Nordheim Shooting Club

Early Nordheim had three German societies, according to the Handbook of Texas: the Schuetzen Verein, a Sons of Hermann lodge, and the Fortschritt, which the Handbook calls a theater club where the plaque says Progress Club. The shooting club's hall stayed a social center into the late 1980s, and townspeople still held a May Fest and a Harvest Fest each year. The weekly Nordheim View, founded in 1902, kept the town's news until it moved to Yorktown in 1952 and became the DeWitt County View.

What the plaque says

Nordheim Shooting Club A product of the area's predominantly German heritage and community Mayfest celebrations of the nineteenth century, the Nordheim Fortschritt Verein (Progress Club) was organized in 1897. Another organization, the Nordheim Scheutzen Verein (Shooting Club), was formed in 1902. The two organizations were merged in 1927 under the name Nordheim Shooting Club. The organization provided entertainment and community activities for a large rural area. The present club facility replaced earlier structures on the same site. (1989)

Where it stands

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