Category Archives: 1800’s

Menard County Texas Courthouses

Posted on 2021-06-27 by Jan Wilkinson

Menard County Texas Courthouses Here is a compilation of the history of Menard County Texas courthouses.  Menard County Texas was created January 22, 1858, which is 163 years ago.  Due to problems, Menard’s citizens didn’t elect its officials until 1871.  … Continue reading →

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Afternoon photos Real County Texas

Posted on 2021-05-23 by Jan Wilkinson

We are blessed to live in Real County, Texas on the original ranch first owned by my great grandfather, Alexander Kennedy Auld in the 1870’s. The headquarters are on the top of the Divide on the West side of US … Continue reading →

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Menard County Texas Historical 1800’s Photos

Posted on 2020-11-07 by Jan Wilkinson

 

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Texas Rangers in Menardville

Posted on 2019-05-16 by Jan Wilkinson

A while back I bought this article from an eBay seller.  It contains Texas Rangers history in and around the Menard County area.  It is a good read and contains photos and facts in our central Texas San Saba River … Continue reading →

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San Antonio River and Bridges photos

Posted on 2018-07-20 by Jan Wilkinson

I have found many photos of postcards of the San Antonio River and its bridges and wanted to share them for your reference. I love history and especially photos.  Wagons would drive into the river to soak their wheels to … Continue reading →

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Joshua D. Brown, Founder and Father of Kerrville

Posted on 2018-06-11 by Jan Wilkinson

THE FIRST SETTLER OF KERR COUNTY, TEXAS; JOSHUA D. BROWN, FOUNDER AND FATHER OF KERRVILLE Paper and oral history by Jan Powell Wilkinson for the Edwards Plateau Historical Association meeting and publication. Those of us here today love history and … Continue reading →

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Nashville City Reservoir 1887-1889

Posted on 2017-10-11 by Jan Wilkinson

Just got another one of my glass-plate negatives identified.  It was made by an unknown photographer during late 1880’s.  I have three boxes and most of his pictures are taken in Texas and a few in Tennessee. You can see … Continue reading →

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Pate and Martindale family photos

Posted on 2017-07-08 by Jan Wilkinson

My husband’s maternal grandmother was Laura Forrest Harryman, in 1921 married to George H. Bradford; her mother was Margaret Isabelle “Maggie Belle” Pate wife of William “Willie” Albert Harryman (she is a sister of Martha Jane Pate) and their mother … Continue reading →

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Aunt Kate Bradford Recalls Menard “Back When”

Posted on 2016-03-02 by Jan Wilkinson

Menard News article published May 16, 1963, interview of Kate Glasscock Bradford at the age of 90. When Catherine Ann Glasscock was born on May 7, 1873, in Burnet, Texas, her father, Joseph Glasscock, was 37 and her mother, Eliza … Continue reading →

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Great Battle on the Concho in 1875 by John Warren Hunter

Posted on 2015-01-05 by Jan Wilkinson

Our Menard County area of Texas is in the heart of Texas history. You don’t have to go far to find great stories and one place is in the Frontier Times magazine. In the September 1954 issue there are two … Continue reading →

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