SALADO A JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF TEXAS First Quarter 2018 Published by Salado Village Voice saladovillagevoice.com Magnolias of Salado #1 Salado Square | Main Street | Salado 254-947-0323 | www.magnoliasofsalado.com Indulge your imagination unique home decor. furnishings, gifts & accessories 21 North Main Street, Salado open 7 days (254) 947-4000 - twentyonemain.com PAGE 3 Calendar of Events January 3 Adult Crafts, 2 - 4 p.m. at Sala- do Public Library. Register at (254) 947-9191 January 4 Salado Writers organizational meeting, 7 p.m. at Salado Public Library. info: 947-9191 January 5 Grand Opening & Ribbon Cut- ting, 6 - 7 p.m. at Salado Montes- sori, 10880 FM 1670 Salado info: (817) 690-3744 Fridays and Saturdays Live Music at Chupacabra begins at 7 p.m. January 6 3 Kings 3 Miler at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church. Registration info: runsignup.com/Race/TX/ Salado/3Kings3Miler January 6 Daniel Thomas Phipps, 7 p.m. at Barrow Brewing Co January 8 First Day of School at Salado Montessori info: (817) 690-3744 January 8 Coloring with Karen Class, Come and Go 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 The family friendly Texas Wine & Rogue Art Fest returns for a 10th year March 24-25 at Salado Winery on p.m. at Stamp Salado Main Street. (Photo by Marilyn Fleischer) January 10 January 26 3 p.m. at Tablerock. info: Don- February 23-24 Tablerock’s Young Writers Poet- Fourth Friday Gospel Singing, nie Williams, (254) 947-0717or Blow Your Own Beer Mugs for ry Contest submissions guidelines: 7 p.m. at Cedar Valley Baptist [email protected] St. Patrick’s Day at Salado Glass- [email protected] February 9-10 January 12 Church. works. Book your times online at January 26-27 Blow Your Own Valentine saladoglassworks.com Texas A&M University Singing Blow Your Own Valentine Hearts at Salado Glassworks. Book February 23 Cadets, 7 p.m. at First Baptist Hearts at Salado Glassworks. Book your times online at saladoglass- Shelley King & Jon Napier, 7 Church Salado. Tickets $10 on your times online at saladoglass- works.com p.m. at Barrow Brewing Co Eventbrite.com February 9-10 February 23 January 13 works.com January 27 Date Night at Salado Glass- Fourth Friday Gospel Singing, Denny, 7 p.m. at Barrow Brew- Asanas & Ales, 10 a.m. at Bar- works. Adults only. Book your time 7 p.m. at Cedar Valley Baptist ing Co January 13-14 row Brewing Co online at saladoglassworks.com. Church. January 27 February 10 February 24 Salado Market Days, 9 a.m. - 5 Wayworn Traveler, 7 p.m. at Asanas & Ales, 10 a.m. at Bar- Asanas & Ales, 10 a.m. at Bar- p.m. at Salado Antique Mall Barrow Brewing Co row Brewing Co row Brewing Co January 13 February 1 February 10 February 27 Asanas & Ales, 10 a.m. at Bar- Central Texas Poetry and Prose Smokin’ Maxx, 7 p.m. at Bar- Tyler Stuckey, 7 p.m. at Barrow row Brewing Co Readings, 7 p.m. at Tablerock row Brewing Co Brewing Co January 18 submission guidelines: tablerock1@ February 10-11 March 2-3 Priest’s Pint, 6:30 p.m. at Bar- aol.com due by Jan. 31 Salado Market Days, 9 a.m. - 5 Blow Your Own Beer Mugs for row Brewing Co February 2-3 January 20 p.m. at Salado Antique Mall. St. Patrick’s Day at Salado Glass- Blow Your Own Valentine February 14 works. Book your times online at JustiF, 7 p.m. at Barrow Brew- Hearts at Salado Glassworks. Book Date Night at Salado Glass- saladoglassworks.com ing Co your times online at saladoglass- works. Adults only. Book your time March 3 January 25 works.com February 3 online at saladoglassworks.com. Brian Bell, 7 p.m. at Barrow Salado Chamber of Commerce February 15 Brewing Co Banquet, 7 p.m. at Tenroc Nick Sterling, 7 p.m. at Barrow Priest’s Pint, 6:30 p.m. at Bar- January 26 Brewing Co row Brewing Co Calendar of Events Three Quarter Moon, 7 p.m. at February 3-4 February 17 Barrow Brewing Co Salado Legends Auditions, Mitch Spins Records, 7 p.m. at Continues Page 32 Barrow Brewing Co. PAGE 4 PAGE 5 More than 100 wines will be available for tasting March 24-25. (Photo by Marilyn Fleischer) Texas Wine & Rogue Art Fest toasts 10th anniversary Enjoy wine, food, art, and the outdoors during the weekend of Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, 2017. You’ll find the charming Village of Salado filled with folks sipping wine, browsing art and nibbling on food at the 10th annual Texas Wine and Rogue Art Fest, the best wine festival between Austin and Grapevine. The folks at Salado Winery Co. dreamt up the festival 10 years ago as a way to showcase not only Texas wines but also