Fredericksburg Standard (Fredericksburg, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1921 Page: 8 of 10
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A Short History of Nimitz Hotel.
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men known well in Texas history
Graham Tires
and commissions.
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created before them. We do like-
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$17.50 $21.50 $25.00 $30.00
$40.00
$35.00
Men’s and Young Men’s Models.
No Sale, but H e Have The Prices.
NASH FOUR
REDUCED TO $1045
The soundness of this NASH reputation is
again typified in the NASH FOUR.
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Ed. Peter
HOHMANN & STEHLING
For Your Next Suit See
Office Penniger's Residence
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1855 the proprietor built
and enlarged hotel.
and provisions were made to meet It is also impossible to note all
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Trimmings.
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Miller, C. L. Wurzbach, 11. Toep-
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San Antonio, Texas.
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MICKIE, THE PRINTER’S DEVIL
By Charles Sughre
Still Loyal to the Home Town
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Charles A. Culberson, Governor
Oscar B. Colquitt, and Governor
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Tailoring, Clean-
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2 Men ‘s Suits from $8 50
and up, at
Schroeder Bros , Inc.
Sunday Afternoon Picture Show
at 3 P. M.
Hotel Spahn
Centrally located.
Picture Show
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1 good heavy harnesses, also 1 wa-
gon, all in very good shape, at
A. M. Turk,
Opposite Nimitz Hotel.
Saturday Night, Nov. 26.
Mary Miles Minter
‘Eyes Of The Heart1
Also 7th Episode of “MIRACLE OF
THE JUNGLE"
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we recall
Prize Picture Show
1st Prize; A TURKEY
2nd Prize; A BOX OF CANDY
Program
Harold Goodwin In
“Hearts Of Youth"
Also a Century Comedy
Friday Night, Nov. 25.
Robert W. Chambers
greatest novel
“Fighting Chance"
People generally like to think
back to the ones that went before
| them they like to recall the facts
mark in the
community,
much space.
Saenger & Ochs
Men’s Furnishers and Tailors
PICTURE SHOW
at
PETER’S
* Opera House •
SUNDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 27.
Douglas Fairbanks
In “THE LAMB"
Also a 2-Reel Comedy.
“SHORT AMD SNAPPY’’
perwein, and Judge Odgen of
citizens of the colony could ga-
ther here for protection in case registered at the hotel,
haycof danger of an Indian raid. Wa-
time, a large rock wall was built.
Within this wall large stores of
PHONE NO. 26 0
of what their ancestors
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men building it. This
teams had to be provided for. San Antonio; and Thomas Gog-
Thus in building the hotel at this gan of Galveston. Each of the
the names, but glancing over the
old registers, I noticed such nam-
es as: George Pfeuffer, Franz
Coreth, and Ernst Scherff of
New Braunfels; M. Halff, B. L.
Our Coats, Ulsteretts, and Rain Coats, Men’s and Young
Men’s Fall Trousers 12.50 to $7.50 are here. Very Smart Felt
Hats all new Fall Styles, Greys, Tans, Brown, Steel and Black
Creations. New Fall Furnishings include Shirts, Ties, Gloves,
Underwear, Hosiery, and Sweaters, and Caps in the smart New
effects in fact you’ll find us splendidly ready to take care of
your needs. Our Prices will please the buyer. Just give us a call
$130.00 per week six years in spring, with two
latter, mitz. Dr. Ferdinand Roemer,
whose studies of the new coun-
It a who later made a
This history' of their
time the present site was selected woould require too
The comfortable Resort of
Families and Traveling Men safety of the soldiers and their
horses as well, or even more so,
230 5. Gommerce and the
mail drivers and their
accomplished. Again some of
the earlier citizens have left
landmarks which we admire to-
day and of which many of us
would like to get more informa-
tion than is generally to be had.
Some time ago the editor had
occasion to study up some facts
oonnected with the Nimitz Hotel,
the demands of the day. Troops
of soldiers were passing through
the colony, the colony was locat-
ter and food for man and animal
I was provided for within the
walls, a hotel and a fort at the
same time, if the occasion de-
manded. Think of the labor this
rockwall required, you may take
a look at it today. Mrs. Nimitz
recalls vividly today that the
founder often spoke of the large
sum of money, 150.00, this wall
did cost and of the free drinks
of whiskey he had to furnish the
wise like to read of what those
KAFRAEFPR'S:hat aromplisl nd.
Often it is very diflicult to get
Opera House the data of what our ancestors
Thursday Night, Nov. 24.
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a A complete assortment of
violin and musical instrument
parts, at 8tf
A. Walter,
Jeweler and Optometrist.
however, was the smallest item in
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FINEST/^
Sunday Night, Nov. 27.
Bryant Washburn In
‘What Happened
To Jones"
AISo a Sunshine Comedy.
“DEVILISH ROMEO”
Everybody welcome W. Klaerner
Our Men’s Supplies are ready for you. Suits,
of all discriptions, a splendid Variety of Greys
Stripes, Mixtures, Brown and Serges, showing the
New Style features, and the wonderful values result-
ing from our close association with these famous
Tailors.
names before mentioned stands
for some accomplishment in their
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a hotel everyone in our county
and even beyond its boundaries
knows personally, and it occured
to him that some of these facts
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James E. Ferguson. Our present
representative U. B. Hudspeth
and congressman H. M. W urz-
bach of the San Antonio district
have been guests at the hotel. |
Speaking of famous men, it
might be well to recall a few of;
the great scientists who have
rested within the walls of the Ni-
the first structure. This time
floors were added as well as in-
dividual rooms. The flooring is
today in almost perfect condi-
tion. it is made of cypress boards
fnom six to fifteen inches wide
and hauled at the time from the
mill the Mormons had built and
were operating at the Pedernales
about four miles below the co-
lony. This lumber mill was lo-
cated at the present Henry. Mog-
ford place.
