a combining form meaning âthat which carriesâ the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: aquifer; conifer; foraminifer. Origin of -fer. < Latin, derivative of ferre to bear1, in L generally forming adjectives; the corresponding E adjectives add -ous; see -ferous.
About thirty years later, the modern neighborhood of Glenbrook Valley took shape. With the launch of. the new Gulf Freeway, the first freeway in Texas, in 1948, Houstonians began to move out of the city. center and into planned neighborhoods of single-family homes.
From Historic Gruene, Austin is 40 miles to the north, San Antonio is 25 miles to the south, and Houston is 160 miles to the east. New Braunfels and Canyon Lake are only minutes away. The first mercantile store was built by H.D. Gruene in 1878 to serve the local cotton farmers and travelers who passed through the area.