An abschied lithograph depicts a typical scene of Germans saying goodbye to loved ones about to join the Adelsverein and emigrate to ?the Utopia of Texas.? ? Photo courtesy the 175th Committee and Pioneer Museum
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Settling ‘Grossdeutschland’
From 1830 to 1850, attempts to unify numerous German states into a nation disrupted life in central Europe. Riots and revolution punctuated these two decades. It was this turmoil that set the stage for mass emigration to Texas. Reformers and intellectuals organized work to form a constitutional republic
