Kingsbury Texas

Sunday, March 29, 2020

There will be a Farmer's Market today in downtown, it's National Sourdough Bread Day and National Crayon Day this week, the month of April starts this week, April fact and folklore, April Fools Day is Wednesday, and some great pictures of the Kingsbury Methodist Church in 1917, the Kingsbury plat from 1876 where the church would eventually sit, and a picture of the church today.

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Information on the Coronavirus and safeguards, it's National Medal of Honor Day and National Melba Toast Day this week, this week in Texas history the Massacre At Goliad happened in 1836, and a great picture of Kingsbury in 1981.

Sunday, March 15, 2020

St. Patrick's Day is this Tuesday, it's National Chocolate Caramel Day and National Awkward Moments Day this week, the Vernal Equinox and therefore the first day of Spring is this Friday, equinox facts and folklore, the Kingsbury Exchange Club meets this Saturday, the next Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is Saturday, this week in Texas history saw the Battle of Coleto Creek, the next Kingsbury City Commission regular meeting is Monday, and a couple of wonderful pictures of the Kingsbury Owls girls basketball team.

Sunday, March 08, 2020

Daylight Saving Time starts today - Spring Forward, it's National Meatball Day and National K9 Veterans Day this week, get your Kingsbury T-shirts now online, the Full Worm Moon rises on Monday, in Kingsbury news past the November 18, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Express had a line item about the "Fare to Kingsbury" and lawyers are hanging around the jail fence waiting for "new arrivals", this Friday is Friday the 13th, and a fabulous picture of the bar inside the Imhoff Saloon in the early 1900s.

Sunday, March 01, 2020

The month of March starts today, March fact and fiction, it's National Oreo Cookie Day and National Old Stuff Day this week, this week is the Super Tuesday primary elections day in the US, the Kingsbury VFD meets this Thursday, this week began the second week of the siege of the Alamo in 1836 and ultimately the final assault, the whole month of March is National Noodle Month and National Craft Month, Daylight Saving Time starts next Sunday,  and a great picture of some girls with the school zone sign.

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Fat Tuesday is this week, it's National Banana Bread Day and National Polar Bear Day this week, important dates for the upcoming primary elections, this Saturday is Leap Day, in Kingsbury news past the November 16, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Express included the current freight prices from Kingsbury and two men met an untimely end after heading "for the frontier ... beyond the bounds of the United States", the Kingsbury Opry is every Friday, and a wonderful picture of "Old Hotel" and "Coates Gin".

Sunday, February 16, 2020

This Monday is Presidents Day, it's National Margarita Day and National Love Your Pet Day this week, important dates for the upcoming Primary Elections, this Saturday is a Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, the Kingsbury City Commission will have a Regular Meeting this Monday, and some more amazing Kingsbury postcards from around 1907.

Sunday, February 09, 2020

The Red Hot Chili Supper is coming up February 15th, the Kingsbury Exchange Club meets this Saturday at Noon, it's National Pizza Day and National Make A Friend Day this week, Valentines Day is this Friday, upcoming important dates for the Primary Elections, pictures of the Mesquite Trail Riders are now on the Kingsbury website blog, tonight is the Full Super Snow Moon, full moon facts and fiction, and some truly awesome Valentine postcards from around 1907.

Sunday, February 02, 2020

The Mesquite Trail Riders come into town today, it's National Carrot Cake and National Kite Flying Day this week, the Kingsbury VFD will have its monthly meeting this Thursday, today is Groundhog day, in Kingsbury news past the November 15, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Express listed John Samuels from Kingsbury as staying at the Central Hotel and Allen & Chambers has their ad for the lumber store in Kingsbury in the Two-Bit Advertising Column, important dates for the upcoming primary elections, and some amazing pictures of the Wolfshohl Hotel in the early 1900s.

Sunday, January 26, 2020

The month of February starts this week, February facts and folklore, get your events in the Kingsbury calendar, important dates for the upcoming primary elections, it's National Corn Chip Day and National Puzzle Day this week, the Mesquite Trail Riders will be coming through town next Sunday and Monday, February is National Canned Food Month and National Weddings Month, the next Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is Saturday, February 1st, and an awesome picture of a Dowdy High School commencement invitation from 1949.

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, it's National Granola Bar Day and National Opposite Day this week, important dates for the upcoming primary elections, in Kingsbury news past the October 21, 1875 edition of the Galveston Daily News had the latest train schedules from Galveston to Kingsbury and New Orleans is experiencing an epizootic, the Kingsbury City Commission meets next Monday, and a wonderful picture of the founders of the Kingsbury Extension Homemakers Club and a description of what they were all about.

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Important dates for the primary election coming up March 3rd, it's National Hot Buttered Rum Day and National Clean Off Your Desk Day this week, the Kingsbury Barter Club meets this Saturday the 18th at the old Fat Chance building, there is a volunteer work day and the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome this Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the October 13, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express reported the names of several men from Kingsbury that were staying at the Central Hotel and an extraordinary tale of a man looking for his relatives lost in a shipwreck, and a wonderful picture of WWI servicemen from Kingsbury in uniform on Railway Street downtown.

