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Musical Heritage

An Outdoor Stage on the Guadalupe RoadyGoat

You're on the banks of the Guadalupe River, at the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, home of the Smith-Ritch Point Theatre. This is an open-air stage that's been putting on shows here since the summer of 1959, the same year the Foundation itself got started. Musicals, plays, concerts — the river runs right past the seats, and it's part of every performance here. Some call it the longest-running outdoor theatre in Texas, a title earned one season at a time since 1959. The Hill Country has never been short on scenery, but this is one of the few places built to put a stage right in the middle of it. If the house lights are up tonight, there's a show going on under the stars, with the river for a soundtrack underneath the band.

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The Father of Country Music Chased Clean Air to Kerrville RoadyGoat

Kerrville was once a place sick people came to breathe, and in 1929 the most famous of them was Jimmie Rodgers, the Singing Brakeman and the man country music calls its father. Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1924, when doctors believed dry air was the only real treatment, Rodgers came to the Hill Country for the climate and started building a hilltop home he named Blue Yodeler's Paradise. He moved his wife and daughter into the two-story house in the summer of 1929, flush with record royalties from the blue yodels that had made him a national star. The good times were short. The stock-market crash and his own lavish spending wrecked his finances while the disease wrecked his lungs, and he was forced to sell the Kerrville house and leave around 1931. Rodgers died in New York City on May 26, 1933, at just 35, two days after a final string of recording sessions. For a couple of years, though, the founder of an entire American music tradition called the hills above Kerrville home. (Source: Handbook of Texas; Texas Highways.)

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History of Mountain Home

Schumacher Crossing on the Guadalupe River RoadyGoat

1880

You're driving past Schumacher Crossing on the Guadalupe River. Christian Schumacher arrived in Texas from Germany in 1845, the same year he was born. He settled in Kerr County in 1880, eventually building his home near this river crossing. Anyone who lived by a Texas river knew its temper, the Guadalupe could go from an easy ford to a killing flood in hours, and a crossing nobody could swim was no use when the water came up. In the 1920s his son John Randolph Schumacher took on exactly that problem, building a series of dams here to keep a new road to Hunt passable through the Guadalupe's floodwaters. Those dams still stand today, a testament to the family's efforts to tame the river. The crossing remains a scenic spot, still providing access to the river.

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The Journey of Stonehenge II RoadyGoat

One of Ingram's most distinct landmarks isn't historic - it's a massive piece of folk art. Just off the highway, you'll find Stonehenge II, a scale replica of the famous prehistoric monument in England. It was conceived in the late 1980s by a man named Al Shepperd and built with the help of his friend and neighbor Doug Hill. It started with a single limestone slab that looked like a monolith, and soon grew into a full-blown project on Shepperd's land on FM 1340, west of Hunt. For years, it was a quirky roadside attraction. But when that Hunt property went up for sale, the landmark's future was uncertain. The Hill Country Arts Foundation offered it a new home and launched a 'Save Stonehenge II' campaign to raise the money for moving, repairing, and rebuilding it. In 2010, the concrete slabs and the two fabricated Easter Island heads came here, to the foundation's campus in Ingram. It was a community effort to save a local treasure, and now it stands as a testament to Ingram's creative and eccentric spirit.

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Ingram, TX RoadyGoat

Ingram's got that Hill Country charm, you know? That laid-back feel you can't quite put your finger on. Seems like it's always been a place where folks could catch their breath and maybe even find a little inspiration.

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Sunset Cemetery

1878

The earliest marked graves in this cemetery are those of James and Susan Dowdy's four children. They were killed by Indians in 1878, soon after the family migrated from Goliad. However, local tradition says the first interment in that of M. B. Shults. Plain stones mark burial sites of four Byas children who died in the 1880s typhoid epidemic. Early pioneer H. L. