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Echoes...From the Archives Index October 2013 - February 2021 Vol Category Title Subject Edition Page Notes Echoes...from the Archives Index October 2013 - February 2021 Vol Category Title Subject Edition Page Notes Page 1 Echoes...from the Archives Index October 2013 - February 2021 Vol Category Title Subject Edition Page Notes 1 Echoes Welcome to the Echoes, 1st Volume Oct, 2013 1 Echoes... from the Archives The Dietert Historical Archives (DHA), PHPL, Kristy Watson - Polonyx Graphic Design 21 Abendkonzerte Abendkonzerte, Main Plaza, MHT. Scheduled Event Sum 2018 2 Boerne Village Band, History of Boerne Music. July 17, 2018 27 Abstract, Kendall Co, Kendall Co Abstract Company as a Centurion, Texas Win 2019/20 3 103 N. Saunders, 3 Boerne Main Street Locations, Dallas Morning News, H. J. Graham, John Reinhard, Photo Paul Award Historical Commission Awards Texas Treasure Holekamp Abstractor, Rep from Tx State Senator Donna Campbell, Tx State Rep Kyle Beidermann. December 3, 2019 business Award Designation. Scheduled Event 28 Alamo Plaza Kendall County Connection to Alamo Plaza Alfred Spg 2020 1,2,3 Alamo Heroes Monument Assoc, Alamo Monument Committee, Alfred Giles, Cenotaph, Davy Crockett, Eiffel Tower, Giles Vision for Early Revitalization Efforts by Bryden Empty Tomb, Georgia Marble/Texas Granite, Hemisfair, Hillingdon Ranch, James Bonham, James Bowie, Maury Moon Maverick, Monument to the Defenders of the Alamo, Paula Allen, Pompeo Coppini, SA Alamo Plaza, San Antonio Express, Spirit of Sacrifice, Tx Cent, Tower of Americas, Washington Monument, William B. Travis, World War I 24 Anthology, Tx Hill CntryOur Texas Hill Country: an Anthology of Place Spg 2019 9 PHPL Call for Submissions 10 Archeology Archeology Month, Texas. Scheduled Event Fall 2015 9 Frank Kinetti-Early Mans Journey into the Americas, KCHC & PHPL. Oct 3, 2015 18 Archeology Month Al McGraw, Former Archeologist TxDOTs Fall 2017 5 Archeology Month & Week, Boerne, Camino Pinta, Camino Real, Camino Viejo, KCHC, Kendall Co, Native-American Environmental Affairs Division. Scheduled Event Pathways, PHPL, Texas-Month of October. October 16, 2017 15 At A River, Bergmann At A River-Donna Peacock, by Val Anderson Win 2016/17 8 Fisch, Friends of Guad River/ Honey Creek, Mid-1800 German Immigration, Gilliam, GSKC, Hill Country Life, Mittrach. Bergmann Letters. Past Event Mustang Grapes, PHPL, San Antonio, Saxony, Slezak, Thornton. October 2016 30 Autos, Kendall Co Autos Early Days – A Kendall County Perspective-Part Fall 2020 11 to 13 Boerne, Comfort, Contiguous U.S. Segments of Roads from Ocean to Ocean, Charles Gass Pasture, Comfort News, El I 101 Years Ago Old Spanish Trail (OST) by Bryden Paso, Fort Stockton, Free Tourist Campsites, Guadalupe River, Kendall Co Judge Philip, Kerrville, Old Spanish Trail Moon, Myths and Branding Spanish Splendor Travelog-West Tx Ed, SA Gunter Hotel Banner 1919 Convention, San Antonio, Southern U.S. Border Missions/Presidios, St. Augustine to San Diego, Tucson 31 Autos, Kendall Co Autos Early Days – A Kendall County Perspective-Part Win2020/21 8 to 11 Autos-Pope-Toledo/Thomas/Ford/Locomobile Steamer/Woods Electric,Haynes-Apperson/Richard Brazier/Studebaker II Boerne Hosts