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Article: Texas, with a German accent: Frontier and old country mingle in Fredericksburg.(Travel)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 18, 1996
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A farmer with a straw hat drives a vintage 1940s Hudson puttering along the single main street. He's probably the original owner. A new Rolls-Royce follows close behind the Hudson. It glistens in the sunshine.
High school seniors dance to rock music in the open-air pavilion in Marktplatz, the market square their ancestors knew. Nearby, the local McDonald's disguises its fast-food identity behind architecture that fits in with the historical buildings. Otherwise, entrepreneurs fill 19th-century stores with modern attractions.
New money buys old homesteads.
This clash of the past and present may seem a bit jarring, but it draws a million ...