C harles Hunter C ollection, A rchives of the Big Bend, [Bryan W ildenthal Memorial Library], Sul Ross State University, A lpine, Texas
Nick Mersfelder: A Love Story
by Kleo Belay
I
t’s no wonder his parents called him
Nicholas, born on December 25th,
1858
in
Gimmeldingen,
8
Germany—a small village close to
France known for its impressive grape
vineyards. His father was a grape grow-
Cenizo
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er. His mother died when he was six.
Nick was the youngest of four children.
Five years after his wife’s death, Andres
Mersfelder crossed the Atlantic with his
children and found work as a horticul-
turalist in Ohio.