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2014-08-22		Boerne				Movie in the Park - Brave (starts at dark)		Event Website Link	Girl Power Night, Movie in the Park Friday, Aug. 22, 6:30pm
2014-09-13		Boerne				Toepperwein Historical Marker ceremony in Boerne		Event Website Link	A Texas Historical Commission Marker unveiling, and more, is

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	The beginnings of Kendall County: In 1847, when Bavarian emigrant, Nicolaus Zink, settled on Pinta Trail land, he established himself as Kendall County's first settler and the first in the future Latin community of Sisterdale. Others followed, mostly German immigrants, bringing with them a strong desire for opportunity and the ideals of freedom. Tusculum predated Boerne, which was plotted in 1852. The same year that Comfort was laid out, 1854, George Wilkins Kendall, an accomplished writer, publisher, and the founder of the New Orleans Picayune, expanded his new career of raising sheep, to a ranch near Boerne. Click here to read more....
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Rudolph Allerkamp Store being built 1908 (Comfort) - Event in/near Comfort
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Esther Wiedenfeld	Rudolph Allerkamp Store being built 1908 (Comfort) Rudolph Allerkamp Store being built 1908-1909 - In picture left to right, unknown, unknown, Richard Schladoer, Eddy Allerkamp, Henry Allerkamp, Richard Doebbler, Rudolph Allerkamp - building the Allerkamp Store on High St., in Comfort. Click here to view Today's Five

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Rudolph Allerkamp Store being built 1908 (Comfort)