Road Adventure: San Antonio Auto /Steam Powered Locomobile/Curved Dash Oldsmobile. Automobiles License, Birdsong & Crothers Store/Majestic Clubs 1910 Road Run by Bryden Moon Theater, Boerne City Council, Boernes Opera House, Comal Co, Cibolo Creek, Comparative Speeds, Dr. Adolph Herff, Dr. Ferdinand Herff, Harry Landa, Haynes-Apperson Co, J.D. Anderson, Louis Heurmann, Main Street Improvements, Mayor Willke, Medina River/Von Ormy, New Braunfels, Old Spanish Trail/OST, Road Fund, Road Run SA Automobile Club/SAAC, SA Daily News, SA Transportation Museums Hugh Hemphill-San Antonio on Wheels, Staacke Brothers Livery Service 31 Beer Advertisement San Antonio Express Newspaper Ad for Anheuser Win2020/21 Hugo & Schmeltzer Grocers 6 Behr Behr,Busch OttomarBeer Published von 140 years ago (on 1/18/2021) Fall 2014 2 Bartlett, Beseler, Dresel, Olstead, Pinta Trail Crossing of Guad River, Roemer, Sisterdale, Steinert 6 Behr von Behr, Ottmar. Scheduled Event Fall 2014 2 2nd Future Kendall Co Settlement, Heritage Event, Sisterdale. Oct 18, 2014 7 Behr Behr, Ottomar von, Past KCHC Heritage Passport Win 2014/15 5 1851 1st P.O. future Kendall Co, Bartlett, Beseler, Dresel, Kohls, Neidre, Olmsted, , Roemer, Russell, Sisterdale, Steinert Event 10 Behr von Behr, 1000+ acres along Guadalupe River Fall 2015 5 1846-U.S. Fact Finding Good Advice for Immigrants, 1848-2nd Future KC Settler, Healthy Climate, Farmer, Neidre, Rancher, Sheep Raising 13 Behr, Marker von Behr, Tx Historical Com Marker. Past Event Sum 2016 8 1847 Emigrant Guide, Barwick, Binetti, Justice of Peace, KCHC, Kohls, Moon, Neidre, P.O., Sisterdale, Sueltenfuss 12 Behr Marker, Sisterdale von Behr, THC Marker, Sisterdale. Scheduled Event Spg 2016 2 3rd Kendall Co Post Office, Behrs Crossing, Kendall Cos 2nd Pioneer, MHT, von Behrs Books. March 19, 2016 9 Behrs von Behrs Advice Emigrant Guide, Part I Sum 2015 5 1846 vs 1848, Adelsverien, Crews, Kendall, San Antonio Public Library, Spiess 23 Benedictine Monastary Benedictine Monastery/Archives, St. Scholastica, Win 2018/19 2 Autonomous, Monastic Community of Women, Benedictine Sisters Boerne, South Tx, St. Benedict. January 16, 2019 MHT. Scheduled Event 13 Berges Fest Boerne Berges Fest, Boerne Day, 50th Anniversary Sum 2016 2 Beauty Pageant, Chamber of Commerce-Lions Club, Ebner, Fathers Day Weekend, Fisher, I-10, Pritchett, Voges, Wertheim, White, Whitworth, Yarborough 2 Bergheim Bergheim. Scheduled Event Win 2013/14 2 Homesteader Homecoming, Program of Guad River SP. April 27, 2014 3 Bergheim Bergheim. Scheduled Event W/Spg 2014 2 Homesteader Homecoming Preview, Program of Guad River SP Page 2 Echoes...from the Archives Index October 2013 - February 2021 Vol Category Title Subject Edition Page Notes 4 Bergheim, Engel Bergheim Store/Post Office. Scheduled Event Spg 2014 2 Engel, Homesteaders Homecoming, Friends GRSP and Honey Creek, THC Tx Treasure. April 27, 2014 5 Bergheim, Engel Bergheim/Engel Store Tx Treasure Biz Award Sum 2014 4 Engel, Jones, GRSP Friends Homesteader Homecoming Past Event, Post Office. April 27, 2014 3 Bergheim, Engel Store Bergheim Store, Engel Store, THCs Texas Treasure W/Spg 2014 2 1904 tax rolls- Goods, Wares and Merchandise of Every Description, Accolades, Adam-Hurst, Gourley, Kendall County