Black plaque № 15123

Burkburnett, TX, United States

Ghost Town of Clara. Herman Specht migrated in 1870 to Galveston from Germany. In 1884 he married Clara M. Vogel Lange (1853-1912), a wealthy widow. Adding to earlier property holdings in Galveston, he began buying extensive tracts of land in northern Wichita County, which eventually totaled 21,000

acres. In 1886 he platted the town of Clara which he named for his wife. The streets were named for Texas heroes. He donated this site for The Trinity Lutheran Church. Specht advertised for German col

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