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Boerne Public School - class of 1908 - Event in/near Boerne
Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Boerne Public School - class of 1908 - Boerne Public School - class of 1908 School built 1874 This was the first school - all grades were taught together and was in German not English. Zoom into this photo to see the bare feet and Victorian clothing at the time.

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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 Comfort 1854 - in/near Comfort

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The beginnings of Comfort

The town was laid out by Ernst Hermann Altgelt along the banks of the Cypress Creek above its confluence with the Guadalupe River. Freemasons, freethinkers, and political activists from Bettina and Sisterdale settled the area. The town was a center of Union sentiment during the Civil War and lost many young men at the battle of the Nueces in 1862.

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The Phillip Manor House - in/near Boerne

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Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives -
Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)

The Phillip Manor House

This resort / home still stands today and was recently renovated to the times of its prime. Originally built as the home for Joseph Phillip. Some years after his death it became a hotel. As the German community used Ye Kendall Inn on the north side of Boerne as their resort area the English used the Phillip Manor as their resort area. Teddy Roosevelt stayed here while he was assembling his Rough Riders.

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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...

Boerne White Sox - 1914 1914 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Boerne White Sox - 1914 Boerne White Sox - 1914 Baseball and the Boerne White Sox were great entertainment for the Boerne public. The team would play other teams in Central and South Texas. Today there is an active Boerne White Sox team in honor of those days and they wear the same team uniforms. Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Sept 2013 Click here to read more about it...

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Boerne Public School - class of 1908

Boerne Village Band - 1890

The beginnings of Comfort

The Phillip Manor House

Comfort's Founding - 50th Anniversary

Boerne White Sox - 1914