[2] It was located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Fredericksburg near what is now Texas State Highway 16.

For any settlers who would relocate with him to the settlement, he agreed to give them free medical care.

Among the other early residents were photographer and landscape artist Hermann Lungkwitz[8] and his brother-in-law and fellow painter Friedrich Richard Petri.

On September 11, 1854, Keidel hosted a meeting to plan Live Oak School and was elected trustee.

Community activities centered on the school, and year-end exams were called "schulpruefung", followed by a celebratory picnic.