Carlshafen was the first name for which present-day ghost town in Texas?

Indianola, TX.

The town was founded in 1844 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels who called the place in honour of himself Carlshafen (meaning "Carl's Harbour"). It served as the main landing site for thousands of German immigrants entering Texas.

It was renamed Indianola in 1849 and became the second-largest port in the state after Galveston. However, it was destroyed by two massive hurricanes in 1875 and 1886 prompting the surviving residents to abandon the site permanently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianola,_Texas

Carlshafen ("Karl's Harbor") was the original German name given by Prince Carl of Solms?Braunfels.

The settlement was later renamed Indianola, which became a major 19th?century port on Matagorda Bay.

Indianola was destroyed by two catastrophic hurricanes (1875 and 1886) and never rebuilt, leaving it a ghost town today.

In an AWFUL choice of name right up there with Chernobyl being called Wormwood, the city of Indianola, devastated by hurricane tidal surges, was actually called wave.

"The settlement's name was changed to Indianola in 1849 by combining the word Indian with ola, the Spanish word for "wave"."

https://calhouncountymuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Indianola-Visitors-Guide5.pdf

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