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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. |
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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
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Alleyton (unincorporated) |
Glidden (unincorporated) |
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Columbus |
Matthews |
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Eagle Lake |
Sheridan (unincorporated) |
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Frelsburg, Texas |
Weimar |
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Garwood (unincorporated) |
Rock Island (unincorporated) |
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