Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.

Christian Becker, Early Grimes County Texan

January 17, 2019 - 00:00
Posted in:
Article Image Alt Text

BECKER — Becker,-Texas, three miles southwest of Anderson in southwestern Grimes County, was founded about 1869, when Christian Becker, an immigrant from the Rhineland, established a cotton gin in the vicinity of Holland Creek. (Handbook of Texas) This location would have been near the area where the community of Hollanddale once ...

PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT. Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today!