| Marker Number |
11283 |
| Atlas Number |
5319011283 |
| Marker Title |
Herman and Willie Lehmann |
| Index Entry |
Lehmann, Herman and Willie |
| Address |
House Mountain Road |
| City |
Loyal Valley |
| County |
Mason |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
499493 |
| UTM Northing |
3382601 |
| Subject Codes |
pioneers; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1991 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Loyal Valley Cemetery, House Mountain Road about 0.2 miles east of RR 2242. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
German immigrants Moritz and Auguste Lehmann settled along Squaw Creek (4 mi. W) in the 1850s. After Moritz's death, Auguste married Philip Buchmeier. On May 16, 1870, two of the Lehmann children, Herman (age 10) and Willie (age 8) were captured by Apache Indians. Willie was released after five days and returned home, but Herman remained with the Apache and Comanche Indians for eight years. He was returned to his family by U. S. soldiers in 1878 but maintained his ties to Quanah Parker's Comanche family, into which he had been adopted, for the remainder of his life. (1991) |
