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Sunday, August 26, 2018
The Full Stugeon Moon rises this week, it's National Dog Day and National Toasted Marshmallow Day this week, September facts and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the July 18, 1900 edition of the Houston Post noted the passing of Absely Cone in Kingsbury and the season is open for prairie chickens, this week in 1869 three men leave Powell's dangerous boat trip through the Grand Canyon, and a fabulous picture of 1920s Kingsbury school kids (many in hats) on the front steps.
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Sunday, August 19, 2018
Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast one year ago this week, it's National Kiss and Make Up Day and National Peach Pie Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the April 22, 1900 edition of the Houston Postreported that a huge hailstorm hit Kingsbury killing chickens and there was an ad for the American Lady corset for the outdoors woman, the Kingsbury Opry is every Friday evening, and a wonderful picture of Hieronymus and Maria Donsbach around 1915.

Sunday, August 12, 2018
The work on the new fire station continues to progress, it's National Lemon Meringue Day and National Black Cat Appreciation Day this week, Alamo defender Davy Crockett was born this week in 1786, the new Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, there is a Volunteer Work Day at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome this Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the October 21, 1899 edition of the Weimar Mercuryhad the rates on the special excursion train to S.A. including the 75 cents rate to travel from Kingsbury and reports of a gold strike near Belmont, and an awesome picture of the Woodrow Center School class of 1929 with a list of some of the other important events in 1929.

Sunday, August 5, 2018
The brand new Kingsbury T-shirts are now available on the Kingsbury website, it's National Rice Pudding Day and National Bowling Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the June 29, 1899 Houston Postshowed that Kingsbury reported on rain recently and a waterspout was seen over Smithville, August is National Sandwich Month, and a really great exciting of a gusher in a Kingsbury oil field in 1923.

Sunday, July 29, 2018
The first days of August are this week, August facts & folklore, it's National Cheesecake Day and National Coloring Book Day this week, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary will have their monthly business meetings this week, the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome will have a Volunteer Work Day August 4th, the KIC-P2 Committee will have their meeting August 1st, and an awesome picture of some Kingsbury kids at the school on a warm, sunny day.

Sunday, July 22, 2018
The Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 28th, it's National Vanilla Ice Cream Day and National Day of the Cowboy this week, the Full Buck Moon is this week, full moon facts and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the June 18, 1899Houston Posthad a letter from Alice Dale from Kingsbury and there was an anti-round bale meeting in Hillsboro, and a great picture of the Kingsbury graduating class of 1941 with some other 1941 happenings.

Sunday, July 15, 2018
The wild hog bounty program starts this week, it's National Peach Ice Cream Day and National I Love Horses Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the June 16, 1899 Houston Postgave the rate for Kingsbury to S.A. on the train as 75 cents and and several train bridges around Texas have been washed away due to flooding, the annual KVFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 28th, the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is having a volunteer work day July 21st, notorious outlaw Sam Bass was born this week in the Old West, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury School kids in 1911.

Sunday, July 8, 2018
Summer meteor showers, it's National Mac and Cheese Day and National Paper Bag Day this week, the newest Kingsbury T-shirts are now online, the Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 28th, in Kingsbury news past the May 17, 1899 edition of the Houston Postreported on the "Miraculous Escape" a Kingsbury boy Green made from a well cave in and ranchers are bringing in their cattle from their winter range by river barge near Orange, the Liberty Bell rang out this week in 1776, and a great picture of the 1909 class of the Kingsbury school.

Sunday, July 1, 2018
The 4th of July is this week, it's National Dive Bar Day and National Macaroni Day this week, the month of July is National Ice Cream Month, the annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is July 28th, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary have their meetings this week, fun facts and folklore about the month of July, in Kingsbury news past the May 12, 1899 edition of the Houston Post reported on heavy rains around the state and Kingsbury "cisterns and tanks are all full" and the play-by-play of a shootout on a train in Haskell, Natural Bridge Caverns opened this week in 1964, there is still a burn ban, and a great picture of a steam powered drilling rig in Kingsbury in the 1920s and a catalog drawing of the same rig.

Sunday, June 24, 2018
The Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 28th, it's National Catfish Day and National Chocolate Pudding Day this week, the second Guadalupe County town hall meeting is July 27th, the Full Strawberry Moon is this Wednesday, in Kingsbury news past the May 1, 1899 edition of the Houston Post reported on the cotton crop across the state and in Kingsbury where the crop is "three weeks late" and you can get a parrot cage for $1.25, General Custer made his last stand this week in 1876, there is now a burn ban in Guadalupe county, and a wonderful picture of Kingsbury students on the school steps in the 1920s and a picture of the old red brick school house.
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