Category Archives: 1800’s

John Warren Hunter and Menardville

Posted on 2014-03-05 by Jan Wilkinson

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 →

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1924-Fifth Annual Reunion for Texas Rangers Held at Menard

Posted on 2014-02-13 by Jan Wilkinson

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 →

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Aulds established prosperity in Real, Kerr counties

Posted on 2013-11-12 by Jan Wilkinson

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 →

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Dan Auld, Kerrville

Posted on 2013-11-09 by Jan Wilkinson

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 →

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Mystery Photos

Posted on 2013-10-29 by Jan Wilkinson

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 →

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Then and Now – Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas c1896 and 2007

Posted on 2013-08-07 by Jan Wilkinson

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 →

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The Greatest Moments in a Girl’s Life by Harrison Fisher

Posted on 2013-06-02 by Jan Wilkinson

(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 →

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Menard Texas 1898, 1899 and 2013

Posted on 2013-02-21 by Jan Wilkinson

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 Menard. Buddy and I took this … Continue reading →

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Col. W. J. Wilkinson’s Indian Experience

Posted on 2013-02-17 by Jan Wilkinson

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. Col. W. J. Wilkinson’s Indian Experience … Continue reading →

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San Antonio Texas – Battle of Flowers at Alamo Plaza Postcard

Posted on 2012-12-26 by Jan Wilkinson

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 know was April 21st. I was … Continue reading →

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