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Home Texas Nueces County Banquete Nicholas Bluntzer (October 29, 1835-September 5, 1901)
     

Nicholas Bluntzer (October 29, 1835-September 5, 1901)

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FM 3088, off FM 666, S of Banquete, Banquete, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 27° 54' 27.12102999984", -97° 47' 5.62529000004"
 
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     A native of the French province of Alsace, Nicholas Bluntzer came to Texas at age nine with his parents and other Alsatian families led by colonizer Henri Castro. The Bluntzer family settled in DeWitt County, in an area along Coleto Creek which would become the town of Meyersville. In 1856-57 Bluntzer served as a scout in a punitive expedition led by Col. Robert E. Lee against Comanche Indians in West Texas. In 1858 he married Justina Peters. Later, as a member of the Confederate army, he participated in the last battle of the Civil War at Palmito Ranch in May 1865. After the war Bluntzer became an influential rancher, acquiring large tracts of land in Nueces and other counties. He also invested in Corpus Christi real estate. He established a large cotton-growing operation near this site in the 1890s. A settlement grew up in the area and was named Bluntzer. Upon his death in 1901, he was buried in a San Patricio Cemetery. The Bluntzer home not far from this site remained in the family until 1961, when it was bequeathed to the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament. Nicholas Bluntzer was posthumously inducted into the South Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1967. (1967)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Nicholas Bluntzer (October 29, 1835-September 5, 1901) Historical Marker Location Map, Banquete, Texas

 
   
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