Business Award Clerk Offices Doing Business As, Skinner-Klee, Vogt 20 Bergheim, Origins Bergheim - The Origins A Move to the Crossroad, Part Spg 2018 10, 11 Bergheim PO, Bexar Co, Boerne-New Braunfel/Blanco-San Antonio Road Intersection, Brownsboro Bridge, Comal Co, I by Bryden Moon, Austrian Immigrant Andreas Engel Cotton Gin, Cypress Water Tank, Engels 1st Store, Engels World War I Letters, Eva Bechtold, Flood, Guadalupe River, Hofheinz, Honey Creek, Kendall Co, Kerrville, Pleasant Valley, Schwartz Family Drilling, Seguin, Sueltenfuss 21 Bergheim, Origins Bergheim - The Origins – Home in the Hills (Part II) Sum 2018 5,6 Anhalt Post Office, Austrian Immigrant Andreas Engel, Barbed Wire, Casper Sueltenfuss, Comal County, Cotton, Cotton by Bryden Moon Gin, Eva Bechtold, Free Range Cattle, Groceries/Gen Merchandise, Honey Creek, Intersection of Boerne-New Braunfels and Blanco-San Antonio Roads, Kendall County, Rainfall, Schiller Post Office, Old Currys Creek Road Crossing of the Guadalupe River, Postmaster General, POs with Short Names, Rock Mason, Stendebach 22 Bergheim, Origins Bergheim-The Origin-Home in the Hills (Part III) by Fall 2018 5,6 Bergheim PO, Bergheim Telephone Co, Blanco-San Antonio Roads (3351), Boerne -New Braunfels (Hwy 46), Cedar Bryden Moon Yard, Cotton Gin, Currys Creek Road, Engel Store/ Red and White Food Store/Bergheim General Store, Guadalupe River, Helen Marquart, Kendall Co, Kendalia, Oldest Continuously Operating General Store, Stanley Jones, WWI 9 Bergmann Letters The Bergmann Letters, Scheduled Event Sum 2015 6 PHPL, October 17, 2015 10 Bergmann Letters Bergmann Letters Fall 2015 1 1854, Christian Friedrich Bergmann and Johanna Christiane Luise Bergmann, Saxony 10 Bergmann Letters Bergmann Letters. Scheduled Event Fall 2015 4, 10 PHPL. Sept, 17th 2015 11 Bergmann Letters Bergmann Letters, PHPL Past Event Win 2015/16 7 26 Years of Writing, Christian Bergmann New World View: letters from a German Immigrant Family in Texas 14 Bergmann Letters Bergmann, At A River. Scheduled Event Fall 2016 5 Early Kendall Co Pioneers Letters Family in Saxony, Frd GRSP, GSKC, MHT, Peacock, PHPL, Slezak. Oct 29, 2016 5 Bergmann, Award Bergmann Lumber Tx Treasure Biz Award Sum 2014 5 Bergmann, Bergheim Store, Ebensberger Funeral Home, Jones, Miller, THC 4 Bible Bible, Low German Spg 2014 1 1613 Frankfurt Autumn Fair, 1614 Published Date, Hans Stern, Schwarting family 3 Bike, Boerne-Galv Bike, Boerne-Galveston, 1909 W/Spg 2014 1 274 Miles, Bergmann Brothers and Minnich, Berg Water Well Drilling 25 Births, Kendall Co Births, 170 Years Ago - June, 1849 First Future Sum 2019 15 A Hundred Years in Comfort, Texas, A Centennial History by Guido E. Ransleben, Alfred Behr, Anton Phillip, Blanco Kendall County Births Co, Boerne, Comal Co, Comfort, Julius Holekamp, Kendall Co, Kerr Co, Kreutzberg Region, Mrs. Friedrich Holekamp, Post Office, Sisterdale Resident 1 Boerne Lots 1863 Kendall Co Title to Lots in Boerne 1863 Oct, 2013 2 KC Commissioners Notes 1863, County Buildings, Graham, James, Lindner, Rhodius, Theisen, Vogt 27 Boerne Star, Award Boerne Star as a Centurion, Texas Historical Win 2019/20 3 4 Main Street Locations, 941 North School Street, Issued Every
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