Category Archives: Auld

Another photo trip in the pasture in Real County, Texas

Posted on 2021-05-29 by Jan Wilkinson

Today, May 27, 2021, I had a nice slow drive in my Ranger behind a Dozer and skid-steer Bobcat headed to the back of our ranch to start work replacing a fence.  I was the ride home, but could take … 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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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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Texas State Champs – Dan Auld c1918

Posted on 2015-09-17 by Jan Wilkinson

West Texas Military Academy, San Antonio, Texas, photo taken sometime before 1918, when Alexander Daniel “Dan” Auld left for war in May.  Founded as West Texas School for Boys and popularly nicknamed ‘West Point on the Rio Grande’ and in … Continue reading →

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Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Brown Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary With Festive Occasion at Country Home

Posted on 2014-01-28 by Jan Wilkinson

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 →

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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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1950 Kaibab National Forest Non-Typical Mule Deer

Posted on 2012-11-19 by Jan Wilkinson

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 Outdoor Life – Five of a … Continue reading →

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The Tivy High School Record – May 29, 1914

Posted on 2012-10-26 by Jan Wilkinson

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, Vol. 1 No. 8. It is … Continue reading →

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1953 April Outdoor Life – Five of a Kind

Posted on 2012-09-30 by Jan Wilkinson

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 sister my mother Joan Auld Powell … Continue reading →

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