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The
Post Office at Kurten
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Henry
Kurten is said to have been a German soldier who decided not to go
back to Germany after his furlough ended. It seems unlikely that soldiers
in the 1850s would visit America while on leave, but until we have
time to look into it further, we'll go with that explanation. Perhaps
they had longer furloughs that enabled them to make Trans-Atlantic
voyages.
Mr. Kurten bought a sizable piece of land and interested other Germans
to come live on it. They paid off their smaller parcels of land by
working on Kurten's farm.
The post office opened in 1890 and the population was 300 during
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The
General Store at Kurten
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Kurten
has never been over-populated and from the 20s to the 60s the population
hovered around 100. It seems to be coping with the 50 people who have
moved there in recent years. Its proximity to Bryan
makes it convenient for Kurtenites to commute to work.
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