Sunday, January 05, 2020

January is National Slow Cooking Month and National Hobby Month, how to become part of the Kingsbury city limits, this week is National Whipped Cream Day and National Static Electricity Day, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, this Friday is the Full Wolf Moon, full moon facts and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the October 9, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express reported that a cargo of beer on wheels was coming from Kingsbury and S.A. locals are scarcer than yellow-legged chickens due to the Methodist Conference, the Kingsbury Opry is still playing on every Friday evening, and a wonderful picture of some graduates of Kingsbury High School in 1937.

Sunday, December 29, 2019

The new year of 2020 starts this week, New Year traditions and folklore,  it's National Champagne Day and National Bacon Day this week, January facts and folklore,  the Kingsbury VFD regular meeting is this Thursday, and a really great picture of downtown Kingsbury in 1987.

Sunday, December 22, 2019

A Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the Newsletter, it's National Pumpkin Pie Day and National Card Playing Day this week, this week in history Washington crossed the frozen Deleware River, the list of Volunteer Work Days and Fly-In Events scheduled for 2020 at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, in Kingsbury news past the October 2, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express mentions that the Finucane stagecoach line is the fastest from S.A. to Kingsbury and you can get your corns cured at the Central Hotel barber shop, Kingsbury calendars are available for sale online, and a wonderful picture of some local girls posing on the road in the early 1940s.

Sunday, December 15, 2019

The first day of Winter arrives this week, it's National Maple Syrup Day and National Re-Gifting Day this week, the Kingsbury VFD Auxiliary put together and delivered Christmas bags this past week, the Kingsbury City Commission will have a regular meeting next Monday, the Red Hot Cocoa Night With A Firefighter was this past Saturday, and a great picture of the Kingsbury depot loading pens with cattle and cowboys.

Sunday, December 08, 2019

The Full Cold Moon rises this Wednesday, it's National Monkey Day and National Noodle Day this week, the Kingsbury Barter Club will be meeting on Monday, the Geminids meteor show peaks this week, Kingsbury will be having their first Red Hot Cocoa With A Fire Fighter Night on Saturday, this Friday is the final Friday the 13th this year, Kingsbury calendars are available for sale online, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury Post Office and Drug Store in 1912.

Sunday, December 01, 2019

The month of December starts this week, December facts and folklore, it's National Bathtub Party Day and National Cotton Candy Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the September 25, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had a report from Mr. Wyane who came from Kingsbury with a report on the hurricane news from along the coast and S.A.'s Mr. Clark is the fattest barber in the state, downtown Kingsbury is decked out in lights for the holidays, Kingsbury calendars are available online, and an awesome picture of some local girls and the Kingsbury school bus.

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Thanksgiving is this Thursday, it's National Bavarian Cream Pie Day and National Jukebox Day this week, the Texas Rangers were formed this week in 1835, the 2020 Kingsbury Calendars are available online, and a wonderful photo of four Kingsbury girls lined up in front of the old school.

Sunday, November 17, 2019

The Leonid meteor shower peaks early Monday morning, it's National Homemade Bread Day and National Take A Hike Day this week, the Kingsbury Barter Club will have its first meeting this Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the September 22, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had an ad for the stagecoaches to/from Kingsbury that stated there were no mud wagons used and several pieces on the hurricane that had just hit Indianola and the Texas coast, the Kingsbury City Commission will have a Regular Commission Meeting this Monday, Ol' Kingsbury Calendars that benefit the Kingsbury VFD are now available online, and some wacky pictures of a "Womanless Wedding" in Kingsbury in 1954.

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Veterans Day is this Monday, it's National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day and National Sundae Day this week, the Full Beaver Moon rises this week, full moon facts and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the September 18, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had an article about how the railroad reaches Kingsbury and not farther west and Fat Johnny the barber never tells tales of his grandmother, the Kingsbury collection and recycling station has now reopened, the a great picture of downtown Kingsbury with local businessmen and some business letterhead dated 189_. 

Sunday, November 03, 2019

Daylight Saving Time ends today, the Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 9th, it's National Men Make Dinner Day and National Sandwich Day this week, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, the Big Boy 4014 locomotive will chug through Kingsbury on November 6th, the Kingsbury VFD and KVFD Auxiliary will have their meetings this Thursday, in Kingsbury news past the September 9, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had the stagecoach arrivals and departures from/to Kingsbury and contrabandistas attacked the customs house at La Reforma, the Fall Fly-In and Car Show is coming up November 9th, November is National Adopt A Senior Pet Month and National Raisin Bread Month, the Kingsbury cellection and recycling center is schedule to reopen on November 6th, and a wonderful picture of downtown Kingsbury around 1900 with men in horse-drawn wagons.

