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Proclamation - Honoring the Karbach Ranch for Over 100 Years of Continuous Agricultural Production in Comal County
Proclamation
Honoring the Karbach Ranch for Over 100 Years
of Continuous Agricultural Production in Comal County
WHEREAS, Comal County and its citizens are proud of its many farmers and ranchers that have held onto their families’ land through prosperity and adversity, never losing sight of the goal- keeping the dreams of their ancestors alive while making a living off the land; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Agriculture and Comal County Genealogy Society are actively engaged in locally promoting the recognition and preservation of these treasures through the Family Land Heritage Program; and
WHEREAS, the Karbach Ranch that was begun in 1883 by David and Carolina (Moeve) Karbach and brother, Frederick Karbach and operated continuously by their descendents, John August Frederick & Sophie (Klingemann) Karbach, John H. & Emma (Bode) Karbach, John E. & Hortense (Wells) Karbach, Judith Lee (Karbach) & Thomas M. Myers and Melissa L. (Myers) for over 100 years.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Commissioners’ Court of Comal County, duly convened and acting in its capacity as the governing body of Comal County, does hereby adopt this Proclamation and gives its unanimous support to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Family Land Heritage Program and honors the Karbach Ranch and its current owners, Judith Lee (Karbach) & Thomas M. Myers and Melissa L. (Myers) for their dedication to keeping David, Carolina and Fredericks’s dream alive.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 22nd day of March 2007.