Early pioneer T.U. Wade discovered the rock wall when digging a well in the mid-1800s, about the time the town was founded. Wade suggested naming the town Rockwall after the curious geological formation.The name was accepted and the town of Rockwall was platted on April 17, 1854.
The Weimar Republic, named after the German city of Weimar, is the democratic republic which governed Germany between 1919 and 1933.
The Reichstag represented the whole nation, while the Reichsrat represented regional governments within Germany. The head of state was the president, who was elected for a term of seven years. The first president of the Weimar Republic was Friedrich Ebert (elected November 1918-February 1919).