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Halloween is coming up this Thursday, the restored Big Boy 4014 locomotive will be chugging through town on November 6th, it's National Candy Corn Day and National Bison Day this week, the Wings & Wheels Fall Fly-In and Car Show will be held on Saturday, November 9th, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, the 8th Annual Fall Harvest Festival will be held in downtown Kingsbury on November 9th, there will be a Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome on Saturday, November 2nd, November facts and folklore, early voting locations and hours, in Kingsbury news past the September 7, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had an ad for Allen & Chambers Lumber in Kingsbury and New Orleans is having yellow fever cases pop up, the burn ban in Guadalupe County has been lifted, and a really cute picture of Inez Mauer and a puppy in downtown Kingsbury in 1929.

Sunday, October 20, 2019

The Kingsbury collection and recycling station will be reopening in November, it's National Pumpkin Day and National Mole Day this week, the Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 9th, the Big Boy locomotive will be coming through Kingsbury on November 6th, the Fall Wings & Wheels Fly-In and Car Show will be at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome on November 9th, the Kingsbury City Commission will have a Regular Commission Meeting on October 21st, and an awesome couple of pictures of the Kingsbury depot and trains.

Sunday, October 13, 2019

The Janda Exotic Animal Ranch in Kingsbury will have a Petting Zoo and Pumpkin Patch on October 19th, it's National Train Your Brain Day and National Chocolate Cupcake Day this week, the annual Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 9th, there will be a Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome this Saturday, October 19th, October 13th is the rising of the Full Hunter's Moon, Marshall's Tavern in downtown Kingsbury will be opening October 14th, the Wings & Wheels Fall Fly-In will be November 9th, and a wonderful picture of some local kids on horseback in downtown Kingsbury in 1944.

Sunday, October 06, 2019

The collection and recycling station in Kingsbury is slated to reopen some time in the future, it's National Noodle Day and National Chess Day this week, the new Marshall's Tavern will be opening soon, Night In Old Luling is coming up October 12th, October is National Shelter Dog Month and National Seafood Month, the 8th Annual Fall Harvest Festival is coming up Saturday, November 9th, the Wings and Wheels Fall Fly-In is coming up November 9th also, and a great picture of some Kingsbury girls hanging out at the Hurt Brothers Garage in the early 1940s.

Sunday, September 29, 2019

The National Night Out event will be October 1st in downtown, it's National Black Dog Day and National Homemade Cookies Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the September 6, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily News reported that itinerant fruit peddlers in S.A. get their produce from Kingsbury and stage coaches are now going to Benficklin and Kickapoo Springs, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary meet this Thursday, the month of October starts this week, October fact and fiction, the Kingsbury City Commission has a workshop this Wednesday, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury 4-H Club float in the Fourth of July Parade around 1948.

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Autumn begins this week, Autumn facts and folklore, it's National Ice Cream Cone Day and National Comic Book Day this week, the National Night Out event will be October 1st in downtown, the Fall Harvest Festival is planned for November 9th, in Kingsbury news past the September 2, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily News reported that the lumber company in Kingsbury will mill what you need at short notice and there are two daily trains from Kingsbury to Galveston where you can pick up a steamer, the community of Prairie Lea is working to incorporate, the Fall Wings & Wheels Fly-In and Car Show is coming up November 9th, Union Pacific will be extending the Kingsbury side track next year, and some great pictures of the Lynch/Glenewinkle house.

Sunday, September 15, 2019

The Luling Oil Museum is hosting a Reflections of Texas art show, it's National Apple Dumpling Day and National Felt Hat Day this week, the Kingsbury City Commission will meet this Monday, there will be a volunteer work day at the Pioneer Flight Museum this Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the August 18, 1875 edition of the Galveston Daily News reported that railway mail service now extends to Kingsbury and there are criminals skulking in the Indian Territory, and some great pictures of the hardware store in 1916 and prior.

Sunday, September 08, 2019

The Kingsbury dump/collection/recycling station will not open any time soon, the Luling Oil Museum is hosting a Reflections of Texas art show, the Full Harvest Moon rises this Friday, it's National Peanut Day and National Blame Someone Else Day this week, this Friday is Friday the 13th, the National Night Out event will be October 1st in downtown, there is still a burn ban in Guadalupe County, and fabulous pictures of Budd's Saloon exterior and interior from around 1900.

Sunday, September 01, 2019

This Monday is Labor Day, the New Berlin Sausage Festival is September 1st, it's National Read A Book Day and National Acorn Squash Day this week, September is National Mushroom Month and National Piano Month, the Kingsbury VFD meets this Thursday, the Pioneer Flight Museum has a volunteer work day this Saturday, September fact and fiction, Kingsbury will have a National Night Out event on October 1st, the Kingsbury collection/recycling station may open temporarily, and a wonderful picture of some local girls in front of the S.A. Queen around 1945.

Sunday, August 25, 2019

There will be a National Night Out event in downtown Kingsbury on October 1st, it's National Banana Split Day and National Dog Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the August 2, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had the latest arrivals on the Kingsbury stage and horse from Missouri were caught in Fort Worth, enjoy the music at the Kingsbury Opry every Friday, the Kingsbury collection/recycling station is still closed temporarily, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast this week in 2017, and a fabulous picture of the First National Bank of Kingsbury around 1920.

