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Sunday, November 19, 2017
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.

Sunday, November 12, 2017
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.

Sunday, November 5, 2017
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.

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.
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