Cibolo, Texas

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Interstate 35 43 songs Interstate 10 36 songs US Route 90 9 songs Guadalupe River 17 songs San Antonio River 2 songs Chisholm Trail 8 songs

Musical Heritage

Where Steve Earle Got His First Guitar RoadyGoat

The hard-bitten alt-country songwriter Steve Earle, the man behind Guitar Town and Copperhead Road, grew up right here in Schertz, about 17 miles north of San Antonio. Born on an Army post in Virginia in 1955 where his father worked as an air traffic controller, Earle was the eldest of five kids in a musical household, his parents both amateur singers and his father a piano player. He got his first guitar at age 11, and within a couple of years he was good enough to place third in the Schertz school district's annual talent show, an early hint of what was coming. He didn't stay long. At 14 he lit out for Houston to crash with a teenage uncle, fell in with the Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt, and by 19 had made his way to Nashville. The restless, working-class storytelling that became his trademark started in this quiet farm-and-Air-Force town on the Cibolo, long before Nashville knew his name. (Source: Steve Earle biography; Texas Heritage Songwriters' Association.)

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History of Cibolo

The Man Behind the Name on the High School RoadyGoat

The high school that put Cibolo on the football map is named for an educator most people outside the district never heard of. Dr. Byron P. Steele II spent nearly half a century in Texas schools, working as a teacher, a principal at campuses including Alamo Heights High School, and a superintendent in several small districts before arriving in 1984 to lead the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District. He stayed 18 years, the longest tenure of any superintendent in the district's history, steering it through the early waves of growth that would eventually turn Cibolo from a country town into a booming suburb. When the district built its second high school, the school board, at the community's request, named it Byron P. Steele II High School in his honor. He died in 2018 at the age of 82. Every Friday night the stadium lights come on, the crowd is cheering under the name of a quiet career educator rather than an athlete. (Source: San Antonio Express-News; SCUCISD.)

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From Sleepy Town to Booming City RoadyGoat

For most of its history, Cibolo didn't really need much government. It was a tiny, unincorporated railroad stop. It wasn't until 1965 that the town, with a population of about 500, voted to officially incorporate as a city, giving it local control over things like policing and basic services. But the real turning point came in the 21st century. As the population started to explode, the city's old form of government couldn't keep up with the demands of rapid suburban development. So, in 2005, citizens voted to become a 'Home Rule' city. This might sound like dry legal stuff, but it was a huge deal. It gave Cibolo the power to manage its own growth, annex land, and create a charter to guide its future. That decision, made right as the tidal wave of growth was hitting, is the reason Cibolo was able to shape the modern city you see today, rather than just being swallowed by unchecked sprawl.

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The Jet Engine of Suburban Growth RoadyGoat

The city you’re driving through was fundamentally reshaped by the technology of flight. Just a few miles away is Randolph Air Force Base, a massive hub of aerospace engineering and pilot training. Opened in 1930, Randolph was designed as a 'city of the air,' a perfect environment for teaching pilots. Over the decades, its mission evolved with aviation technology, from propeller planes to the advanced jets used to train Air Force pilots, drone operators, and navigators today. This constant demand for instructors, support staff, and technicians created a stable, skilled workforce. As Randolph grew, and as San Antonio expanded, these military and civilian families looked for places to live. They found Cibolo. The town’s rapid suburban growth beginning in the 1980s is a direct result of this high-tech neighbor. The houses, schools, and roads you see are part of an infrastructure built to support the people who work with some of the most advanced aviation technology on the planet.

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Building 100 "Taj Mahal"

1928

In 1928 the San Antonio Airport Company purchased 2300 acres of land near the city and donated it to the United States Army Air Corps for development of a consolidated flight training facility. Called "the West Point of the air", Randolph Field was dedicated June 20, 1930. One month later, construction was begun on an administration building, designated as Building 100. Because of the structure's exotic appearance, student flyers nicknamed it "The Taj Mahal" soon after its completion in October 1931. With its height and location, the building dominated Randolph Field and the surrounding countryside. It was also a prominent feature in several motion pictures filmed here. To many Americans, "The Taj Mahal" came to symbolized military aviation at a time when air power was becoming vital to military strength. Building 100 was designed by San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres. Its unusual 170-foot tower conceals a 500,000-gallon water storage tank. A powerful beacon atop the tower can be seen by aircraft up to fifty miles away. The building also contains an 1100-seat movie theater. Its administrative offices now (1975) house the United States Air Force. (1975)

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Cibolo, TX (Guadalupe County)