Sunday, August 18, 2019

The Kingsbury City Commission has a regular meeting this Monday, it's National Peach Pie Day and National Tooth Fairy Day this week, the Kingsbury collection/recycling station remains temporarily closed, this week in American history Dolley Madison saved the Washington portrait from the British, there is currently a burn ban in Guadalupe county, and a wonderful picture of some citizens in front of the Allen Store & Saloon.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

There is now a burn ban in Guadalupe county, it's National Black Cat Appreciation Day and National Lemon Meringue Pie Day this week, the Full Sturgeon Moon rises Thursday night, the Perseid meteor shower peaks this week,  there is a Volunteer Work Day at the Pioneer Flight Museum this Saturday, the National Model Aviation Day Event is coming up August 17th at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, the Kingsbury collection/recycling station is still temporarily closed, and a great picture of some local girls at a Coca-Cola billboard in Kingsbury.

Sunday, August 04, 2019

The recycling and collection station in Kingsbury is temporarily closed, it's National Root Beer Float Day and National Wiggle Your Toes Day this week, a reminder that the city pool in Luling is open, in Kingsbury news past the July 22, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had the list of people arriving and departing on the Kingsbury stagecoaches and the fish seller says his fishes are alive and kicking, the number of counties with a burn ban in Texas is increasing, and a fun picture of some 1945 buggy riders at the gas station.

Sunday, July 28, 2019

The 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q was a great success, the Model Aviation Day Event is coming up August 17th at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, it's National Watermelon Day and National Girlfriends Day this week, August facts and folklore, the Kingsbury VFD meets this Thursday, there is a Black Moon this week, in Kingsbury news past the July 21, 1875 edition of the Galveston Daily News reported that the stage leaves Kingsbury for those going farther west and yellow fever in New York did not arrive on the ship from Galveston, August is National Goat Cheese Month and National Golf Month, two of the three active meteor showers peak this week, the burn ban update for Guadalupe and other counties in Texas, and a wonderful picture of Albert Wofshohl and the first mail mail buggy for Kingsbury RFD#1.

Sunday, July 21, 2019

The 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, it's National Hammock Day and National Hot Fudge Sundae Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the July 6, 1875 edition of the Galveston Daily News had an ad announcing the new depot opening here in July and you can take a 50¢ excursion to see a whale carcass in the bay, the Kingsbury Opry meets every Friday, this week in Texas history in 1845 the US flag flew for the first time in Texas, and an awesome picture of a 1913 street scene in Kingsbury with the windmill and an 1878 newspaper mention of that same windmill.

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Three meteor showers become active this week, it's National Tapioca Pudding Day and National Moon Day this week, the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, there will be a Model Aviation Day Event at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome August 17th, the Full Buck Moon rises this week, there is a Volunteer Work Day at the Pioneer Flight Museum this Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the July 3, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Express had an ad for the first Kingsbury lots being for sale and the apothecary has Hungarian leeches for sale, the latest on burn bans in Texas, the Kingsbury City Commission has their regular meeting this Monday, and a terrific picture of four generations of the Jones Family.

Sunday, July 07, 2019

The 50th Annual KVFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, it's National Sugar Cookie Day and National Dive Bar Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the June 8, 1904 edition of the Houston Post had the rates for the train trip to Houston for the baseball game and the Yorktown depot operator was killed on a rainy night, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary meet this Thursday, July is National Grilling Month and National Ice Cream Month, and a wonderful picture postcard of the Kingsbury School class around 1900.

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Independence Day is this week, the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, it's National Graham Cracker Day and National Postal Workers Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the June 5, 1904 edition of the Houston Post mentions that Miss Myrtle Powers of Kingsbury is visiting Luling and there is an ad to buy scrap metal and bones, the month of July starts this week, July facts and folklore, and a great picture of the workings behind the counter at the Kingsbury National Bank in 1912 and a counter check from the 1920s.

Sunday, June 23, 2019

The 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q Fundraiser is coming up July 27th, it's National Praline Day and National Catfish Day this week, how to become part of the Kingsbury City Limits, this week in history Texas native Wiley Post took off to fly around the world, get your awesome Kingsbury T-shirts online, the Kingsbury Opry meets for playing and singing on Fridays, and an awesome photo of the Gander Slough oil field with early trucks and horse and wagons in 1923.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

This is Father's Day, it's National Take Your Dog To Work Day and National Onion Ring Day this week, the Full Strawberry Moon shines this Monday (the Arapaho call it the Moon When the Buffalo Bellows), the first day of Summer is this Friday, summer solstice fact and folklore, and an awesome picture of the First National Bank of Kingsbury teller area and the Banking News article of Sept. 1912 reporting the opening of the bank.

