnesses (e.g. letters, journal entries, or newspaper reports) have never been found."

On the opposite end of the park from the nativity scene was this German Christmas tower.
In the background is a reconstructed building which in it's day acted as a non-denominational church, school and council building.  Interesting concept; a multipurpose structure.