1867

Cibolo is on Farm Road 78 and Cibolo Creek, sixteen miles west of Seguin in western Guadalupe County. Cíbolo is Spanish for "buffalo." The banks of Cibolo Creek are quite steep, and along its entire course, which is the boundary between Guadalupe and Bexar counties, there are few places where pioneers could find a safe crossing before the development of bridges. It is said that Indians stampeded buffalo over the banks to disable them so they could be slaughtered. Jacob Schlather bought land in the area in 1867, and his son George built a store to supply neighboring settlers, who were mostly German. The store was sold to Charles Fromme in 1882, and the settlement became known as Fromme's Store. When the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway built through the area in 1877 the station was called Cibolo Valley. A post office called Cibolo opened in 1883. By 1890 the community had a church, a cotton gin, a general store, and 100 residents. The Cibolo Valley school had one teacher and thirty-one students in 1904. O. Henry's ( see PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY ) story "The Smiling Valley of the Cibolo" was supposedly inspired by a visit to the area. In 1914 a second frame school building was constructed to accommodate the growing number of students. In 1916 the voters approved a bond for a new high school. The trustees, F. J. Werner, George Schlather, and Alfred Sahm, contracted for a two-story brick structure. The first graduates of Cibolo High School received their diplomas in 1920. The census of 1940 recorded a post office, a bank, nine businesses, and a population of 250. When the town was incorporated in 1968 the population was 398. The major economic influences on Cibolo have been Randolph Air Force Base and the expansion of San Antonio. In the 1980s Cibolo grew dramatically along Interstate Highway 35, and many housing developments were planned. The town reported 657 residents in 1988, 1,757 in 1990, and 3,035 in 2000.

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Cibolo

1875

A town began to grow here after the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad built a line through western Guadalupe County in 1875. A general store, operated by George Schlather and Ernst Jenull, was opened the following year to serve the predominantly German population. A post office was established in 1876, and the town was named Cibolo from an Indian word for buffalo. The community was also known as Fromme's Store after Charles Fromme purchased the general store in 1882. Cibolo was officially incorporated in 1965. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

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Schertz

1840

The first settlers in this community were German immigrants from the New Braunfels area who arrived in the 1840s in search of good farm land. The early economic base of the community was agricultural. The arrival of the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad about 1877 gave the town a link to San Antonio and enabled goods to be shipped to other parts of the state. Known in earlier days as Cibolo Pit and Cutoff, the name Schertz, honoring early area settler Sebastian Schertz (1822-1890), was adopted when the post office was established in 1882. (1984)

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Herrington, Joseph

1846

Joseph Herrington, jurist, county official, and early Angelina County settler, was born on November 14, 1823, in Monroe County, Alabama, the son of William and Anne Herrington. In 1842 the family immigrated to the Republic of Texas and settled on Hanes Creek, twelve miles from Marion in Nacogdoches County. In 1846 the Texas legislature appointed Herrington and several others to survey the boundary line of the new Angelina County and to locate the county seat. In the first county election in July of that year, Herrington was elected chief justice of the county (i.e., county judge). Although only twenty-two at the time, he was made president of the county commissioners and played an important role in molding the county government and in overseeing construction of the first county courthouse in Marion. He was also instrumental in building county roads and in establishing the county school system. He served five terms as chief justice—1846–48, 1850–52, 1855–58, 1866–68, and 1880–84. He never married. He became a master Mason on November 2, 1850, and received the royal arch degree on September 15, 1851. He died on March 3, 1889, near Homer and was buried in the Herrington Cemetery, ten miles south of Huntington in Angelina County.

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Marion, TX (Angelina County)

1828

Marion, the first of four county seats of Angelina County, was north of State Highway 103 near the Angelina River and thirteen miles northeast of Lufkin, near present-day Marion Ferry Park. The town was known as McNeill's Landing as early as 1828 and was once the largest and most important town in Angelina County, serving as the northernmost steamboat stop on the Angelina River. From 1855 to about 1882 a regular steamboat service linked the town with Sabine Pass on the Neches River. Going south, the principal cargo was cotton; on the return trip the ships brought foodstuffs and other supplies. The town grew slowly; the census of 1850 listed 196 families for all of Angelina County. In 1846 the town became the county seat and was renamed Marion after Revolutionary War general Francis Marion. County officials and tradesmen made up most of the population of the town, which had a dry-goods store, a druggist, a smithy, several residences, and a two-story courthouse constructed of logs. The first post office in the county was established in Marion on March 8, 1847, with John D. Gann as the first postmaster. Marion remained the county seat until 1854, when county officials chose Jonesville, which was more centrally located. Marion continued to exist for several decades, however. With the arrival of the railroad in Angelina County in 1882 the steamboat service ceased. No longer the county seat or a steamboat stop, Marion went out of existence after 1899. By 1948 all that was left was a small log barn and a marker placed by the state of Texas in 1936.

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Things to Do in Cibolo

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Gruene Hall

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The Alamo

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The Alamo

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Comal Springs

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Bracken Cave

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Where George Strait Got His Start

Before George Strait was the King of Country he was a young singer playing regular gigs at Gruene Hall in the 1970s and 80s. The tiny dance hall with no air…
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Gruene Hall

Texas' oldest dance hall (1878). Still hosts live music every night.
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The Kayaker Who Saved a Ghost Town

In 1974 developers had plans to bulldoze what was left of Gruene and build suburban homes. Then a University of Texas architecture student named Chip Kaufman…

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