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Calrow Bldg 1920 1920 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Calrow Bldg 1920 Calrow Bldg 1920 Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Oct 2013 Click here to read more about it...

The beginnings of Boerne 1852 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Jay Pennington click to their website	The beginnings of Boerne In 1852 Gustav Theissen and John James laid out the town site and named it Boerne in honor of Ludwig Boerne, a German author and publicist. Boerne developed the reputation of having a very healthful environment and quickly became a health resort with the arrival of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway in 1887. Click here to read more about it...

Holy Angels Academy Catholic School 1896 - in/near Boerne

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Holy Angels Academy Catholic School

The early German residents of Boerne would have their children first attend a local Catholic school for one or two years to be trained to learn about their religion. Holy Angels Academy began it's schooling in 1899. The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word began the schools and also the medical facilities (sanitariums) in the Boerne area. This building was torn down in 1930.

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Comfort's Founding - 50th Anniversary 1900 - in/near Comfort
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St. Mary's Sanitarium 1896 - in/near Boerne

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Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)

St. Mary's Sanitarium

A facility used for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). One of the founders of this sanitarium was Dr. Ferdinand Herff, a prominent early German settler in Boerne. Dr. Herff was instrumental in getting the railroad from San Antonio to Boerne which would help get his patients to Boerne. Boerne was a center for the treatment of TB due to its fresh air as at this point there were no antibiotics for TB. This building was torn down in 1930.

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Calrow Bldg 1920

The beginnings of Boerne

Holy Angels Academy Catholic School

Comfort's Founding - 50th Anniversary

St. Mary's Sanitarium