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Brenham| City and administrative headquarters of Washington County, southeastern Texas, 113 km/70 mi northwest of Houston; population (1990) 12,000. It has creameries (Brenham is noted for its icecream) and cotton mills, and is a trade and shipping centre for Brazos River valley produce. It also manufactures springs, mattresses, furniture, and brooms, and there are oilfields nearby. |
| It was settled in 1844 and became heavily German in the 1860s. The city was partly burned during disturbances in the Reconstruction era. Blinn College was founded here in 1883. |
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| The company was in business for over five years in Temple and Brenham, TX, and many leading companies in the industry have tested the parts they reclaimed. McCook, NE: Kris Wilson; Earth Power, Stayner, ON: Steve Ree; ESS/Future Eq, Brenham, TX: Maurice Graeber; Fairbanks International, Lexington, NE: Eric Nichols; Fairbanks International, Holdrege, NE: Monte Schultz; Fairbanks Kearney, Kearney, NE: Jon Garner; Farmers Implement & Tractor, Yuma, CO: Arick Davis; Fergus International, Fergus Falls, MN: Mallory Fronning; German-Bliss Equip. Nelson Byman, president of MIC Group, a privately held maker of precision machining parts in Brenham, Tex. |