Powell Family Photos
Here are some Powell family photos of my grandparents, Guy Moreland Powell dob 7 June 1902 in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas dod 19 Oct 1960 Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, married 7 Aug 1926...
Out My Kitchen Window Blog
Menard Texas 1898, 1899 and 2013
Our sleepy little valley town on the San Saba River has many centuries of history. Menard was originally Menardville before the railroad came in 1911. Please plan a visit to our Free State of...
Col. W. J. Wilkinson’s Indian Experience
Here is a story about William Jackson Montgomery Wilkinson written in the Hunter’s Frontier Magazine in May 1916. This story is also told in the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell....
San Antonio Texas – Battle of Flowers at Alamo Plaza Postcard
This is a postcard I found on eBay of the Battle of Flowers Parade in San Antonio, Texas. The publisher got the date wrong on the Battle of San Jacinto; which as we all...
Menardville Texas Before 1899 Flood
On December 24, 1898, N. H. Rose took this photo of the sleepy little town of Menardville Texas, five months before the big flood of June 6, 1899, see flood photo at my post...
Menardville Texas 1899 Flood
Wanted to share the 1899 Jun 6 Menardville Texas flood photo taken by N. H. Rose. I wrote about Mr. Rose in my blog post: https://blog.wilkinsonranch.com/2011/11/20/noah-hamilton-rose-famous-menardville-photographer/ His photo is looking due east and the...
Fall in the Texas Hill Country
Thank you to all my new visitors today on my blog. Thanks to Traces of Texas from Facebook for sharing my link. It is very exciting to have you come and see what is...
1950 Kaibab National Forest Non-Typical Mule Deer
My family was able to hunt in the Kaibab National Forest on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1950. You can read about the trip at my blog post titled; 1953 April...
The Tivy High School Record – May 29, 1914
I recently found in my mother’s files a 1963 letter sent by her father Dan Auld. It contained a copy from Howard E. Butt of The Tivy High School Record written May 29, 1914,...
1953 April Outdoor Life – Five of a Kind
This is a wonderful story written in the April 1953 – Outdoor Life magazine about an unbelievable hunting trip taken by my grandfather Dan Auld Sr., his son Dan “Jack” Auld, and his twin...