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The beginnings of Boerne - Event in/near Boerne
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.

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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...

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...

The Boerne Opera House 1888 - in/near Boerne

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Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)

The Boerne Opera House

Built in 1888 with opera being the popular entertainment of the times. As vaudeville (comedic acts, song and dance/burlesque) became popular the Opera House became a vaudeville stage and was renamed the Plaza Theatre. As the "talkie" pictures became popular vaudeville faded and the Opera House became a movie theater. In 1966 the Opera House was torn down and the Ebner Pharmacy built their shop there. This photo (1910) shows the Boerne Gesang Verein singing club - that was begun to compliment the Boerne German band.

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The beginnings of Kendalia 1883 - in/near Kendalia
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Jay Pennington click to their website	The beginnings of Kendalia Kendalia was first surveyed by D. W. Grady in 1883 for early settler Carl Gustav Vogel, who built a gin and gristmill at the town. In 1895 the post office records were transferred from Curry`s Creek to Kendalia. Click here to read more about it...

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...

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The beginnings of Boerne

Boerne Livery 1920s

The beginnings of Bergheim

The Boerne Opera House

The beginnings of Kendalia

Calrow Bldg 1920