After participating in a tour of the eastern and central United States in 1850, Thielepape settled in Carlshafen (Indianola), Texas,[4] as a surveyor.

The Market Street location hosted family entertainment, balls, social gatherings, music, activities, lectures and plays.

Thielepape was a tenor who also founded the Beethoven Männerchor (men's choir)[9] on February 23, 1867,[10][11] to preserve German song, music, and language.

The four-month delay between the end of the Civil War in April and this celebration is not long in light of the 2+1⁄2 years between the Emancipation Proclamation and the news of it being delivered in Galveston, a date now denoted as the Juneteenth US national holiday.

In his tenure as mayor, Thielepape's administration built bridges, laid macadam streets, and strengthened the public schools.