Sunday, June 09, 2019

The annual Summer Solstice Film Festival is coming up June 15th at Habitable Spaces, there will be a Volunteer Work Day this Saturday and the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, it's National Corn on the Cob Day and National Sewing Machine Day this week, this week in Texas history the massive record breaking Bar-B-Q celebration occurred in Luling on June 11, 1926, in Kingsbury news past the April 24, 1904 edition of the Houston Post reported that the Rev. R.A. Harty would be conducting a revival in Kingsbury and you can get your mosquito nets at Franklin's Mosquito Bar Factory in Houston, the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury postal workers around 1950.

Sunday, June 02, 2019

The annual Summer Solstice Film Festival is coming up June 15th at Habitable Spaces, it's National Egg Day and National Name Your Poison Day this week, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary meet this Thursday, in Kingsbury news past the Friday, April 8, 1904 edition of the Galveston Daily News reported that H.G. Hendricson of Kingsbury was visiting Galveston and the Luling baseball team is getting ready for the new season,  the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, June is National Camping Month and National Iced Tea Month, the Kingsbury City Commission will be having a public workshop on Wednesday, and a really great picture from the late 1800s of the Kingsbury School children on the dirt road in front of the Methodist church when it was the original school house.

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Memorial Day is this Monday, it's National Brisket Day and National Go Barefoot Day this week, the 5th annual Summer Solstice Film Festival is coming up June 15th, the first days of the month of June are this week, June facts and folklore, June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month and National Rose Month, the 2019 hurricane season starts this week, the list of some of the biggest storms to make Texas landfall, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury Base Ball Team around 1945.

Sunday, May 19, 2019

It's Kingsbury's birthday this week, it's National Devil's Food Cake Day and National Scavenger Hunt Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the April 6, 1904 edition of the Houston Post reported that the special train rate from Kingsbury to Galveston to visit the Naval vessels was $3.50 and a lady has a pony for sale that's not afraid of cars, the Kingsbury City Commission meets this week, and an awesome picture of a group of young men at the train depot loading pens around 1915.

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Mother's Day is this Sunday, it's National Apple Pie Day and National Dance Like A Chicken Day this week, the Full Flower Moon rises this Saturday, other names for the May full moon including the Cheyenne Moon When the Horses Get Fat, in Kingsbury news past the May 27, 1904 edition of the Houston Post had the times and prices for a special excursion train to San Antonio (it left Kingsbury at 10:35 a.m. for 75 cents) and a prisoner in Palestine, Texas is sentence to hang but says he will come back and go buggy riding with the other prisoners, and a wonderful picture of the 1929 Kingsbury girls basketball team and a picture of the Kingsbury school from that time.

Sunday, May 05, 2019

The group art show, Farm to Table Feast, and felting workshop will all be this weekend at the downtown saloon, it's National Coconut Cream Pie Day and National Lost Sock Memorial Day this week, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, in Kingsbury news past the March 27, 1904 edition of the Houston Post reported that Mrs. Lynch and her daughter were visiting Luling from Kingsbury and a reward is posted for a large, one-eyed bay horse that was lost or stolen, and an awesome photo of Roland Merz hauling his friends in his personalized donkey cart.

Sunday, April 28, 2019

The Kingsbury VFD Annual Pancake Breakfast is coming up Saturday, the Wings & Wheels Spring Fly-In will be held at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome on Saturday, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary will meet this Thursday, Texas stuntman Robert Vandervoort performed his famed bicycle loop-the-loop for King Edward VII this week in 1903, there will be a group art show at the saloon on May 10th, another Farm To Table Feast will be on May 11th, there will be a felting workshop on May 12th, it's National Blueberry Pie Day and National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the February 7, 1904 edition of the Houston Post 11-year old Abbie May Dale of Kingsbury wrote to join the "Haps" and the price of eggs has gone way up to 25 cents per dozen, the month of May starts this week, May facts and folklore, the City Commission workshop and KIC-P2 meeting is this Wednesday, and a fabulous picture of the Kingsbury Lutheran church in its original location in 1892.

Sunday, April 21, 2019

This Sunday is Easter, it's National Pigs In A Blanket Day and National Help A Horse Day this week, a list of all the events coming up in May in Kingsbury, the Kingsbury VFD Pancake Breakfast is coming up in May, the Spring Wings & Wheels Fly-In will be May 4th, there will be a volunteer work day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome this Saturday, there will be a group art show at the saloon on Friday, another Farm To Table Feast is scheduled for Saturday, a felting workshop will be held on Sunday,  and some wonderful pictures of the Kingsbury Methodist Church in the early 1900s and today.

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Tax day is this week, it's National Pecan Day and National Bat Appreciation Day this week, the Kingsbury City Commission has their monthly meeting this Monday, the Full Pink Moon rises this week, the new Kingsbury city limits, in Kingsbury news past the January 10, 1904 edition of the Houston Post had a letter from little Della Dale from Kingsbury and a reported volcano in Kentucky was actually a moonshine operation, another Farm to Table Feast is coming up in May, and a fabulous picture of downtown Kingsbury in 1981.

