Fredericksburg Home Description

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Fredericksburg was established under the guidance of John Meusebach in 1846, caused by the German immigration to escape the political turmoil and economic uncertainty the German people looked for a new start in the new world. Traveling for the first time west towards Fredericksburg I found my breath taken by beauty of the plains and hills that fill the skyline, when I crossed through the road almost carved into the hills surrounding it allowing you to see up close the many different layers in the hill itself. When I reached the town I found myself taken by how small in size and compact the town truly was, though I had been told that it was rather small I thought for as much tourism that it hosts. I felt a distinct small town feeling that was rather comforting feeling when I entered the hotel Fredericksburg Inn & Suites from the …show more content…

Stepping out from the entrance to see the near acre filled with multiple buildings all looking as if they had been there since the town inception really drew me into the mindset of how different life must have truly been, this fact was cemented for me when I went inside the school house that seemed to be lost into time and yet had a charm that allowed me to imagine the wooden rows filled with little children as they tried to learn in such a warm building. Of all the buildings that I was able to see I found myself drawn to the workshop in the corner next to the wash house that held the tools and instruments they would use at that time period, I could have spent several hours learning about how they would use each tool and watching it in practice of it was possible. I was very grateful that the people of Fredericksburg were able to save this piece of history for people to explore as it really made me excited to see the lifestyles of the early

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