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(If you have a historic Kerr Co photo or a biographical sketch of a Kerr County family,
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Shirley Webb, Kerr Co Coordinator)


   Advertising from Yesteryear  

Swim in Drinking Water
Special!!   $1.50 for a Wash & Lube
Take the Bus to Legion, Center Point and Leon Springs 
Tomatoes 9c a lb.; Chuck Roast 17c a lb.; Apple Butter 14c for 26 oz. jar

              
Bandera Pass

Revisiting the Story With a Note from
 Joseph Neal Luther, PhD.


              Camp Verde News from 1856   
(Article from "The Weekly Telegraph" of  Houston submitted by Oliver Peasley)


     Early School Program at Tivy Elementary 
Photos from Billy Howell & Julia W. Stehling


       "Essie's Story"   
by Patrick MartinEssie's Great-Grandson
(Photos and Story Submitted by Patrick Martin)


      Early Kerr County Documents & Maps of Interest  
  
(The signatures of 3 Kerr Co Pioneers are on one 1875 document)
(Two Early Kerr County Historic Maps are shown)

     Harry Gilman
    and William Albert Taylor Family Group Records

Submitted by Mary Simons
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    Kerr County World War II Casualties


             
   
Kerrville Mountain Sun Memories  
by B. Don Zesch


The Lackey Family 
   From Ireland to Kerr County, Texas
 Compiled by Claudia Lackey
 


   Lowrance Family Documents 
  
courtesy of  Rondina P. Muncy

 

      Luther & Neal Families of Kerr County 
Photos & Genealogy 
 by Joseph Neal Luther
 

  Merritt Family Photo page  

        Sherwood Randolph Merritt Biographical Sketch  
   
       Texas Rangers Ceremony at Gravesite of S. R. Merritt 
     Photos and Family Genealogy Data provided by
Charles Anderson Merritt

 

  The Nichols Family  
A link to Billie Nichols-Bennett's Webpage of 
Nichols Family Genealogy, Pictures and Stories.
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       Our Lady of Guadalupe Church - 1948  
(Courtesy of Robert Puig)
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    Photos From the '50's 
  
(Courtesy of Joseph Neal Luther)


     Rees Family Photos 
  
(Thanks to Casey Cluiss Flinn)

      
         
     School Days in Earlier Times 




           September 16th Celebration - 1935   
(Courtesy of Robert Puig)
    
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    John Sherman - Early Settler Story 
     as published in "West Kerr Current"© 2006
 (Thanks to West Kerr Current for permission to use
this interesting article)

 

       
     Summer Fun - 60 years ago  

 

          The 1931 Earthquake in Kerrville  
From the autobiography of  Norman Luther, Jr., provided by his son, 
Dr. Joseph Neal Luther, who gives additional information on this occurrence.



The Train 

By Joseph Luther © 2004



        Wirt Mann Photos& Resumé Exerpts   
      (Courtesy of Doris Moore)


       Y. O. Ranch Views, Kerr County, Texas  
      (submitted by Shirley Webb)

              
            

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