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Take the Quiz: What did that Kerr County pioneer say?
Mountain Street (now called Earl Garrett Street), 1890s.Click on any image to enlarge.Forgive me, but I’ve been thinking a lot about time travel, especially over the past few weeks. I suppose this...
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Answers to the Kerr County Pioneer Vocabulary Test
Horse breaking, Kerr County, over a hundred years ago.Click on any image to enlargeZelma HardyLast week, for fun, I gave a little vocabulary test of words used in Kerr County by its earliest pioneers....
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Early Public Schools in Kerrville
Students at play, Tivy School, around 1910Click on any image to enlargeYears ago, my friend Lanza Teague, who shares my interest in local history, let me copy a manuscript written by her aunt Anna...
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Louise Hays Park in Kerrville -- Always Changing
Publicity shot, fundraising, Jaycee Park Improvement Day,October 6, 1954, at the Sidney Baker Street bridge.Click on any image below to enlargeSusan Sander, who founded the Riverside Nature Center...
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Water Skiing in Downtown Kerrville
Mrs. Fred Bernhard, April Clover, Mrs. Clifton Mackey, and Mary Dyeras Flag Bearers for the Ave-Cot Water Thrill Show,in Kerrville's Louise Hays Park, 1950s.Click on any image to enlarge.Last week, I...
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Henke Brothers Meat Market -- and a mysterious book on my desk
Henke's Meat Market, 800 Block of Water Street, late 1950s - early 1960s.Click on any image to enlarge.The Cash BookI found the book on my desk at the print shop, left there by a kind reader while I...
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Kerrville's first public library, AND a book's homecoming
Here's a surprise: this enterprise was Kerrville's first public library.Click on any image to enlarge.The wandering bookThis week a kind person in California sent a book back to its home: Kerrville.The...
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Kerrville’s Kerr-View Farm
Kerr-View Farm's "Farm Maid Ice Cream" metal advertising sign.Click on any image to enlarge.I am always grateful for the generosity of folks who share their Kerr County historical items with me. An...
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In the heart of downtown Kerrville: The Cascade Pool
The Cascade Pool, downtown Kerrville, probably 1950s.Click on any image to enlarge.The double blessing of cooler temperatures and several nice rain showers has improved my mood considerably, and I’m...
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A new sign for the Arcadia Theater
The Arcadia Theater, downtown Kerrville, 1948 --a $100,000 renovation project.This week ‘Arcadia Live,’ the group renovating the Arcadia Theater in downtown Kerrville, watched as crewmembers of the JK...
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Tivy High School Football in 1920 -- 100 years ago
Tivy High School football team -- 1920Click on any image to enlargeI enjoyed reading through “KDT Varsity” special section in Thursday’s edition of this newspaper, and I know many folks are happy to...
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The photographs of 19 Kerr County heroes
Third Battalion, HQ Co, Kerr County, December 1, 1940Click on any image to enlarge.A long-time friend loaned me two interesting scrapbooks kept by her mother-in-law, with pages of information spanning...
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The Secret Life of Kerrville's "Trailhead Beer Garden" building
The newly renovated "Trailhead Beer Garden," on the Schreiner University campus.Click on any image to enlarge.It’s no secret I love a good history mystery.My friends Jeremy and Maia Walther, working...
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Kerr County history without words or photographs
Gentle Reader, since 1994 I’ve written you these weekly letters, most of them about the history of our community. Using photographs and paragraphs I’ve hoped to both entertain and inform you while...
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A newly discovered print of a 1902 photograph -- Pampell's, a downtown...
Pampell's, in downtown Kerrville, around 1902,at the intersection of Sidney Baker and Water Street.Click on image to enlarge.This week a long-time friend brought by two large photographs showing scenes...
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The mysteries of a simple Kerrville photograph, revealed
Wool Trucks, 700 block of Water Street, downtown Kerrville, 1921.Photograph by Starr Bryden.Click on any image to enlarge.Last week, a long-time friend brought by two large photographs; one was of...
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Fond memories of Tivy pep rallies in downtown Kerrville
Tivy High School downtown pep rally, autumn 1956.Car experts, please see note below. *Click on any image to enlarge.One of the things I’ve been missing during this prolonged pandemic is large community...
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Wow. H-E-B and the H. E. Butt Foundation made a huge donation for our community.
Kerrville's new H-E-B store under construction, June 2020.The store includes a replica of the original 1905 grocery store Florence Butt opened here.Click on any image to enlarge.Last Tuesday, during...
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I knew I'd seen this before
Kerrville in the distance. This view jogged a memory.Click on any image to enlarge.While I most definitely do NOT have a photographic memory, I do have a memory for photographs. I am good at...
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A brief history of Kerrville's Methodist Encampment
The Guadalupe River swimming hole for Kerrville's Methodist Encampment, 1920s.Click on any image to enlarge.Summer camps have played a huge role in the history and economy of our community. The first...
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