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2019-02-09		Boerne				Boerne Chocolate Walk		Event Website Link	Join the Boerne community for this sweet event! The walk wil
2019-07-02		Boerne				Patriotic Abendkonzert		Event Website Link	Evening concerts with the Boerne Village Band

Richard Caldwell interviewing Herff decendents

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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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The beginnings of Boerne - Event 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 view Today's Five

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The beginnings of Boerne