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The
Church at Vsetin c. 1894
Photo Courtesy Murray Mongomery |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
A Mexican land grant in 1831 gave Elenor Living the land on which
Vsetin sits. An influx of Moravian and Bohemian immigrants in the
1870s matched the Germans who had come to Central Texas a little
earlier.
Small communities like Moravia,
Vsetin and Petersburg sprang up as the former landowners broke up
their large farms. Most of the earliest settlers were born in Vsetin,
Moravia and named this community in remembrance.
Vsetin's bedrock was the Evangelical Unity of the Czech-Moravian
Brethren Church.
Vsetin has two cemeteries. Cemetery One recorded it's first interment
in 1888 and the smaller one had it's first burial in 1895.
One holds the Trlica family plot. John Trlica was a semi-itinerant
photographer in central Texas noted for his small town portraits.
He operated from various studios from Granger
to Gonzales
from the 1920s to the 50s.
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Vsetin
Cemetery Marker
TE photo, 2001 |
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