local, unique artists. June Ritterbusch, owner and winemaker, explains, “We are always searching for unusual artists and this year we have found some. These Texas wineries are rogue entrepreneurs as well, and I think all the wine and art folks are going to create a great experi- ence.” The 2018 festival will include wineries and vineyards pouring nearly 100 different Texas wines. The festival will feature wineries from all across the state, including Florence, Waco, Fredericksburg, Marble Falls, Pittsburgh and Lubbock. Wines vary from dry Mou- vèdre Rosés and Texas favorites such as Tempranillo and Malbec to sweet peach wine and muscato. Some of your current picks like Fiesta and Chisholm Trail will be there and you may even find a You’ll find handmade soaps and much more among the vendors at the fresh favorite in newcomers like Silver Dollar Winery or Kissing Texas Wine and Rogue Art Fest. (Photo by Marilyn Fleischer) Tree Vineyard! Company bring snacks, treats, and wonderful food that can be en- Artists from across the state will set up shop at the festival selling joyed at the festival or taken home with you. handmade items. You can find anything from hand carved wood- The festival will be held on the grounds of Salado Winery Co. & en pens to gemstone wine stoppers to welded horseshoe art. Some Salado Wine Seller at 841 N. Main St., Salado, rain or shine. Fam- artists and vendors have been attending the festival for nine years, ilies are welcome! There will be plenty of kid-friendly space to run while new ones continue to sign up each year. Every year’s festival around. Well-behaved pets on leashes are allowed. has its own unique set of gifts and art. Admission is free and $15 buys 8 wine tasting tickets and souve- If you’re hungry, the festival will feature several food trucks. nir glass, with additional tasting tickets available to purchase. Hours Plenty of Texas food vendors like AustiNuts and Spicewood Food are 12-5 p.m. March 24 and 12-4 p.m. March 25. PAGE 6 Decorative & Functional Art by Local Artists OPEN LATE 112 Royal Street Next door to Barrow PAGE 7 602 Old Town Center Suite #5 512.800.8222 Texas’ largest selection of infused olive oil & balsamic vinegars find recipes, tips and online ordering at SaladoOliveOilCo.com Lynette’s McCain’s Bakery and Cafe One great 417 North Main Street Church Street Bake Shoppe bakery 947-3354 100 North Church Street 947-4006 Two great Mon - Tues & Thur - Sat 7- 2 Sun 8 - 1:30 Closed Wednesday Open Tues - Sat 7:30 - 4 locations mccainsbakeryandcafe.com Breakfast, Lunch and Bakery Served fresh daily We feature Salado's Best Coffee Gourmet Espresso Bar PAGE 8 PAGE 9 Summers Mill built during Reconstruction By Charlene Carson Historian On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate army in Vir- ginia, surrende ared his tattered, torn, and half-starved army to General Ulysses S. Grant, the general-in-chief of the Unit- ed States army. Without Lee’s forces, it was useless for the other Confederate armies to continue fighting; therefore, by the last of May all units had sur- rendered. All officers and men were paroled and allowed to re- turn home to begin life anew. On April 14, 1865, only five days after Lee’s surrender, Pres- ident Abraham Lincoln was as- sassinated, and Vice-President Andrew Johnson assumed the office of President. During Johnson’s term the southern states, including Texas, endured a period of reconstruction. Re- construction allowed the de- feated Southern States, which had seceded from the Union, to again become a part of the Unit- Summers Mill ed States. The sprocket seen in the background is all that remains of the internal working parts of Summers Mill. Basically, reconstruction was (Photo by Maurice Carson, 2016.) the victorious North imposing its will upon the South. Union conquerors took control of the quered province” and must “pay eral miles down Salado Creek out water-ground cornmeal, a states, forcing Texas and the the price of our folly!” at what is now the crossing of staple ingredient in most of the other defeated Southern States Even though the citizens of Belton and Holland roads. This meals prepared in kitchens of to follow policies dictated from Bell County were under this mill became known as Summers Central Texas households. Washington, D.C. During this period of reconstruction and Mill. The mill was a four-story Meyers Mill ran first as a time, Texas did not have the sta- learning how to deal with issues structure made of shaved burr gristmill. Business was good tus of a state in the United States.