Kingsbury Texas

Spindletop first gushed oil near Beaumont this week in 1901, in Kingsbury news past the June 19, 1895 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreports that the Kingsbury cotton crop is discouraging but corn and sorghum are never better and also has an article conveniences for the home including a homemade telephone, it's National Save the Eagles Day and National Rubber Ducky Day this week, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, and some great pictures of the Kingsbury Owls Girls Basketball Team in the late 1940s.

It's New Year's Day 2018 this week, January facts and folklore, in Kingsbury News Past the May 7, 1895 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreported that J.A. Lynch was named to the grand jury and hailstones the size of hen's eggs fell on Forney, Jacob Grimm who would later create Grimm's Fairy Taleswas born this week in 1785, it's National Hangover Day and National Spaghetti Day this week, January is National Hot Tea Month and National Soup Month, the Kingsbury VFD meets this week, the Full Wolf Moon brightens the night sky this week, the KIC-Phase 2 committee meets on Wednesday, and a wonderful picture of Ferd and Henry Imhoff in the Imhoff Saloon around 1900.

It's Christmas this week, Washington famously crossed the Delaware River this week in 1776, in Kingsbury news past the November 20, 1894 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreported that William Brawner got a pension increase as a "Mexican war survivor" and had an ad for bat guano "from the bat caves of Texas," it's National Card Playing Day and National Pumpkin Pie Day this week, gunslinger John Wesley Hardin kills over a card game this week in 1869, the list of 2018 volunteer work days and fly-in events at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, there was a giant eggnog-fueled riot at West Point this week in 1826, and a very cute picture of some Kingsbury girls with the school sign.

The first day of Winter is this week, in Kingsbury news past the October 30, 1894 edition of the Galveston Daily Newshad the train rates to the "fall races" in S.A. with a ride from Kingsbury being 75¢ and there is a standoff in the Indian Territory with the Bill Cook Gang, it's National Oatmeal Muffin Day and National Flashlight Day this week, Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol" this week in 1843, Lincoln County War rancher John Chisum died this week in 1884, the Ursids meteor shower is active all week, and a grand picture of the Wolfshohl Hotel and Coates gin in a very early Kingsbury.

The Kingsbury VFD Auxiliary delivered Christmas baskets with homemade cookies and lots of goodies to the elderly in our fire district, Kingsbury T-shirts make the perfect Christmas gift, it's National Noodle Ring Day and National Poinsettia Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the June 7, 1894 edition of the Forth Worth Daily Gazette reports that cotton "promises a big crop" in Kingsbury and you can have a "Grand Excursion" to Galveston and back for $5, cattle drive pioneer Charles Goodnight dies at 93 this week in 1929, and some wonderful pictures of the Wolfshohl Hotel.

The Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary inducted their 2018 officers at the Christmas Party this weekend, this Sunday is the Full Cold Moon which is also a Supermoon, this week in 1945 the Flight 19 torpedo bombers disappeared over the Bermuda triangle along with the search plane sent to find them, in Kingsbury news past the December 30, 1893 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreports that a "hard-faced looking widow" in Kingsbury wants $100 for the railroad right-of-way for very unexpected reasons and lawlessness in the Indian Territory is out of control, it's National Brownie Day and National Pastry Day this week, the new Texas Army captures San Antonio this week in 1835, the Kingsbury VFD meets this Thursday, there is no burn ban yet but 75 other counties have one, and an awesome picture of WWI service men in downtown Kingsbury.

The new City Commission of the City of Kingsbury took the oaths of office this week, the month of December starts this week, in Kingsbury news past the December 15, 1893 edition of the Houston Daily Postreported that the price to travel to Houston from Kingsbury on the GH&SA railroad was $2.05 and that US Chemical Works needs men to sell baking powder, it's National Pie Day and National French Toast Day this week, archaeologists enter King Tut's tomb this week in 1922, pictures of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new mural in Kingsbury are now on the website, and a great picture of some of the Kingsbury School graduates of 1937.

The new mural was unveiled at the Kingsbury VFD station last Saturday, Thanksgiving is coming up this week, pictures are on the website of the Fall Harvest Festival and the Fall Fly-In, this week in history in 1863 Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, in Kingsbury news past the October 28, 1892 edition of the Galveston Dailly News reports on a court case of a man that was taken past the Kingsbury stop by the train and a report on the Texas State Fair, Blackbeard the pirate is killed this week in 1718, it's National Parfait Day and National Stuffing Day this week, and a wonderful picture of downtown Kingsbury in 1987.

The Fall Fly-In was this Saturday, the Fall edition of the Kingsbury Independent is in circulation, in Kingsbury news past the October 10, 1892 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreports that cotton crop is suffering from the drouth but corn is doing good while Montgomery county has a less than average crop of ribbon cane, it's National Pickle Day and National Take a Hike Day this week, Proposition A for 4-year terms was passed by the voters, Nellie Bly leaves for a trip around the world this week in 1889, this week in Texas history the last of the Pig Stands closes, pictures from the Kingsbury Fall Festival, the unveiling of the new mural is scheduled for November 18th, and an awesome picture of some young Kingsbury girls posing on the highway.

Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, the fall edition of the Kingsbury Independent is in circulation, in Kingsbury news past the October 19, 1891 edition of the Fort Worth Daily Gazettereports the marriage of Bennett and Douglas in Kingsbury and the tale of a family reunited in the Oklahoma land rush, the November election is Tuesday this week, it's National Saxophone Day and National Nacho Day this week, the IRS takes all of Willie's stuff (except Trigger) this week in 1990, Veterans Day is this week, this week in 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior, the Fall Fly-In is coming up next Saturday, the KIC-P2 committee meeting is this week, and a wonderful picture of cowboys on horseback working cattle in the pens at the Kingsbury Depot circa 1920.