Editing Pflugerville, Texas (section)

===Pfluger homestead===
The area was initially settled by [[Germans|German]] immigrant Henry Pfluger Sr. (1803–1867) and members of his family from late 1849 into early 1850. Pfluger had been a wealthy farmer in Germany, but lost all of his property during the [[revolutions of 1848]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of Pflugerville |url=https://www.pflugervilletx.gov/for-visitors/history-of-pflugerville |website=www.pflugervilletx.gov}}</ref> He arrived in the country with $1,600 and purchased {{convert|160|acre|km2}} of land {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} east of Austin from John Liese, a brother-in-law who had immigrated before him. In 1853, Pfluger paid Liese $960 for a {{convert|960|acre|km2|adj=on}} tract of land in an area known as Brushy Knob.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pflugervillegenealogy.pbworks.com/f/Pfluger+Cemetery.pdf | title=Pflugerville Cemetery | publisher=Nathan O'Brien | access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref> There, the family lived in a five-room log cabin and raised corn, wheat, rye, beans, sweet potatoes, and sugar cane.<ref name="Community Profile">{{cite web | url=http://tx-pflugerville2.civicplus.com/DocumentView.asp?DID=847 | title=Pflugerville Community Library: Strategic Plan 2005 | publisher=Pflugerville Community Library | access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref> The Pfluger family also owned several slaves, some of whom were fluent in [[German language|German]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Voices from slavery: The Travis County narratives | url=http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/voices-from-slavery-the-travis-county-narratives/nWFt9/ | date=2013-04-11 | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411210437/http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/voices-from-slavery-the-travis-county-narratives/nWFt9/ | archivedate=2013-04-11 | access-date=2013-02-09 | url-status=dead}}</ref>