Comal County, Texas

WHEREAS, Comal County and it’s citizens are proud of it’s 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 Pantermuehl-Halm Ranch that was begun in 1878 and 1979 by

Heinrich and Dorothea (Preuesser-Schlather) Erxleben & Carl and Agnes (Friedrich) Pantermuehl and operated continuously by their descendents, Marie (Erxleben) & Alfred Pantermuehl, Egon and Vera (Preusser) Pantermuehl, Verde Lee (Pantermuehl) & Walter

Halm, their children Barney, Joe, Leslie and Phyllis (Halm) Jones 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 Pantermuehl-Halm Ranch and it’s current owners, Verde Lee (Pantermuehl) & Walter Halm and their children Barney, Joe, Leslie and Phyllis (Halm) Jones for their dedication to keeping Heinrich and Dorothea & Carl and Agnes’ dream alive.

PASSED AND APPROVED this the 22^nd day of March 2007.