Sunday, April 07, 2019

The Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Department was recognized at the Capital for their 50th anniversary, it's National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day and National Scrabble Day this week, The annual Kingsbury VFD Pancake Breakfast and the Wings & Wheels Spring Fly-In are coming up May 4th, the next Old Kingsbury Aerodrome Volunteer Work Day is Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the January 8, 1904 edition of the Houston Post  reported that G.W. Smith of Kingsbury was a new attendee of the black Baptists convention in Houston and that there is good duck shooting on the bay near Houston, and a couple of wonderful pictures of the Kingsbury Owls girls basketball team around 1948.

Sunday, March 31, 2019

The month of April starts this week, April facts and folklore, it's National Sourdough Bread Day and National Crayon Day this week, the Kingsbury VFD meets this Thursday, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, in Kingsbury news past the December 26, 1903 edition of the Galveston Daily News reported that a saloonkeeper in Kingsbury was injured while firing an anvil and had the ports information for the Brownsville Steamer, it's April Fool's Day this Monday, the Kingsbury City Commission has a workshop with the KIC-P2 Committee meeting this week, the Luling Roughneck Bar-B-Q and Chili Cookoff is next Saturday, and an awesome picture of Ferd and Henry Imhoff in the Imhoff Saloon in the early 1900s.

Sunday, March 24, 2019

It's Move In Day to bring everything that has been in storage to the new Kingsbury VFD Fire Station, its National Something On A Stick Day and National Scribble Day this week, how to get your awesome Kingsbury T-shirts online, in Kingsbury news past the December 27, 1903 edition of the Houston Post mentioned that little Miss Clyde Powers was visiting in Luling and Yoakum is dealing with a morphine craze, the Kingsbury Opry plays every Friday, and a great picture of some local girls with the old Kingsbury school zone sign in the 1940s.

Sunday, March 17, 2019

St. Patrick's Day is this week, the Kingsbury City Commission meets on Monday, its National Ravioli Day and National Goof Off Day this week, the first day of Spring is this Wednesday, Spring facts, folklore, and verse, the next Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is this Saturday, the Full Worm Super Moon rises this week, in Kingsbury news past the December 18, 1903 edition of the Houston Post reported that the new tariff on construction materials would add 40 cents per ton to sand from Kingsbury and the Hotel Bristol is looking for an elevator boy, and a wonderful picture of the Coates gin and Wolfshohl hotel in very early Kingsbury.  

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Daylight Saving Time starts today and interesting tidbits about Daylight Saving Time, this week in Texas history in 1756 the Lt. Governor promised a silver mine to everyone in Texas, it's National Plant a Flower Day and National Potato Chip Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the November 22, 1903 edition of the Houston Post reported that Mrs. Powers of Kingsbury was visiting in Luling and the King of Belgium gave leave to too many soldiers and now there's no one to care for the horses, and some delightful photos of the old Wolfshohl Hotel in the early 1900s.

Sunday, March 03, 2019

Fat Tuesday is this week, it's National Pound Cake Day and National Hug a G.I. Day this week, this week in 1798 Mathew Caldwell is born and would become the Paul Revere of the Texas Revolution, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary have their monthly meetings this Thursday, in Kingsbury news past the November 10, 1903 edition of the Houston Post reported on train rates to the No-Tsu-Oh Carnival including a rate of $2.50 from Kingsbury and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures female weakness, the Kingsbury City Commission will have a workshop and KIC-P2 meeting this Wednesday, March is National Noodle Month and National Umbrella Month, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts this Saturday in Alaska, and an awesome picture of WWI servicemen from Kingsbury in 1917.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

This week in Texas history, on March 2, 1836, Texas became a republic, the 50/50 Farm to Table Event was a big success this past Saturday, it's National Strawberry Day and National Polar Bear Day this week, how to support stopping forced annexation in Guadalupe County, in Kingsbury news past the January 3, 1903 edition of the Houston Post told about 3 "trainmen" hurt when the train jumped the track on the way from Kingsbury to Glidden and the daughter of an Alabama Sheriff broke her lover out of jail, the month of March starts this week, March fact and folklore, and a great picture of some graduates of the Kingsbury High School in 1937.

Sunday, February 17, 2019

This Monday is President's Day, it's National Cherry Pie Day and National Love Your Pet Day this week, there is a Community Emergency Response Team program available for volunteers, the Farm to Table 50/50 event is coming up February 23rd, how to stop forced annexation in Guadalupe County, the Full Super Snow Moon is coming up on Tuesday, full moon names and moon facts and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the December 28, 1902 edition of the Houston Post  reported on people visiting in Weimar for Christmas that included Kingsbury music teacher Mrs. Jessie Townsend and a ship reported that Mount Pelee was erupting again, the "Transit" art show is opening February 22nd, the Kingsbury City Commission meets this Monday, and an awesome picture of downtown Kingsbury in 1987.

