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Danes Came To Central Wharton County In 1894 Bringing Church, Language, Culture, John L. Davis
Danes Came To Central Wharton County In 1894 Bringing Church, Language, Culture, John L. Davis
The Bridge
The grass reached to the bottoms of the wagons when the first group of Danes came to central Wharton County, Texas, in 1894. Land had been bought by J. C. Evers, an agent for the Danish Folk Society, to be resold to immigrants. The Dansk Folkesamfund was interested in founding an agricultural settlement in which the Danish culture and language, and the Lutheran church, might be preserved. Like many people who came to Texas, the settlers were looking for a new place to live - a place they could farm and raise their children .