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A new “Pop-Up” Museum display
Pop-Up Museum display, December 2020: Kerr County Leaderson display now at Pint & Plow Brewing Company, 332 Clay Street, KerrvilleClick on any image to enlargeAs I study local history, I come...
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Photographer? Radio expert? Chess master? Golfer? --- or Kerrville's Secret...
Patent 1,500,077, awarded to Kerrville's S. H. Huntington, 1924I was searching through U. S. patents the other day, just to see which brilliant inventors lived in Kerrville. I was surprised to find...
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High Finance for a Hotel in Downtown Kerrville
Mortgage Bonds, issued by the 'Kerrville Hotel Company,' in 1926A few days ago, a long-time friend brought an interesting set of financial documents by the print shop, bonds being issued by the...
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Top Ten Most Popular History Stories in 2020
Click on any image below to enlarge.As I research our community’s history each week, I’m continually finding stories I’ve never known before. Some of this research has resulted in new history facts for...
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The Mosty Family of Kerr County: Generations of Service
The eight Mosty siblings celebrating their mother's birthday:Left to right: Lee, Harvey, Lizzie, Mark, Addie, Karl, Sam, and Ruth.Seated: Elizabeth Bean Mosty.Click on any image to enlarge.Leroy Mosty,...
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Dear Hattie: A Letter Home from France, 1918
A letter home from the front lines in France, March 1918.This week I received four small fragile sheets of paper in a tiny envelope, a letter written in pencil from a brother to his older sister, dated...
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A box full of history: items about Sidney Baker, local hero
A certificate sent to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Baker, honoring their son, Sidney.Click on any image to enlarge.Last week I reported here on a letter Earl Garrett wrote to his sister, Harriet Garrett, from...
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New facts about Francisco Lemos -- and a newly confirmed photograph of him
The entry on Francisco Lemos in 'Price of Our Heritage.'Click on any image to enlarge.As our community gets closer to having its own history museum, the kindness and generosity of folks with items from...
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New details revealed about Kerrville's Union Church
The renovated Union Church after a snowfall, 2003.Click on any image to enlarge.The most interesting parts of history are found in the small details, especially when those details are about a subject...
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The Case of the Missing Kerr County Mill
The mystery mill, as photographed by Gussie Mae Brown, around 1913.Click on any image below to enlarge.There are photographs in my collection of historic Kerr County photos which are special puzzles....
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The Puzzle of Kerrville's Tchoupitoulas Street
1910 Sanborn Map of Downtown Kerrville,showing Tchoupitoulas and Mountain Streets.Click on any image to enlarge.I searched Google Maps for all of the Tchoupitoulas streets in the United States, and...
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Newly discovered photographs: dedication of the new Butt-Holdsworth Memorial...
Dedication ceremonies, Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library, Kerrville, August 1967.Click on any image to enlarge.I am always so thankful when people share Kerr County historical items and photographs with...
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A carriage, a banner, and a crown: a puzzle on Kerrville's Main Street,...
This photo, taken on Main Street in downtown Kerrville, contains several puzzles.Click on any image to enlarge.This week a treasure trove of historic photos of Kerrville and Kerr County crossed my...
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The 1968 Grand Opening of Gibson's Discount Center in Kerrville
Gibson's Discount Center, Kerrville, May 1968.Click on any image to enlargeThis week I came across a few photographs of the grand opening of Gibson’s Discount Center, which were taken in May, 1968.A...
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A letter returns to Kerrville -- over 100 years after it was mailed
Elizabeth Baker wrote her son the day she learnedWorld War I was over -- though he never saw the letter.Click on any image to enlarge.This week I received two boxes of Kerr County historical items from...
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Amazing Aerial Photos from 1972
Kerrville, 1972Click on any image to enlargeKerrville's Antler StadiumWhen it comes to old photographs of Kerr County, I have a pretty good mental inventory of what images I have in my collection. I...
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The first "aeroplane" in Kerrville
'Captain' Charles Theodore (at controls) of what might bethe first airplane to land in Kerrville.Click on any image to enlarge.My long-time friend and classmate Carol Neely dropped by two very...
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What a gift: August 1912 issue of Grinstead's Magazine!
Grinstead's Magazine, August 1912Click on any image to enlargeA few weeks ago, I received a telephone call from a kind reader who lives in Comfort, Texas. She told me she had some old issues of...
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That time a bear got loose in downtown Kerrville -- 1898
Interior view, Henke Brothers Meat Market,which was in the 800 block of Water Street.Click on any image to enlarge.This week, while researching a different mystery, I ran across a twice-told tale, a...
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Our part of the Guadalupe River
Ingram Dam, 1968Click on any image to enlargeThe story of Kerr County starts with the Guadalupe River.Postcard, 1910sThe first settlers to our area were attracted to land beside the river; in fact,...
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