Kingsbury Texas

Wild Bill Hickock has his first gunfight, Sheriff Pat Garrett ends the life of Billy the Kid, National Pecan Pie Day, National Farriers Week, Kingsbury Independent welcomes new advertisers, the Medal of Honor is created, and pictures of girls with a Kingsbury School bus and the old red brick schoolhouse.

Independence Day, National Fried Chicken Day, Summer edition of the Kingsbury Independent is now here, Guadalupe County Fire Departments Meeting held in Kingsbury, picture of girls in front of the school in the early 1940s.

Colonel Travis prepares for war with Mexico in Texas history, National Sunglasses Day, gunfighter Clay Allison is killed in Texas in 1887, one month to go before the annual KVFD Bar-B-Q, new Kingsbury T-shirts, and pictures of community leaders dressed up for a "wedding" in 1954.

Father's Day, Battle of Little Big Horn, National Peaches 'n Cream Day, Kingsbury City Commission holds public hearings on first voluntary annexations, it's the Full Strawberry Moon, Ice Cream Social at Kingsbury Methodist Church, and picture of Powers Store and note on store letterhead from 1890s.

The Starts and Stripes becomes our nation's flag, Summer Solstice Film Festival coming up, National Flip Flop Day, National Adopt A Cat Month, Statue of Liberty arrives in U.S., preparing for annual KVFD Bar-B-Q, new Kingsbury T-shirts on sale, and picture of Kingsbury street scene with horse and buggy circa 1900.

Anniversary of D-Day, Summer Solstice Film Festival coming up on June 18th, hurricane season begins and Texas has had some of the biggest storms to ever make landfall, National Upsy Daisy Day, Kingsbury Birthday Party moved to Labor Day weekend to join with Trail Ride and other events, picture of Inez Maurer and puppy on Railway Street in 1929 before it was paved.

Memorial Day, meetings of the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary, National Hole In My Bucket Day, how to be a part of the Kingsbury city limits, the Kingsbury Birthday Party is planned for June 11th, how to take the Kingsbury Survey, the anniversary of the summitting of Mount Everst by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the Kingsbury Opry is in full swing, a follow up on Bonnie and Clyde and their alleged stop at the Bluebird Inn, and pictures of the Kingsbury train depot in different eras.

Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in Texas, the last day of Bonnie and Clyde, National Lucky Penny Day, John Wayne's birthday, kids on horseback in 1940s downtown Kingsbury.

Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louiscomplete the very first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927, Amelia Earhart becomes the first pilot to complete a repeat of the same feat in 1932, National Sea Monkey Day, the Full Flower Moon is this week, and a picture of a group of Kingsbury girls posing with an old car at the Hurt Brothers Garage in the early 1940s.

Mother's Day, Lewis & Clark depart on Corps of Discovery expedition in 1804, Kingsbury Birthday Party slated for June 11th, KVFD Auxiliary votes to purchase equipment, National Dance Like A Chicken Day, pictures and more on the Glenewinkle house and the previous owners, and a picture of the Kingsbury 4-H float in the Fourth of July in 1948.