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Chester Nimitz was from Kerrville
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz with his sister, Dora Nimitz Reagan, in Kerrville, October 1945It might surprise some readers, but Kerrville can stake a very good claim as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s...
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He dreamt of a library for Kerrville
800 block of Water Street, downtown Kerrville, circa mid-1950sI was going through old photos of Water Street the other day when I noticed a name on a building. Noticing that name led me to discover an...
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Mother, it is a long cry from here to home
Dedication of World War I Memorial Park, July 7, 1938This park still stands, forgotten, at the intersection of Broadway and Water StreetsFor more information on this memorial, click HERERemembering is...
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Happy Campers
Heart o' The Hills Inn postcard. The inn later became a summer camp for girls.Click on any image to enlarge.When the first camps in Kerr County opened, in the 1920s, there were no Interstate highways...
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The Story of the Charles Schreiner Bank
Harold Bugbee's sketch of Charles Schreiner's original store, which was also Kerrville's first bank.Legend says Charles Schreiner started the first bank in Kerrville by putting money and gold entrusted...
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The Mystery of Captain Tivy's Other Tombstone
The cemetery on top of Tivy Mountain, in Kerrville, as it appeared in January 2018.This is the final resting place of Joseph Tivy, his wife Ella, his sister Susan, and Susan's cat.Click on any image to...
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The Railroad Comes To Kerrville
The Kerrville Depot of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad.Click on any image to enlarge.The coming of the railroad in 1887 changed everything for Kerrville -- because it allowed commerce with...
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A Kerrville mystery: who is the woman in this photo?
A woman in a buggy, date unknown.Click any image to enlarge.The story of Captain Charles Schreiner is well known in our community, but the story of his wife, Lena, has been hidden by time.I have...
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A surprising twist: How Kerrville really got its name
Major James Kerr, for whom Kerr County and Kerrville were named.Incidentally, he pronounced his name "Karr," rhyming with "star."One of the items I've reported here in years past may have a new twist...
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Who owns Tivy Mountain?
The Tivy family cemetery on top of Kerrville's Tivy Mountain, as it appeared in January 2018.Click on any image to enlarge.Tivy Mountain, one of the landmarks of our community, has been closed off from...
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A Texas pioneer family
Texas map drawn by Stephen F. Austin in 1822. (Source)Click on any image to enlarge.In 1822, the first of my family arrived in Texas.His name was Jesse Parker, and he farmed on a Spanish land grant...
View ArticleOne hundred years ago TODAY -- women voted in Texas
Note from Joe: I received the story below from my neighbor Marguerite Scott, and wanted to share it with you. It tells of the first time women were allowed to vote in Kerr County (as well as the rest...
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By wagon, cart, on horseback, or by foot
A freight wagon train leaving Kerrville in 1905, crossing Town Creekbelow today's Riverside Nature Center.Click on any image to enlarge.This week I traveled to San Antonio on Interstate 10, and there...
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A cache of Kerrville photos from the 1930s
The home of Julius and Emma Mittanck, 725 Sidney Baker Street, Kerrville, 1930. Note boy on sidewalk.Taco Bell is on the site today.Click on any image to enlarge.In the early 1930s, an unknown...
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Where was Zanzenburg, Texas? (Hint: Kerr County.)
The home of Charles Ganahl, and the post office of Zanzenburg, Texas. Image taken in the 1930s. Source: Library of Congress.Click on any image to enlarge.Could you find Zanzenburg, Texas on a map?The...
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Tivy Stadium and 76 seasons of football
Tivy Stadium, 1941, from the 1942 Antler yearbook.All images in this post compliments of Holly Vogt, KISD Public Relations Specialist.Click on any image to enlarge.Almost seventy-seven years ago, on...
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Time Machine: Kerrville in 1968
Tivy Cheerleaders, 1968, taken on the front steps of the old Tivy High School on Tivy Street.Left to right: Budsy Mosty, Linda Lehmann, Kathy Reader, Julie Nelson, Judy Jones, Karen Reader, Heather...
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The mystery of the Kerrville tax photos
Deering's Grocery, 1217 Water Street, Kerrville.The mystery: when were all of these tax photos taken?Click on any image to enlarge.Several weeks ago I published a few photos from a packet of photos...
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The skeleton of a library
Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library under construction, late February 1967.505 Water Street, Kerrville.Click on any image to enlarge.I recently came across a series of photographs taken in late February,...
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The story of Francisco Lemos, who died 100 years ago today
Francisco Lemos, from "The Price of our Heritage,"an account of the 42nd Division in World War I.Click on any image below to enlarge.One hundred years ago today, on September 15, 1918, Francisco Lemos...
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