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One Hundred Years Ago Today in Kerr County: An Immigrant's Gift.
Schreiner Institute was founded on December 31, 1917, 100 years ago today.Construction began in 1922 of an "English Colonial" campus few could imagine for Kerrville.Click on any image to enlargeOne...
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From Kerrville to Junction by Wagon
Freight Wagons traveling from Kerrville to Junction, around 1900.Photo courtesy of the Blakely Collection.Click on any image to enlarge.Now that most of your holiday guests have headed back home (or...
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Time Travel, UFOs, and Two Photographs of Kerrville
Kerrville, around 1920, taken from the roof of the St Charles Hotel,looking roughly northClick on either image to enlargeWhen I learn to time travel, I am going to ask several local photographers to...
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Rare photographs of Kerrville covered in snow
Kerrville after a snowfall February 5, 1923.The building in the middle left is the Kerr County Courthouse.Click on any image to enlarge.This week's icy roads and brief snow flurries reminded me of some...
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A Newly Discovered Photograph of Camp Verde
Camp Verde, by Mrs. O'Neal, around 1905Click on any image to enlargeIt’s surprising what you find when you’re looking for something else.As you know, I collect old photographs of Kerrville and Kerr...
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The Case of the Mystery Building on Water Street
Wait. That building is in the middle of what is now called Sidney Baker Street.Click on any image to enlargeLast week I was going through a box of old Kerrville photographs and by chance noticed a...
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80 Years Ago Today in Kerrville
Kerrville's Rialto Theater, in the 600 block of Water Street.The photo above is from around March, 1940; note guy in top window.Click on any image to enlarge.Eighty years ago today, Kerrville got a new...
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Newly Discovered Photograph of Bandera Pass
Bandera Pass, around 1905.Automobiles didn't arrive in significant numbers until 1908,so the road shown is a wagon trail.Click on any image to enlarge.I recently was given a photo on which is written...
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A surprising find in downtown Kerrville
Home of Henry and Clara Candlin, around 1895,on the western corner of Washington and Main Streets, Kerrville.Click on any image to enlarge.Henry Candlin and his wife Clara King Candlin moved to...
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"The Which Way Tree," tells a Texas Hill Country story
The Which Way Tree, by Elizabeth CrookThe Which Way Tree, Elizabeth Crook's latest novel, is a compelling story set in the rocky canyons around Camp Verde and Bandera Pass during the American Civil...
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Kerrville Ephemera: the curious journey of Parsons' bill
April 17, 1895 statement of A. Bl Williamson's account with Parsons Bros.Click on any image to enlarge.The old printer in me certainly enjoyed looking through my friend Bryant Saner's collection of...
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A summer camp at the edge of Kerrville in 1906
Westminster Encampment Dining HallClick on any image to enlargeIn 1906 a Presbyterian church camp called Westminster Encampment was established in Kerrville, and it had a lasting influence on our...
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Kerrville, 127 years ago this month
Front page, Kerrville Paper, March 28, 1891Click to enlarge This week a kind friend brought by a copy of the Kerrville Paper dated Saturday March 28, 1891, almost exactly 127 years ago. The newspaper...
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A well-remembered bridge in Kerrville
The Sidney Baker Street Bridge in 1971 --dedicated to Charles Schreiner in 1935.Click on any image to enlarge.Is it possible to love a bridge?Every time I show photos of the old Highway 16 bridge in...
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Baseball has a long history in Kerr County
Tivy High School baseball team 1967-68, fifty years ago.Click on any image below to enlarge.There have been baseball teams representing Kerrville since the late 1800s, well before the first Tivy...
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The forgotten treasures of Louise Hays Park
Louise Hays Park, not long after its single-day construction, on April 26, 1950.Note the pontoon bridge in the background.Click on any image to enlargeMy son Joe and I walk through Louise Hays Park...
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Newspapers have certainly changed
A paperboy for the Kerrville Times, mid-1950s.My notes say "Robert Warren and Mickey."Click on any image to enlargeWhen I was a boy, the Kerrville Daily Times office was on Earl Garrett Street; the...
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The F5 Tornado that hit Kerrville's neighbor, Rocksprings, Texas, in 1927
Rocksprings, Texas, after the F5 Tornado crashed through town on April 12, 1927Ninety-one years ago, on Tuesday, April 12, 1927, a huge F5 tornado struck Rocksprings, Texas, killing over 70 people, and...
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At least one of the tunnels in downtown Kerrville
The tunnel in the basement of the old Kerrville Ice Plant.Click on any image to enlarge.If you were to drive down Washington Street, toward the river, cross Water street, enter the parking area of One...
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Remembering James Avery
James Avery, 95th birthday party, December 2016The last time I visited with James Avery was at his 95th birthday party, in late 2016, given by his wife Estela at the Alegria Barn, near their home on...
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