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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 Postreported 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 3, 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 Postreported 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 Posttold 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 3, 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 Postreported 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 Postreported 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-Statesmanreported 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 6, 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.
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