Sunday, February 10, 2019

This Thursday is Valentine's Day, it's National Gumdrop Day and National Do A Grouch A Favor Day this week, get your Kingsbury T-shirts online, how to stop forced annexation in Guadalupe County, it's a Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome this Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the December 3, 1902 edition of the Shiner Gazette reported on the wedding of H.E. Bertram "a prosperous young farmer of Kingsbury" and a man in Cincinnati wants a million skunk, opossum, raccoon, and mink furs, the Farm to Table 50/50 Dinner is coming up on February 23rd, the "Transit" art show is opening February 22nd, and a wonderful picture of some Kingsbury girls kneeling on Hwy-90 in the early 40s.

Sunday, February 03, 2019

The Farm to Table Feast is coming up Feb. 23rd, it's National Carrot Cake Day and National Kite Flying Day this week, how to stop forced annexation in Guadalupe County, celebrity cowboy author and Pinkerton detective Charles Siringo was born this week in 1855 in Matagorda county, the Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Department meets this Thursday, in Kingsbury news past the Nov. 22, 1902 Houston Post reported that Holmes & Appling sold their stock of merchandise and Henke&Pillot's has syrup on tap in Houston, February is National Cherry Month and National Bird Feeding Month, the Kingsbury City Commission and KIC-P2 will have a workshop on Wednesday, and a really great picture of cowboys and cattle at the stock pens at the Kingsbury depot around 1915.

Sunday, January 27, 2019

It's Groundhog Day on Saturday, it's National Tater Tot Day and National Bubble Wrap Day this week, the next Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the October 17, 1902 Houston Post reported that Kingsbury cotton farmers are "holding for better prices" and every store in Gary, Texas was burglarized, the month of February starts this week, the Mesquite Trail Drivers will be coming soon, and a wonderful picture of the drug store and post office in downtown Kingsbury in 1912.

Sunday, January 20, 2019

The Super Wolf Blood Moon rises tonight, moon facts and folklore, the Kingsbury City Commission will be having Public Hearings regarding voluntary annexation, it's National Squirrel Appreciation Day and National Peanut Brittle Day this week, the "Transit" Art Show opens on February 22nd, in Kingsbury news past the October 2, 1902 edition of the Houston Post reported that John Nance Garner spoke in Kingsbury to a large crowd and a man in Houston has Scotch collie dogs for sale, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is this Monday, there will be a butcher workshop February 3rd, how to stop forced annexation, a Farm to Table Feast will be February 23rd, and an awesome picture of some school girls with the Kingsbury school bus in the early 1940s.

Sunday, January 13, 2019

The Kingsbury City Commission will be having Public Hearings regarding voluntary annexation, it's a volunteer work day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome this Saturday, it's National Dress Your Pet Day and National Strawberry Ice Cream Day this week, get your fabulous Kingsbury T-shirts online, in Kingsbury news past the August 3, 1902 edition of the Austin American-Statesman reported that the cotton crop was the worst ever known in Kingsbury and that outlaw Bill Tracy was seen in Washington state heading for the "Hole in the Wall" territory, the annual Kingsbury VFD Pancake Breakfast will be held in conjunction with the Spring Fly-In again this year on May 4, information on how to make Guadalupe County a no forced annexation county, and a really cute picture of some Kingsbury girls at the old school in the early 1940s.

Sunday, January 06, 2019

The Kingsbury City Commission will have a Special Meeting on Monday, it's National Apricot Day and National Cuddle Up Day this week, information on making Guadalupe County a No Forced Annexation county, in Kingsbury news past the September 28, 1902 edition of the Houston Post  listed the cotton shipments out of Kingsbury as 1994 bales so far and you can send off for a list of eligible people to marry in Denver, Colorado, and some hilarious photos of a "woman-less wedding" at the old school in 1954.

Sunday, December 30, 2018

We ring in the New Year this week, it's National Cream Puff Day and National Science Fiction Day this week, the Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Department meets this Thursday, in Kingsbury news past the Tuesday, August 12, 1902 edition of the Houston Post reported on the Hon. John C. Scott speaking here and the blind trotting horse Rythmic won the race at Brighton Beach,  the month of January starts this week, information on stopping forced annexation in Guadalupe County, the KIC-P2 Committee and the Kingsbury City Commission meet for a workshop this Wednesday,  and a super picture of local businessmen in front of Power Store around 1900 and a note on Powers Store letterhead dated "189_" .

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Christmas Day is this week, it's National Egg Nog Day and National Card Playing Day this week, in Texas history this week the Santa Claus bank robbery went down in Cisco in 1927, information on how to stop forced annexation in Guadalupe County, in Kingsbury news past the August 3, 1902 edition of the Houston Post had a letter from Eugenia Carolan of Kingsbury and a donkey was rescued from a tree top during flooding in Uhland, and a great picture of men in horse carts in downtown Kingsbury around 1900.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

The Winter Solstice brings the first day of winter this week, it's National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day and National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day this week, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, the Ursids meteor shower peaks this week, the December full moon known as the Full Cold Moon rises this Saturday (the Cheyenne called this the Moon When The Wolves Run Together), in Kingsbury news past the Sunday, June 29, 1902 edition of the Houston Post reported on a twelve hour rain in Kingsbury and a boy in Hillsboro injured by an exploding whiskey barrel, the Kingsbury City Commission meets this Monday, there are only 8 days till Christmas, and a wonderful picture of Inez Maurer and her puppy in downtown in 1929.

