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A Kerrville magazine from 1920: get outside and explore Kerr County
Page from Grinstead's Magazine, June 1920.No, gentle reader: I did not take this photograph.Click on any image to enlarge.Have you ever wondered what life in Kerr County was like 125 years...
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The story of Gibson's Discount Center in Kerrville
Gibson's Discount Center - May, 1968Click on any image to enlarge.Reorganizing some of my Kerr County History files this month, I came across a small stack of photographs from the grand opening of...
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The story behind Kerrville's new Chenault Boulevard
Newly-installed street sign and traffic signal,Chenault Boulevard, on Veterans Memorial Highway (Loop 534).Click on any image to enlarge.A friend let me know a street sign has been installed, along...
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A history mystery: the Case of the Carved Rock
A carved stone near the Guadalupe River in Kerrville.It survived the tragic flood...but not the clean up after the flood.Gentle Reader: I occasionally keep history secrets from you.Most of the time,...
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A Brief History of Summer Camps in Kerr County
Heart o' The Hills Camp for Girls, on the South Fork of the Guadalupe Riverin Kerr County, Texas.Click on any image to enlarge.Camp Mystic, HuntLast month, the world learned about summer camps along...
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Living through history
During one of the many press conferences last week.Photo by Kerr County Lead.Click on any image to enlarge.We are all living through history right now. From the early morning of July 4th, when disaster...
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The backstory on the new Frost Bank in Kerrville
Memorial Funeral Home, 200 block of Clay Street.Originally built as the home of Charles and Magdalena's eldest daughter, Caroline.From the collection of Jeannie Berger.Click on any image to enlarge.On...
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Over 65 Million Years Old
A small fossilized urchin, found on a Kerrville hillside, years agoWalking up a quiet Kerrville hillside one Sunday a few years ago, I bent down and picked up a tiny fossilized sea urchin. It was no...
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What is Kerrville's Story?
The Myrta and A. C. Schreiner house, June 17, 2025.As a museum is being built for our community, I’ve been thinking a lot about how the Heart of the Hills Heritage Center will tell our story. Though...
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The Repair Shop: Kerrville Edition
A Kerrville photograph from the 1890s, before and aftera visit to Joe's "Repair Shop."Click on any image to enlarge.My morning coffee friends Lora and Mark recommended a British television show,...
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The story of Schreiner Institute football
The May 2025 issue of Schreiner University Magazine.Click on any image to enlarge.This week we received a copy of Schreiner University’s magazine in the mail at home. Its front cover features a young...
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When Weather Writes Kerr County History
Kerrville from the north, looking down the river valley, 2020Picture this: You're standing at an invisible line that runs right through the heart of Texas. To your east, rain falls generously,...
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The Story of the First Kerrville Folk Festival
Kenneth Threadgill and band at the very firstKerrville Folk Festival, in late May and early June, 1972.Click on any image to enlarge.Years ago, the late Rod Kennedy gave me a remarkable document: a...
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The Lives of the [Kerrville] Cowboys
Illustration from Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, May 28, 1881.Click to enlarge.Last week, I wrote about an 1881 newspaper article about trailing cattle which mentioned Kerrville. The story included...
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A very rare glimpse of Kerrville in 1881
"On the road to Kerrville," by L. W. MacDonald, 1881.Click on any image to enlarge.Years ago, a kind friend gave me a framed set of illustrations from sketches by L. W. MacDonald which were originally...
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The Story of Kerrville’s Louise Hays Park
April 26, 1950: the date Kerrville built Louise Hays Park in a single day.Click on any image to enlarge.On Saturday, April 26, Kerrville’s Louise Hays Park turns 75 years old.On that date in 1950, our...
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An Oddly-Shaped Block in Downtown Kerrville
The block as it appears on the revised 1950 Sanborn map of Kerrville.Click on any image to enlarge.Over the last month or so, I’ve watched the demolition of the old Entertainmart building on Main...
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A lesson about the Kerrville community from 1995
KFD fighting a fire at 615 Water Street, Kerrville, April 11, 1995.Click on any image to enlarge.Please allow me a story of personal history this week.30 years ago, on Friday, on April 11, 1995, our...
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New Kerrville Streets To Be Named for Fallen Heroes
A portion of the new Windridge Subdivision.Click on any image to enlarge.The new Windridge Subdivision neighborhood will have streets named in memory of Kerr County men who gave their lives for our...
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A poignant letter from Kerrville's Earl Garrett, written over 106 years ago.
Letter from [Victor] Earl Garrett to his mother,Laura Gill Garrett, September 4, 1918.Click on any image to enlarge.This week I had an unusual experience, and I hope I can explain it well enough to...
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