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Members of the Bluff Schuetzenverein and the Kreische Family stand in front of the Bluff Schuetzenverein Pavilion which once stoon on the Bluff, c. 1870s-1928. -
Members of the Bluff Schuetzenverein, a German Texas shooting club and social organization, pose for a photo at one of their many events in the late 1870s or early 1880s.
For a half century between the 1870s and 1920s the Bluff Schuetzenverein invited people from across Texas to gather on the Bluff overlooking La Grange. They participated in marksmanship competitions, celebrated the holidays, enjoyed picnics, played games for young and old, and danced to German folk music. The Bluff became a favorite gathering place among German-Texans. In many ways, the…
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