The ancient history of the Alcase region currently in France is full of power struggles, wars and boundary changes. The rich and productive land next to the Rhine river contains the iconic Alsatian towns of Strasbourg, Colmar, Mulhouse, and the tiny village of Wahlbach. The carpenters and masons building the Steinbach house in Wahlbach France would be proud to know how much care, respect and reverance has been given to their structure in the last 400 years.
1618-1648 Steinbach House Built in Wahlbach, France
1776 United States Independence from the United Kingdom
1836 Battle of the Alamo
1843-1847 Castro brings Immigrants from Alcase to Texas
1844 Castro founds the city of Castroville
1845 Texas Statehood as part of the United States of America
1845 Castro founds Quihi
1852 The Huegele Homestead
1852 Fall: Construction begins on St. Mary’s School in San Antonio
1853 Construction begins on St. Dominic Church in D’Hanis
1855 The Rohrbach Homestead
1861 American Civil War
1890 Quihi Gun Club Formed
1914 WWI
1939 WWII
1948 Sammy’s Restaurant Opened in Castroville
1998 Steinbach House was moved to Castroville Texas
2021 Restoration efforts begin on Rohrbach House
ALSATIAN Homestead 
Hello!
My husband and I just returned from a trip to Alsace to visit family, and I had asked the matriarch when the tradition of brightly colored houses in Alsace became to be so widely practiced. She told me it was relatively recently, as in perhaps the middle of the 20th century. I wondered whether you had come across anything in regards to this idea. Thank you!
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