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Author Archives: Jan Wilkinson
John Warren Hunter and Menardville
I am looking for an original of the below Menardville Public School photo. Earlier this week I was contacted by two different Menard folks hoping I might have a photo of the 1890 wooden Menardville School. John Warren Hunter was … Continue reading
Posted in 1800's, Centuries, Menard County Texas, Texas
Tagged "Frontier Times", "Menard County Texas", J. Marvin Hunter, John Warren Hunter, Menardville
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‘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 Times. This makes a nice addition … Continue reading
Posted in 1900's, Centuries, Menard County Texas, Menard-Palmer School, Texas
Tagged "Menard County Texas", Palmer School
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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 entertained for the three days, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1800's, 1900's, Centuries, Menard County Texas, Texas
Tagged "Menard County Texas", "Texas Rangers"
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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 when their three children were present … Continue reading
Posted in 1900's, Auld, Brown, Kerr County Texas, Texas
Tagged Brown, Kerr County Texas
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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 in Africa. The life of Alexander … Continue reading
Posted in 1800's, 1900's, Auld, Real County Texas, Texas
Tagged Auld, Kerr County Texas, Real County Texas
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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 the Gussie May Brown collection; there … Continue reading
Posted in 1800's, 1900's, Auld, Brown, Kerr County Texas, Lowrance, Pate, Real County Texas, Texas
Tagged "Dan Auld", Kerr County Texas
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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” was in Lamar Wilkinson’s album which … Continue reading
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, located at 1100 Congress Avenue, Austin, … Continue reading
Posted in 1800's, Austin, Centuries, Glass Negatives, Texas
Tagged "glass negatives", Austin Texas
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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 early 1900’s and you might have … Continue reading