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Looking Bact At: Willow City
Willow City is one of the few communities in Gillespie County settled by English speakers. One of the earliest settlers was a slave-holding preacher with a strong dislike for Germans. The preacher and his neighbors freighted in supplies 90 miles from Austin rather than do business with the Germans in Fredericksburg, just 15 miles away. Willow City, or Willow Creek as the place was first called, was one of the few settlements between Fredericksburg and points west.
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