Boerne Radio's Boerne Texas History

At the corner of Main Street and West San Antonio, next to Main Plaza is the Hillje Music Store where you can rent musical instruments, but before 1901, on that site was Homer’s Livery Stable, where you could rent a horse and buggy for a dollar a day.  The story of the present-day Carstanjen Building right after this. 

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At 705 South Main where the Lovern Law Firm calls home, it was originally t...

If you think Boerne has grown, the population of Bergheim in 1970 was only 22 souls. The story of our brother city Bergheim, right after this.

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While the intersection of State Highway 46 and FM 3351 is relatively flat, the German name Bergheim means “Mountain Home”. Home in the Hills is more accurate. It was founded by Austrian immigrant Andreas Engel, who came to Texas in 1885 and worked for Caspe...

In 1905 the very first Kendall County Fair happened on Labor Day - Monday, September 4th, except it wasn’t on the fairgrounds you know today.  The history of The Kendall County Fair right after this.

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The very first Kendall County Fair took place in 1905 in the Opera House on Main Street  - the site of the present-day Black Rifle Coffee.  There was no rodeo or rides.  I...

While Boerne is the county seat established in 1849, Kendall County was created 13 years later.  But Boerne was not the first settlement in the area…those bragging rights belong to Sisterdale.  The story of our sister city right after this.

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Sisterdale was first settled in 1847 when Nicolaus Zink built his cabin in the valley of Sister Creek.  It was Comal County then. ...

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When you pull into the right side of WalMart, you see the remains of rock walls, a limestone building, a tower and a house.  The story of the original 1280 acre tract right after this.

The Republic of Texas couldn’t pay their volunteer soldiers in cash so instead The Texas General Land Office was created to give men land for fighting at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Surveyor John S...

While it never was incorporated and never had a post office, Texas maps will still recognize Nelson City…the halfway point between Boerne and Comfort—the story of Edwin Nelson and The Po Po Cafe right after this.

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Edwin Nelson was a rancher and dairyman.  In 1929, He opened a gas station and built the Nelson Dance Hall.  As the nation entered the Great Depression, the danc...

On East Blanco are a couple of empty buildings with rich history and keepers of history.  One is still marked City Hall, which was also Boerne’s schoolhouse since 1910, and to the left of it was the Police Department.  But before that, it was our library.  The history of The Boerne Public Library right after this.

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After the Civil War, It was common in small communitie...

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The First Baptist Church in Boerne has not always been at the top of the hill on South School Street.  It’s been several places along the way since its founding in 1898.  Some special history of FBC Boerne right after this.

First Baptist Church of Boerne’s first service was on Sunday, August 14th 1898 when J.M. Mizzell met with 6 ...

Every Sunday on Boerne Radio you can hear the teaching ministry of The Boerne Church of Church from their sanctuary on I-10 behind the Starbucks.  The history of the Boerne Church of Christ right after this.

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The Boerne Church of Christ met for the first time on October 10, 1945, with a series of tent meetings over 10 days. W.S. Boyett did the preaching, and...

When you’re driving into downtown Boerne from South Main before the creek, on the right is a little cottage that says “General Robert E. Lee Stayed Here”.  The Story of the O’Grady Inn right after this.

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John G. O’Grady came to Boerne in 1859 from Ireland, and settled on the south bank of Cibolo Creek which was considered outside of our little German town.  O’Grady...

Behind Flashback Funtiques and the Tusculum Brewing Company is Under the Fig Tree Boutique which is in one of the oldest houses in Boerne.  It was built in 1858 and known as The Theis House on Newton Alley. 

The story of Phillip Jacob Theis right after this.

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In 1855 Phillip Jacob Theis arrived in Texas after a 73-day voyage from Bremen Germany, reuniting with his son Jacob who at the age of...

Shooting Club Road is off of Sisterdale Road on the Northside of Boerne that runs behind the Ebensberger-Fisher Funeral Home, and ends on Pfeiffer.  The story of the oldest Shooting Club in Texas right after this. 

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In 1864, a group of German settlers formed the Boerne Schuetzen Verein. The first rifle range was on property owned by William Kuhfuss on North Main Street. The range moved to a pasture b...

In Boerne’s Main Plaza a Texas Historical Marker honors German Music in Boerne.   The story of the Boerne Village Band right after this.

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The Boerne Village Band was organized in 1860 by Dr. Karl Dienger who also organized the Boerne Gesang Verein, a singing group. Until 1885 he was in charge of both groups, and he combined singing fests with the German band music throughout the Texas Hill Country. Th...

Across the street from the Courthouse on East San Antonio Avenue is a building that was added to the National Registry of Historic Places, and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.  The story of the original Kendall County Courthouse right after this.

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Seven years after Kendall County was organized, the first county courthouse was completed in 1870. Local Surveyor J...

At Roeder Street and Hickman in Boerne there is a small park with a World War II memorial … more about Roeder Park right after this …

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The Roeder Memorial Park was built to honor two Boerne-area men who died in service. In 1945, C.T. and Eva Roberts deeded the four lots in the Cibolo Park Addition to the City of Boerne. Their twin sons Aaron and Allen were killed ...

When the first settlers came to Boerne Apache and Comanche Tribes roamed the Texas Hill Country.  The story of the captured Smith Brothers right after this.

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In February of 1871,  Clint and Jeff Smith were herding their father’s sheep along Cibolo Creek when the Comanche captured them. After five years, Clint was traded for Native American prisoners at Fort Sill. Apache chief Geronimo bough...

Next to the Bear Moon Bakery on Main Street sits a building where Dr. Jack Diamond opened a hospital in 1949.  The story of the place where most of Boerne’s future citizens were born…right after this.

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Most likely, Joe Vogt built the home next to his store at 421 Main back in 1890.  The small building housed a general store, a barbershop, and a doctor’s office. It served for a time as a clinic buildin...

Across from St. Peter’s on South Main is the park that used to be called Military Plaza.  … The story of  Veterans Plaza right after this.

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Veterans Plaza on South Main features the Veterans War Memorial in its center. In 1923, the H.J. Graham's family erected the monument honoring the Boerne men who died in World War I. Years later a bronze piece was added to the top of the monument and ...

Pfeiffer Road runs from I-10 West north of Boerne and ends northwest of Branding Iron Road … the history of one of Kendall County’s First Families: The Pfeiffers coming up right after this …

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August Ludwig Pfeiffer was born in 1809 in Germany.  At the age of 46, August, his wife Wilhelmine and their eight children sailed from Prussia to New Orleans and originally homesteaded near Kreutzberg. In 1862 ...