Today, is road trip day!
We will be driving in and around Hamilton, Shive, Priddy and Indian Gap. The Kman's family is from here. Tough, strong German people who had the tenacity to tough it out in Comanche territory. Angermann and Braun - a couple of family names. A quick
History in a Pecan Shell
Indian Gap's name came about when it was noticed that the Comanches came through this gap in the mountains when they would raid the settlers. We have to admire the stoicism and powers of observation of the settlers, who you would think would be fleeing in terror, rather than noting the route of their enemies.
1857 is the date the Handbook of Texas gives for the first settlement of the area. A Mr. Hawley Gerrells was credited with opening the first post office in his home, which soon became a store. Church services were held there as well, and it was said to be a social center of the community, whatever that meant in the mid -1800s.
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