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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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Boerne Village Band - 1890 1890 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Boerne Village Band - 1890 Boerne Village Band - 1890 This is the oldest continuous German band outside of Germany that still plays outdoor concerts each summer in the Boerne park. Music was very important to the German settlers - many bringing their instruments with them when they came from Germany. 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...

Telephone Bldg - 1917 1917 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Telephone Bldg - 1917 Telephone Bldg - 1917 Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Oct 2013 Click here to read more about it...

Comfort's Founding - 50th Anniversary 1900 - in/near Comfort
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)	Comfort's Founding - 50th Anniversary 1900 - 50th Anniversary of Comfort's Founding Click here to read more about it...

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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Telephone Bldg - 1917

Boerne Village Band - 1890

The beginnings of Welfare

Telephone Bldg - 1917

Comfort's Founding - 50th Anniversary

St. Mary's Sanitarium