Kingsbury Texas

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.

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.

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.

The solar eclipse is this Monday, it's National Waffle Day and National Dog Day this week, this week in American history Dolley Madison saves the portrait of Washington from British fires, several people represented Kingsbury in Austin during the special legislative session, in Kingsbury news past the February 17, 1888 edition of the Fort Worth Daily Gazette reports that Alice Carpenter of Kingsbury was issued a Texas pension as a "Mexican widow" and there is a challenge between professional walkers with a $1000 stake, the citizen's feedback survey is staying open, Kingsbury T-shirts are available online, this week in 1898 outlaw Killin' Jim Miller joins the Texas Rangers, the county burn ban is still in effect, and a wonderful picture of some girls hanging out at the old Hurt Brothers Garage in the early '40s.

The incoming officers of the Kingsbury 4-H Club were sworn in this week, it's National Left-Hander's Day and National Fajita Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the October 27, 1888 edition of the San Marcos Free Press reports that Mr. Simpson is found out to be an escaped convict and is being returned to a work camp in Kingsbury and the train schedule shows trains either Going North or Going South, gunfighter John Wesley Hardin is killed in El Paso this week in 1895, the burn ban continues, the Kingsbury Aerodrome is having a volunteer work day this Saturday, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury 4-H Club float in a parade around 1948.

The Tri-City Flyers are having a model plane event at the Kingsbury Aerodrome on Saturday, it's National Rice Pudding Day and National Book Lovers Day this week, the new month of August is National Catfish Month, this Monday night is the Full Sturgeon Moon, moon facts and folklore, in Kingsbury news past the October 13, 1887 edition of the San Marcos Daily Press recounts a train trip to west Texas through areas written about by Mr. Kingsbury and the meat market has beef for up to 6 cents, the Kingsbury Kids free summertime lunches are still going strong this week, the first picture of Earth from space was taken this week in 1959, London learns of America's Declaration of Independence this week in 1776, the Kingsbury Opry is swingin' every Friday evening, there is a burn ban in effect, a KIC-P2 meeting is this Wednesday, and some great pictures of the Lynch/Glenewinkle house and Lynch family members.

The Newsletter is back after a week hiatus, this week has the first days of August, August facts & folklore, it's National Mutt Day and National Coast Guard Day this week, the Kingsbury Kids Free Summertime Lunch Program continues this week at the Baptist Church, in Kingsbury news past the August 7, 1887 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreports very poetically about the rain in Kingsbury and the dangerous work of silver mining in Texas, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary meet this week, famed Texas Ranger Ira Aten passed away this week in 1953, the Methodist Church is having an Ice Cream Social on Saturday, Wild Bill Hickok is murdered while playing poker this week in 1876 holding the Dead Man's Hand, Guadalupe County is still under a burn ban, and some great pictures of the Kingsbury Lumber Company in 1916 and the late 1800s.

Humans first stepped onto the surface of the moon this week in 1969, the Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 29th, the Kid's Free Summertime Lunch program is going until August 18, it's National Hot Dog Day and National Day of the Cowboy this week, in Kingsbury news past the August 5, 1887 edition of the Fort Worth Daily Gazettereported that Kingsbury voted against a prohibition referendum by 36 votes and people are "doting" on those new-fangled toothpicks from Maine, Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones dies this week in 1792, the next Ice Cream Social is coming up August 5th, a burn ban is now in effect, and wonderful pictures of Budd's Saloon and its patrons.

This week in 1804 Vice President Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel, this week is National Pet Fire Safety Day and National Tapioca Pudding Day, Hurricane Claudette reaches Texas this week in 2003, Kingsbury Kids Summertime Free Lunch program is going until August 18, in Kingsbury news past the July 27, 1887 edition of the Fort Worth Daily Gazettereports that the widow Sarah Williams will receive a Texas pension and an article warning ladies against marrying for money, the wood is being stacked in preparation for the KVFD Bar-B-Q coming up July 29th, Johnny Ringo the gun-fighting "gentleman" is found dead this week in 1882, there is currently no burn ban, and a picture of young girls in front of the S.A. Queen in old Kingsbury.

This makes Newsletter #100! It's Independence Day this week, it's National Graham Cracker Day and National Bikini Day this week, the month of July is National Grilling Month, the KVFD Bar-B-Q is coming July 29th, the Full Buck Moon is this week, in Kingsbury news past the July 14, 1887 edition of the Austin Weekly Statesmanreports on the Kingsbury Plow patent but mangles Mr. Green's name and a horse thief in Austin may not be guilty due to "mistaken identity of the horse", this week in history saw the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, several meteor showers occur this month, the KIC-P2 meeting is this week, and a great picture of the old First National Bank of Kingsbury with a loaded horse cart out front.