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The territory that is now Colorado County
was settled by Anglo colonists, many of whom belonged to Stephen F.
Austin's Old Three Hundred, beginning in 1821. A number of families
settled near Beeson's Ford, several miles south of the site of present
Columbus. |
| Colorado County, one of the original counties of the
Republic of Texas, was formed in 1836 and organized in 1837, the first
district court being held by Robert M. Williamson in April 1837 at
Columbus, the county seat. By 1840 there were 249 heads of families and
319 slaves in the county. |
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| A German settlement grew up around the community
of Frelsburg around 1839, and the first German university in the state,
Hermann University, was chartered there in 1844. Men from Colorado County
made up most of Company E, First Texas Mounted Riflemen, during the
Mexican War. Cotton and corn were the main crops grown in the 1840s. Among
the more notable plantations in the county was that of Robert Robson, who
arrived from Dumfries, Scotland, about 1839 and built a concrete castle of
homemade lime and gravel on his estate on the south bank of the Colorado
River. |
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Cities and
towns
| Alleyton (unincorporated) |
Glidden
(unincorporated) |
| Columbus |
Matthews |
| Eagle Lake |
Sheridan (unincorporated) |
| Frelsburg, Texas |
Weimar |
| Garwood (unincorporated) |
Rock Island
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