page_title: Homesite of John O. Meusebach
hierarchical_section_title: Homesite of John O. Meusebach
caption_attribution_description: John O. Meusebach (nee: Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach)
context_page_description: The Homesite of John O. Meusebach is located at Loyal Valley in Mason County, Texas, 21 miles north of Fredericksburg and 18 miles southeast of the city of Mason, on U.S. Highway 87 to right-of-way at the intersection of US 87 and RM 2242. Meusebach moved to the property in 1869, after a tornado destroyed his family home in Comal County.
  John O. Meusebach was born in Dillenburg, Duchy of Nassau, with a background in botany, and educated and trained as a lawyer. As Commissioner-General of the Adelsverein, he founded the city of Fredericksburg, and opened up the Fisher–Miller Land Grant territory to settlement when he brokered the Meusebach–Comanche Treaty. He later served as Texas State Senator District 22. His Loyal Valley homesite was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1969, Marker number 11288.
context_section_description: The Homesite of John O. Meusebach is located at Loyal Valley in Mason County, Texas, 21 miles (34 km) north of Fredericksburg and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of the city of Mason, on U.S. Highway 87 to right-of-way at the intersection of US 87 and RM 2242. Meusebach moved to the property in 1869, after a tornado destroyed his family home in Comal County.
  John O. Meusebach was born in Dillenburg, Duchy of Nassau, with a background in botany, and educated and trained as a lawyer. As Commissioner-General of the Adelsverein, he founded the city of Fredericksburg, and opened up the Fisher–Miller Land Grant territory to settlement when he brokered the Meusebach–Comanche Treaty. He later served as Texas State Senator District 22. His Loyal Valley homesite was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1969, Marker number 11288.
caption: John O Meusebach
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