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Telephone Bldg - 1917 - Event in/near Boerne
Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Telephone Bldg - 1917 - Telephone Bldg - 1917

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St. Mary's Sanitarium 1896 - in/near Boerne

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Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives -
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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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...

Telephone Bldg - 1917 1917 - in/near Boerne
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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...

Ort`s Saloon Beer Truck - 1900 1900 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Ort`s Saloon Beer Truck - 1900 Ort`s Saloon Beer Truck - 1900 Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Oct 2013 Click here to read more about it...

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Telephone Bldg - 1917

St. Mary's Sanitarium

The beginnings of Kendalia

Telephone Bldg - 1917

The beginnings of Welfare

Ort`s Saloon Beer Truck - 1900