Sunday, December 09, 2018

The Kingsbury VFD Auxiliary assembled and delivered Christmas baskets on Saturday, it's National Cocoa Day and National Day of the Horse this week, information on the drive to stop forced annexation in Guadalupe County, the next volunteer work day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is next Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the June 20, 1902 edition of the Houston Post had the proposal for the Kingsbury gravel loading contract with the GH&SA railroad and an article on how to keep your pet canary clean and happy, the Kingsbury Opry is every Friday, and some fabulous photos of the Kingsbury depot and the trains that ran through.

Sunday, December 02, 2018

The Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary had their annual Christmas party and swore in the 2019 officers, it's National Brownie Day and National Sock Day this week, lady gambler the "Angel of San Antonio" wed this week in 1880, the KIC-P2 Committee meets this week, and a great picture of some local kids on horseback in downtown Kingsbury in 1944.

Sunday, November 25, 2018

The KVFD hosted a pop up art gallery at the fire station, it's National French Toast Day and National Mason Jar Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the April 23, 1902 edition of the Houston Post reported that the cotton is being planted in Kingsbury and Budweiser says it's the best beer for "table use", the month of December starts this week, December is National Egg Nog Month, this week in Texas history on November 26, 1835 the Texans defeated the Mexicans in the Grass Fight, and an awesome picture of some local girls posing together at the Hurt Brothers Garage in the early 1940s.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

It's Thanksgiving this week, it's National Play Monopoly Day and National Gingerbread Cookie Day this week, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, it's the Full Beaver Moon this week, full moon fact and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the March 23, 1902 edition of the Houston Post had a wanted ad for a teacher in Kingsbury and robbers blew the safe at the railroad offices in Houston, Kingsburian Marchell Gebhardt was sworn in to the board of Crystal Clear last week, Kingsbury City Commission meets this Monday, and a great picture of the Kingsbury 4-H Club float in the parade around 1948.

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Grand Opening of the new Kingsbury fire station, it's National Homemade Bread Day and National Take A Hike Day this week, this week in 1835 funds are raised for the Twin Sisters cannons that fought at San Jacinto, it's Veterans Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the January 4, 1902 edition of the Houston Post reported on the new well and cistern in Kingsbury and a man in Brenham was hurt shooting at an anvil celebrating the new year, and some wonderful turn of the century pictures of the Lynch family at their house on Guadalupe Street.

Sunday, November 04, 2018

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, its National Candy Day and National Saxophone Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the December 1, 1901 edition of the Houston Post had the prices ($3 from Kingsbury) for the special trains to the No-Tsu-Oh Carnival in Houston and Teddy Roosevelt and his cabinet "enjoyed the sport" of the Army-Navy game, information on election day voting, the Grand Opening of the new fire station is November 11th, the Fall Fly-In is coming up November 10th at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, and some great pictures of the Lumber Company in Kingsbury in the early 1900s.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

It's Halloween this Wednesday, details on early voting locations for the upcoming midterm elections, it's National Caramel Apple Day and National Magic Day this week, the North End Sketch Club has two more sessions coming up, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary meet this Thursday, the Fall Wings & Wheels Fly-In and Car Show is coming up on November 10th, the next Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is November 3rd, in Kingsbury news past the November 25, 1902 edition of the Houston Post had an item on "prosperous business man of Kingsbury" Mr. Will Powers visiting Lockhart and a lost mule with a "big navel" was last seen heading west in Houston, the Grand Opening of the new fire station is scheduled for November 11th, the Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 3rd, this week sees the first days of November, November facts and folklore, and some awesome pictures of Budd's Saloon and its patrons.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Early voting information for the upcoming elections, there are several sessions of the Sketch Club coming up, it's National Black Cat Day and National Pumpkin day this week, the Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival will be Nov. 3rd, the Fall Fly-In at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is coming up Nov. 10th, in Kingsbury news past the August 20, 1901 edition of the Houston Post reported on the wedding of Mr. Childs and Miss Jones of Kingsbury and a veteran of San Jacinto joined his comrades "on the Silent Shore of the Beyond", the Grand Opening of the new Kingsbury VFD fire station is coming up Nov. 11th, Wednesday night is the Full Hunter's Moon, check out the Kingsbury calendar for all upcoming events, and a wonderful picture of local girls in front of the S.A. Queen in Kingsbury around 1938.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

The Grand Opening and ribbon cutting at the new Kingsbury VFD fire station is coming up Sunday, November 11, it's National Pasta Day and National Fossil Day this week, the Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival will be Saturday, November 3rd, in Kingsbury news past the August 3, 1901 edition of the Houston Post reported that Kingsbury had a "fine rain" in the weather section and also reported that Kingsbury ginned its first cotton bale of the season, the Wings & Wheels Fly-In is coming up at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome on November 10th, and an awesome picture of the First National Bank of Kingbury around 1920.

Sunday, October 07, 2018