After this hotel was completed,
it became the place where the
mail drivers of the U. S. mail
line from San Antonio to El Paso
stayed. They found good quar-
ters here and a fine place to keep
their horses, where men and
horses were save from Indian at-
tacks. A federal fort was locat-
ed at the present Henry Braeuti-
gam place about two miles below
the colony. At this place was the
first jail, today it is a part of
the residence. The soldiers were
quartered at che fort, known as
Ft. Martin Scott, but the offi-
cers were stationed at the hotel.
Because of this fact and because
some of the higher federal offi-
cers on their tours of inspection
stayed at the hotel when pass-
ing through Fredericksburg,
many men who later became
famous in the history of our coun-
try registered from time to time
at the hotel. A few of these nam-
es we recall at this time: Generals
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jack-
son, George B. McClellan, Wm. T.
Sherman, P. H. Sheridan, Albert
Sidney Johnston and Kirby
Smith. Any child who has grown
up in our oounty could tell you
a long story of any of the men
mentioned here, we may feel just-
ly proud that so many illustrous
men in the annals of our history
have been at hoome at some time
or another at one of our hotels.
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ror Sale
2 gentle good mules, will be
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provisions could be gathered, the respective communities. loiter
j wo uld furnish interesting read-
ing matter for many of the
younger generation while it
might recall many fond memories
in the minds of many of the old-
er readers. Below follows a
short history of the hotel, which
is a landmark for Fredericks-
burg. We print this in the hope
that some of our readers may
spend a few pleasant moments
over it.
Nimitz Hotel was built by the
father of the present landlord.
The grandparents of “Uncle
Charlie” as he is known far and
wide arrived among the first sett-
lers in 1846. This was the fami-
ly of Henry Mueller. The found-
er of the hotel. Chas. 11. Nimitz,
Sr. came at this time, a young
man. Although but a youth, he
had acquired a love for the sea,
he had been a captain at sea and
it was the longing for what had
become dear to him which gave
shape to a later addition to the
hotel in the form of a river
steamer. This peculiarity of the
hotel has attracted the attention
of many a stranger and in years
to come it will continue to at-
tract the newcomer.
Chas. H. Nimitz founded the
first hotel in 1853, but not at the
present site. Where today the
Central Hotel stands was built
in those pioneer days the first
hotel of the colony. A hotel in
those days was not an elaborate
affair as it is today, there were
none of the modern conveniences.
As far as can be ascertained to-
day, this hotel was then a one-
room structure built of adobe and
sundried brick made of the same
native material. No one dream-
ed of putting floors into the
I building. Yet this building serv-
ed the purpose very well.
But Texas was being colonized
in those days. Many settlers
passed through the colony on the
Pedernales, some of them settled,
others wanted shelter for a day
or for weeks. The demand for
those days—a quart of the fire-
water could be sold for as little
as 15c. Just think of it and the
wood alcohol mixture that is
sold today by the bootlegger for
$15.00 a quart.
When this hotel was built, it j
was a decided improvement over
say, sou ouGkv yo Go out
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one time frequent mail robberies
on the mail routes from here to
San Antonio and which pretends
to depict the life of the people
of our country, was undoubtedly
begun while the writer was at
the hotel. Every school child
who has had the pleasure of read-
ing Dr. Payne’s, of the Univer-
sity of Texas, Southern Literary
Readings, likes to turn to this
splendid story, even though they
might think that the picture is
slightly overdrawn.
In the hotel parlor are paint-
ings, works of art, drawn by Her-
mann Lungkwitz, an uncle of the
present land lady. These paint-
ings are of Bear Mountain, the
Enchanted Rock, the Fuchs Mill
at,Cypress Creek, and a mill at
Barton Springs near Austin. Al
copy of another painting, the Co-
lony of Fredericksburg, is hung
in the lobby of the hotel. Lungk-
witz was considered an artist in
those days. When the Texas le-
gislature authorized the historic
paintings, now’ hung in the House
and Senate Chamber at Austin,
Lungkwitz was called to furnish
the landscape painting of these
works of art.
In the course of time the pro-
prietor added on to the hotel.
When the first addition was
made, the lumber mill of the Mor-
mons was no more in operation.
The lumber at this time had to
be hauled from Indianola by ox
teams. Today we have no idea
of how tedious a job this really
was- and the men doing this
work were not receiving any
wages as our railroad transporta-
tion men. The lumber used at
this time is also well preserved.
The present form of a ship, a
sight which attracts the attention
of every newcomer, although it
may seem commonplace to us who
see it every day, was added only
Continued on Page 9.
a hotel was felt in those days. To reprint the names of all men
try were the first to be printed
in Europe, made this hotel his
home at various times. Prof.
Jenny, whose collection of native
rocks is preserved at the ( ourt
House, Dr. Boecking, whose des-
cendants are living in Texas to-
day, and Prof. Bickler were fre-
quent guests at the hotel. The
most prominent writer was per-
haps O’Henry, as he is known
by his pen name. The beautiful
story of “A Chaparral Prince”
which uses as a setting the at
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Dietel, William. Fredericksburg Standard (Fredericksburg, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1921, newspaper, November 26, 1921; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1418417/m1/8/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .