Loyal Valley Community

Cemetery with narrative marker about Herman and Willie Lehmann

Cemetery at Loyal Valley where Herman Lehmann and family members are buried.

Photograph of Herman Lehmann

Herman Lehmann

Herman Lehmann dressed in American Indian regalia

Herman Lehmann dressed in Indian costume, ca. 1929 (UTSA Special Collections Library)

Herman Lehmann dressed in American Indian regalia standing on a brushy hillside

Herman Lehmann, ca. 1920s (UTSA Special Collections Library)

Herman Lehmann, dressed in American Indian headdress, shaking hands with a man in a suit

Texas Ranger Capt. James Buchanan Gillette shaking hands with Herman Lehmann (UTSA Special Collections Library)

Photograph of Augusta Lehmann Buchmeier

Augusta Lehmann Buchmeier, Herman’s mother.

Two storey stone building with balcony and covered porch

Now a private residence, this was a hotel and stage stop operated by Augusta.

German settlers from Fredericksburg founded Loyal Valley around 1858. In 1869, John O. Meusebach – founder of Fredericksburg – moved to Loyal Valley himself, laying out the town, operating a shop and nursery, and later serving as postmaster and justice of the peace. There’s not much to see in town today, except for a historical marker in the Loyal Valley Cemetery off House Mountain Road, which commemorates Herman and Willie Lehmann. The landscape is quite dramatic, however, including nearby House Mountain – which features a cave formerly inhabited by American Indians.

Loyal Valley Community

  • South of Mason on Hwy 87 at FM 2242, Loyal Valley, TX
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