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Sunday, October 29, 2017
The Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival will be downtown on November 4th, this Saturday night will be the Full Beaver Moon, the first days of the new month of November are this week, November facts and folklore, Will Rogers is born this week in 1879 in Cherokee Indian Territory, the Fall edition of the Kingsbury Independent newspaper is in circulation, in Kingsbury news past the September 3, 1891 edition of the Galveston Daily Newshas a whole little article all about Kingsbury and disorderly conduct costs were apparently a standard $1, it's National Bison Day and National Deviled Egg Day this week, Halloween is coming up, the Fall Fly-In at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is coming up November 11th, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary have meetings this week, information on the upcoming election and Proposal A, Daylight Saving Time ends next Sunday, the KIC-P2 meeting is this Wednesday, and a great picture of people and the Post Office and drug store in downtown Kingsbury in 1912.

Sunday, October 22, 2017
The Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 4th, the Fall edition of the Kingsbury Independent is in circulation, the Fall Fly-In at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is coming up November 11th, this week in history the body of the first Unknown Soldier is selected, in Kingsbury news past the January 29, 1891 edition of the Austin Weekly Statesmanhas an article about Dr. Johnston of Kingsbury and an illustrator talks about working with Mark Twain on his new book, it's National Mule Day and National Bologna Day this week, the Tour de Cure bike race will peddle through Kingsbury on October 28th, information on the upcoming election and Proposition A, modern barbed wire is patented this week in 1873, and a wonderful picture of school girls with the Kingsbury school bus in the early 1940s.

Sunday, October 15, 2017
The Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 4, the next Kingsbury Independent is coming soon, Sweet Canaan Baptist Church is having it's 150th anniversay on October 22, in news past the December 22, 1890 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreports that there were travelers from Kingsbury staying at the Girardin and you can get from Texas to New York in 56 hours on the Southern Pacific, the Pioneer Flight Museum is having a volunteer work day on October 21st, it's National Pasta Day and National Chocolate Cupcake Day this week, the Fall Wings and Wheels Fly-In is coming up at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome on November 11, this week in Texas history murderin' William Longley is born in Austin County and Baby Jessica is finally rescued from an abandoned well in Midland, and a great picture of four Kingsbury school girls in the early 1940s.

Sunday, October 8, 2017
Columbus reached the New World this week in 1492, the Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 4th, Proposition A for a change in term lengths will be on the ballot November 7th, the Fall edition of the Kingsbury Independent is coming soon, in Kingsbury news past the August 9, 1890 edition of the Paradise Messengerreports that the body of an unfortunate young man was found near Kingsbury and a traveling gambler and bigamist has very understanding wives, it's National Farmers Day and National Angel Food Cake Day this week, the Tour de Cure bicycle race will be going through Kingsbury October 28th, the sound barrier is broken this week in 1947, and a fabulous picture of local businessmen in the street downtown in the early 1900s and a note written on 1890s Powers Store letterhead.

Sunday, October 1, 2017
The first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired this week in 1835 in Gonzales, the Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival is coming up November 4th, it's National Homemade Cookies Day and National Golf Lover's Day this week, the Fall Fly-In at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome is coming up November 11th, the Full Hunter's Moon is shining down this week, in Kingsbury news past the May 2, 1889 edition of the Austin Weekly Statesmantells us where to get our bee hives and bee veils in Kingsbury and you can get Jersey cows for $40, October facts and folklore, the Dalton Gang holds up its last bank this week in 1892, and hilarious pictures of a "womanless wedding" at the old school in 1954.

Sunday, September 24, 2017
Pioneering frontiersman Daniel Boone was born this week in 1820, it's National Pancake Day and National Johnny Appleseed Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the May 2, 1889 edition of the Austin Weekly Statesman reports that Mr. Heflin from Kingsbury purchased a lot on the square in Lockhart and the Oklahoma Land Rush has some settlers rushing back east, the Sweet Canaan Baptist Church 150 year anniversary celebration is coming up October 22, the 6th Annual Kingsbury Fall Harvest Festival will be November 4th in downtown Kingsbury, pioneering Texas cattleman Oliver Loving dies this week in 1867 after getting wounded by a Comanche arrow, and a great picture of local businessmen in front of the Powers Store in downtown Kingsbury around 1900 and a note written on 1890s Power's Store letterhead.

Sunday, September 17, 2017
This Friday is the Autumnal Equinox or the first day of Spring, this week is National Ice Cream Cone Day and National Elephant Appreciation Day, the famous Sandbar Fight was this week in 1827 in which Jim Bowie uses the Bowie knife invented by his brother Rezin, in the April 18, 1889 edition of the San Marcos Free PressDr. Flat of Kingsbury pens "Kingsbury Anthems" and the Jim Dandy Club is meeting at the saloon, Magellan set sail this week in 1519, and a wonderful picture of a street scene and men in horse carts in 1900 Kingsbury.

Sunday, September 10, 2017
This Monday is Patriot Day, it's National Hug Your Hound Day and National Double Cheeseburger Day this week, in news past the February 3, 1889 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreports that a weasel-like varmint is taking care of rats in Kingsbury and the number men getting shot for deer is increasing, a stage sets out on the first transcontinental mail service this week in 1858, the York Creek VFD Bar-B-Q will be September 23rd, the American flag flies over Mexico City this week in 1847, mark your calendars for the Kingsbury Fall Festival on November 4th, and a so cute picture of Inez Maurer and a puppy in downtown Kingsbury in 1929.

Sunday, September 3, 2017
This coming monday is Labor Day, it's National Grandma Moses Day and National Wiener Schnitzel Day this week, September is National Chicken Month and National Honey Month, this Wednesday is the Full Corn Moon, a great article in the Texas Co-Op Power magazine about Kingsbury and Habitable Spaces, in news past the December 13, 1888 edition of the San Marcos Free PressDr. Flat wants to move to the "wood country" of Kingsbury and Hood's Sarsaparilla will purify your blood, the Kingsbury VFD have a regular meeting this Thursday, the date for the annual York Creek Bar-B-Q fundraiser has been moved, the San Antonio Flood occurred this week in 1921, the Pioneer Flight Museum has two volunteer work days this month, the KIC-P2 committee meets this week, and some great old photos of the trains and Kingsbury depot.

Sunday, August 27, 2017
Hurricane Harvey is dumping rain on us, LBJ is born this week in 1908, National Tailgating Day and National Trail Mix Day are both this week, the first days of September are this week, September facts and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the September 27, 1888 edition of the Austin Weekly Statesmanreports that Miss Kittie Hutchinson was visiting in Kingsbury and Edison is studying the problem of balloon navigation, Sweet Canaan Baptist Church will celebrate 150 years with special services on October 22, the wreck of the Titanic is found this week in 1985, the Kingsbury Opry plays on every Friday, and a great picture of young friends on horseback in downtown Kingsbury in the 1940s.
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