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| | Under the Live Oak Tree - Chapter 5 |
 | | Seguin pulsed with activity in every aspect of community development: county government, mercantilism, the War with Mexico's drain on Seguin's young men, defense against marauding Indians, German immigration, organized religion, education, laying of roads, beginnings of organized transportation, and fairs and recreational activities. |
 | | According to Max Moellering's Thesis, a petition of at least one hundred free male inhabitants of the Seguin region was sent to the Congress of the Republic requesting a county be established in accordance with Article IV, section 11, of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. |
 | | Seguin, at times, must have been a leader in education in the state for there was and continues to be so much time, effort, and money devoted to education in Seguin. |
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