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The
Post Office at Kurten
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Henry
Kurten is said to have been a German soldier who decided not to
go back to Germany after his furlough ended. It seems unlikely that
soldiers in the 1850s would visit America while on leave, but until
we have time to look into it further, we'll go with that explanation.
Perhaps they had longer furloughs that enabled them to make Trans-Atlantic
voyages.
Mr. Kurten bought a sizable piece of land and interested other Germans
to come live on it. They paid off their smaller parcels of land
by working on Kurten's farm.
The post office opened in 1890 and the population was 300 during
the 1890s.
Kurten has never been over-populated and from the 20s to the 60s
the population hovered around 100. It seems to be coping with the
50 people who have moved there in recent years. Its proximity to
Bryan makes it convenient
for Kurtenites to commute to work.
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The
General Store at Kurten
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