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Boerne Public School - class of 1908 - Event in/near Boerne


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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 Public School - class of 1908

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Ort`s Saloon Beer Truck - 1900 1900 - in/near Boerne

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Ort`s Saloon Beer Truck - 1900


Ort`s Saloon Beer Truck - 1900

Chat with Col. Bettie Edmonds - Oct 2013


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Roggenbucke house- 1883 - Comfort 1883 - in/near Comfort

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Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Esther Wiedenfeld

Roggenbucke house- 1883 - Comfort


Carl von Roggenbucke house, built in 1883. Rocks were quarried in the Louis Wiedenfeld place and it was built by Wilhelm Biermann II. It was located on North Creek Road near Comfort.



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Boerne Livery 1920s 1920 - in/near Boerne

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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


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The beginnings of Waring 1887 - in/near Waring

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The beginnings of Waring


Originally known as Waringford: R. P. M. Waring, a native of Ireland, provided a right-of-way for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway for its Kerrville line.



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

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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 Waring / 1887-00-00Speak Easy / 1910-01-05
The beginnings of Welfare / 1875-00-00
Guadalupe Post Office - Est 1874 / 1874
The beginnings of Bergheim / 1901-00-00
The beginnings of Boerne / 1852-00-00
Boerne Public School - class of 1908 / 1908Boerne Fire DepartmentTelephone Bldg - 1917 / 1917
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