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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...

Roggenbucke house- 1883 - Comfort 1883 - in/near Comfort
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Esther Wiedenfeld	Roggenbucke house- 1883 - Comfort Carl von Roggenbucke house, built in 1883. Rocks were quarried in the Louis Wiedenfeld place and it was built by Wilhelm Biermann II. It was located on North Creek Road near Comfort. Click here to read more about it...

Boerne White Sox - 1914 1914 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Boerne White Sox - 1914 Boerne White Sox - 1914 Baseball and the Boerne White Sox were great entertainment for the Boerne public. The team would play other teams in Central and South Texas. Today there is an active Boerne White Sox team in honor of those days and they wear the same team uniforms. Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Sept 2013 Click here to read more about it...

The beginnings of Welfare 1875 - in/near Welfare
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Jay Pennington click to their website	The beginnings of Welfare Once known as Bonton, the original name of the 1875 post office, it was changed to Welfare in 1880, possibly for the German word `Wohlfarht`, meaning pleasant trip. Carl Phillip Beseler was area`s first postmaster: serving Bonton and then as the first postmaster for Welfare. Click here to read more about it...

Boerne Public School - class of 1908 1908 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Boerne Public School - class of 1908 Boerne Public School - class of 1908 School built 1874 This was the first school - all grades were taught together and was in German not English. Zoom into this photo to see the bare feet and Victorian clothing at the time. Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Sept 2013 Click here to read more about it...

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