Shooting Club Road - Boerne Radio
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. Sponsor: Kendall County Roofing In 1864, a group of German settlers formed the Bo…
Boerne Village Band - Boerne Radio
In Boerne’s Main Plaza a Texas Historical Marker honors German Music in Boerne. The story of the Boerne Village Band right after this. Sponsor: Kendall County Roofing The Boerne Village Band was organized in 1860 by Dr. Karl Dienger who also organized the Boerne Gesang Verein, a singing group. …
Boerne Texas History - Kendall County Courthouse
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. Sponsor commercial: Kendall County Roofing Sev…
Boerne Texas History - Roeder Park
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 … Sponsor Commercial: Kendall County Roofing The Roeder Memorial Park was built to honor two Boerne-area men who died in service. In 1945, C.T. and Eva Roberts deed…
Boerne Texas History - The Smith Brothers
Whenthe first settlers came to Boerne Apache and Comanche Tribes roamed the Texas Hill Country. The story of the captured Smith Brothers right after this. Sponsor commercial: Kendall County Roofing In February of 1871, Clint and Jeff Smith were herding their father’s sheep along Cibolo Creek wh…
Boerne Texas History - Boerne's First Hospital
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. Sponsor: Kendall County Roofing Most likely, Joe Vogt built the home next to his store at 421 Ma…
Boerne Texas History - Veterans Plaza
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. Sponsor: Kendall County Roofing Veterans Plaza on South Main features the Veterans War Memorial in its center. In 1923, the H.J. Graham's family erected the m…
Boerne Texas History - Pfeiffer Family
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 … Sponsor: Kendall County Roofing August Ludwig Pfeiffer was born in 1809 in Germany. At the age of 46, Au…
Boerne Texas History - Herff Farm
In 1852, Dr. Ferdinand Herff acquired large tracts of land where the Menger and Cibolo Creeks flow together … over time the farmstead grew to 10,000-acres … more about The Herff Farm after this … Sponsor: Kendall County Roofing San Antonio physician Dr. Herff maintained his farm as a summer home…
Boerne Texas History - St. Mary's Sanitarium
In the late 1800s it was believed that Boerne and the Texas Hill Country held miraculous cures for those with pulmonary troubles. The Sisters of Incarnate Word built and operated one of Boerne’s first health resorts. The story of Saint Mary’s Sanitarium right after this. Sponsored: Kendall Coun…