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Sunday, January 28, 2018
It's Groundhog Day this week, information on the Volunteer Work Days this month at the Kingsbury Aerodrome, it's a Full Super Blue Blood Snow Moon this week, facts and folklore about the month of February, in Kingsbury news past the November 14, 1895 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreported that you could board a special train in Kingsbury for the jockey club races in S.A. for just 65 cents and the Brazos River is "alive with fish", it's National Bubble Wrap Day and National Carrot Cake Day this week, February is National Cherry Month and National Hot Breakfast Month, the events that lead to the "Murder Steer" occurred this week in Texas history in 1891, the Guadalupe County Mayors Meeting was held this past week in Kingsbury, the "day the music died" was this week in 1959, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury Lutheran Church in 1892 in its original location.

Sunday, January 21, 2018
Information on Crystal Clear meeting, Texan Audie Murphy is wounded this week in 1945, the Soles for Souls run is scheduled for April 7th, in Kingsbury news past the September 12, 1895 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreported that J.A. Lynch was in town buying goods and a teach that can instruct in German is wanted in New Ulm, it's National Pie Day and National Hugging Day this week, and a great picture of the Kingsbury Methodist Church in the early 1900s and today.

Sunday, January 14, 2018
Information on Crystal Clear water billing, the Mesquite Trail Drivers will be coming through town soon, in Kingsbury news past, cotton crops are short but corn and hay crops are immense and a leper from south Texa is at large in St Louis, the Miracle on the Hudson took place in New York this week in 2009, it's National Bootlegger's Day and National Popcorn Day this week, Antarctica was claimed for the U.S. this week in 1840, and a wonderful picture of downtown Kingsbury in 1981.

Sunday, January 7, 2018
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.

Sunday, December 31, 2017
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.

Sunday, December 24, 2017
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.

Sunday, December 17, 2017
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.

Sunday, December 10, 2017
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.

Sunday, December 3, 2017
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.

Sunday, November 26, 2017
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.
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