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2019-07-02

Boerne

Patriotic Abendkonzert

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Evening concerts with the Boerne Village Band

Richard Caldwell interviewing Herff decendents

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...

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...

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 Comfort 1854 - in/near Comfort

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Photo Credit: Jay Pennington click to their website

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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Main Plaza Gezebo in 1875 1900 - in/near Boerne
Click photo to enlarge Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne) click to their website	Main Plaza Gezebo in 1875 Main Plaza Gezebo in 1875 At this time Boerne was a health resort area due to the springs and the fresh air. Main plaza and the Gezebo being the center of activity of visitors and weekends for Boerne's farmers and ranchers. 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

Comfort's Founding - 50th Anniversary

The Boerne Opera House

The beginnings of Comfort

Main Plaza Gezebo in 1875