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Sunday, March 26, 2017
The Sweet Canaan Baptist Church Soles for Souls Run is April 8, it's National Crayon Day, facts and folklore about the new month of April, April Fool's Day is Saturday, the Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Department meets this week, this week in 1836 Colonel Fannin and his troops are executed at the Massacre at Goliad, and a picture of the children at the old wooden schoolhouse in 1909 where one boy is showing off his pocketwatch.

Sunday, March 19, 2017
First day of Spring, National Puppy Day, the Battle of Coleto Creek in this week in 1836, in the September 2, 1884 edition of the San Antonio Lightit's reported that Mr. W. L. Sherrill is visiting from Kingsbury, a young boy has a habit of stealing canaries, and the Mule Market has mules on consignment, take the Kingsbury online survey, Stanley departs on his search for Livingstone on the "dark continent" this week in 1871, get your Kingsbury T-shirts on line, the Kingsbury Opry makes music every Friday night, and a picture of a 1920s steam-powered drilling rig and the drawing of the same model "drilling machine" in a period handbook.

Sunday, March 12, 2017
Daylight Saving Time begins, the Full Worm Moon, legendary Judge Roy Bean passes away in Langtry in 1903, in Kingsbury news past the August 25, 1884 edition of the Forth Worth Daily Gazettereports that Dr. Kingsbury faced a hostile crowd until he set up beers all around and Henderson county is reporting three-legged chickens, National K9 Veterans Day, General Sam Houston continues to retreat from Santa Ana and Colonel Fannin holes up in Fort Defiance in 1836, St. Patrick's Day is this week, the Army launches the K-9 Corp and begins training dogs, the first finishers of the Iditerod Trail Sled Dog Race should finally enter Nome this week, there is a KIC-Phase 2 meeting this week, and a picture of Kingsbury School students on the steps of the old red brick schoolhouse in the 1920s.

Sunday, March 5, 2017
The final battle and fall of the Alamo, set your clocks ahead on Saturday night for Daylight Saving Time, in Kingsbury news past the December 12, 1883 edition of the Galveston Daily Newshas a letter corroborating a story about an attempted train derailment and there a lot of big bears for the hunting around Bellville, happy National Pancake Day, March is National Noodle Month, gunfighters Ben Thompson and King Fisher both die in an ambush in San Antonio in 1872, the Kingsbury Opry plays on every Friday, and a picture of Kingsbury school girls in athletic bloomers around 1929.

Sunday, February 26, 2017
Texas declares independence in 1836, National Peanut Butter Lovers Day, the start of the month of March, the siege of the Alamo continues, Kingsbury weather, in the November 30, 1883 Galveston Daily Newstwo men are sick with dengue fever in Kingsbury and the norther is still blowing in Giddings, upcoming meetings of the Kingsbury VFD and the Auxiliary, three new national parks are created this week in history, the next KIC-P2 meeting is this week, and a picture of the Kingsbury School 5th and 6th grade Choral Club of 1940.

Sunday, February 19, 2017
Santa Ana arrives at the Alamo, National Dog Biscuit Day, how to join the Kingsbury city limits, Presidents Day, the Spring edition of the Kingsbury Independent is coming together, in Kingsbury news past the April 4, 1883 edition of the San Antonio Lightreports that the murderer of Mrs. Crawley left the train in the Kingsbury area and Mr. Lagrange from Garza's Crossing located his stolen horse from the slightest "clew", rescuers reach the Donner Party this week in 1847, and a Kingsbury School class picture and picture of the old red schoolhouse in 1914.

Sunday, February 12, 2017
The Mesquite Trail Drive is in town headed for the S.A. Stock Show & Rodeo, Happy Valentines Day, the Spring Edition of the Kingsbury Independent newspaper is coming together, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, in Kingsbury news past the April 12, 1883 edition of the Austin Weekly Statesmanreports that the Sunset passenger train was delayed due to a freight train wreck in Kingsbury and a fight in a San Antonio opium den led to it's discovery, National Gumdrop Day, in Texas history John Wesley Hardin is released from a Texas prison in 1894, history of the Westminster Dog Show which is this week, KIC-P2 meeting this week, and a picture of the Woodrow Center school bus and kids.

Sunday, February 5, 2017
Fundraiser started for the WWI hangar at the Kingsbury Aerodrome, it's National Fly A Kite Day, this week is the Full Snow Moon, cowboy celebrity Charles Siringo is born in Matagorda County this week in 1855, in Kingbury news past the March 27, 1880 San Marcos Free Pressreports that the W.H. Harris lumber company in Kingsbury is receiving large additions to their stock and G.W. Donalson in San Marcos has 10 pound pails of lard for $1.25, and pictures of the Kingsbury High School in 1940 and girls team sitting on the steps of the school in 1944.

Sunday, January 29, 2017
The proposed city of Capote Hills south of Seguin received the county Judge's approval to hold an incorporation election, it's Groundhog Day, February is National Bird Feeding Month, it is National Backward Day, facts and folklore about the month of February, in Kingsbury news past the November 28, 1879 San Marcos Free Pressreports on the steamer Teutoniaand immigrants brought to Texas by railroad agent Dr. Kingsbury and Morley's Two Bit Cough Syrup is what you need, the last day of the Bandit Queen Belle Starr in 1889, and a picture of students at the Kingsbury school in 1929.

Sunday, January 22, 2017
It's the anniversary of the Challenger disaster, in Kingsbury news past the March 8, 1879 San Marcos Free Presshas very nice things to say about Mr. Motsch at the lumber company in Kingsbury and Louisiana sugar is 10 pounds for a dollar, National Blueberry Pancake Day, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, the Kingsbury Opry jams every Friday night, and a picture of the students at the Kingsbury school in 1904.
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