For several years, the city of Kerrville and the nonprofit Heart of the Hills Heritage Center have been working to create a history museum in the old mansion at 529 Water St. This museum will tell the story of our community. Kerr County is one of the very few counties in Texas that does not …
In the 29 years I’ve been writing this column, I’ve never written about the Guthrie Building, which stands on the corner of Earl Garrett and Main Streets, opposite the Kerr Arts and Cultural Center.
One night in 1862, a “band of masked riders” rode up to a small store in Comfort and threatened to hang the shopkeeper. The man was a German immigrant, and he was suspected of not supporting the Confederacy during the Civil War. Such views were dangerous in those days.
The Kerr Regional History Center has launched a new standing exhibit titled “Kerrville 101.”
It’s no secret there are seven graves on the Schreiner University campus, though you really need to know where to look if you want to spot them.
A kind reader recently gave me an interesting bottle from Kerrville. Along its middle, it reads “Pampell’s/Kerrville Texas.” Its shoulder says “C.C. Soda.”
Years ago, at a dinner hosted by my friends Sandy and Jon Wolfmueller, a publisher asked a question that I’ve been thinking about ever since.
The public is invited to a free presentation by Donald S. Frazier on “The Accidental Republic: When Texas was an Independent Country,” from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the Dietert Center, 451 Guadalupe St.
FREDERICKSBURG — The National Museum of the Pacific War will present a webinar titled, “Code Name: Operation Vengeance” at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.
Forty years ago, on April 23, 1983, the Museum of Western Art opened its doors in Kerrville. Originally called the Cowboy Artists of America Museum, it has brought visitors from all over the world to our community.
