‘Miss Hannah’ Crafted Learning
Writing a blog introduces you to many new readers and I am thrilled when they share their treasures. Here is one; this article is about the teacher Hannah Mahoney from a San Angelo Standard...
Out My Kitchen Window Blog
1924-Fifth Annual Reunion for Texas Rangers Held at Menard
Frontier Times, Vol. 2, No. 1 October, 1924, as written by J. Marvin Hunter The Texas Ex-Rangers’ Association met at Menard August 13, 1924 for its fifth annual reunion. The old boys were royally...
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Brown Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary With Festive Occasion at Country Home
Kerrville Mountain Sun, Kerrville, Texas, November 20, 1941 (Typed exactly as published; without corrections) Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Brown celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday in their home on the Harper Road...
Aulds established prosperity in Real, Kerr counties
HOMESTEAD: Aulds established prosperity in Real, Kerr counties Family hit marks in oil, hunting By Jerry Lackey Posted November 2, 2013 at 6:31 p.m. “Daniel Auld spent late years of his life enjoying safaris...
Dan Auld, Kerrville
My good friend Joe Herring wrote this blog post back on Saturday, September 3, 2011 Dan Auld, Kerrville Dan Auld is pictured in several of the photographs that I (author: Joe Herring) received in...
Mystery Photos
Do you have any “Mystery Photos” in your family albums? Our family has quite a few of them and it would be great to know who they are! Thought I’d share. This “Mystery Photo”...
Thank you for your service Leland B. Apperson
Our family is very lucky to know Major Leland Bigby Apperson, Jr.; the widower of my grandfather’s second wife Pat Auld Apperson. Lee was a member of the 96th Heavy Bombardment Group, 45th Air...
Then and Now – Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas c1896 and 2007
A side by side comparison looking south down Congress Avenue of my glass plate negative photo on the left and our daughter Sarah’s photo taken in 2007, out of the State Capitol of Texas,...
The Greatest Moments in a Girl’s Life by Harrison Fisher
(Thank you to all the new visitors from Twitter; glad you are here!) I have the postcards known as “The Greatest Moments in a Girl’s Life” drawn by Harrison Fisher. They are from the...
Rangers Meet at Menard 1923
Rangers Meet in Menard 1923 March 30, 2020, my friend, Ginger Andrews colorized this wonderful photo and shared on Facebook in the Menard County History page. The middle gentleman has been identified as Olfert...