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2018-11-23

Boerne

Dickens on Main

Fire and Ice weekend of the 19th Annual Dickens on Main! Fes

Saturday Sept 15 schedule in Comfort Texas

Richard Caldwell interviewing Herff decendents

Today's Five !!!

Boerne Livery 1920s 1920 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Boerne Livery 1920s Boerne Livery 1920s This was an important point in time between using horses for transportation and the automobile. A trip to San Antonio by cart would take a day then you'd spend the next day in San Antonio then take another day to get back to Boerne. Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Sept 2013 Click here to read more about it...

Clara Moehring - Comfort's photographer (1908-1920) 1908 - in/near Comfort
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Anne Stewart	Clara Moehring - Comfort's photographer (1908-1920) Miss Clara Moehring, Comfort's female photographer, who operated her photography studio from 1908-1920. Click here to read more about it...

Main Plaza Gezebo in 1875 1900 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Main Plaza Gezebo in 1875 Main Plaza Gezebo in 1875 At this time Boerne was a health resort area due to the springs and the fresh air. Main plaza and the Gezebo being the center of activity of visitors and weekends for Boerne's farmers and ranchers. Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Sept 2013 Click here to read more about it...

The beginnings of Bergheim 1901 - in/near Bergheim
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Jay Pennington click to their website	The beginnings of Bergheim Bergheim (Home in the Hills) was established by Andreas Engel. In 1900 Engel sold his first store and bought three acres of land at the site of the present Bergheim Post Office (1901). A cotton gin was installed in 1900 and he opened the store in 1903. Click here to read more about it...

Adler Hardware 1918 - Snow! 1918 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Adler Hardware 1918 - Snow! Adler store 1918 - Snow! This location later became Bergmann Lumber & hardware. The streets had only recently been paved for the first time. The wooden built stores in this area burned down in the early 1900s. Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Sept 2013 Click here to read more about it...

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Boerne Livery 1920s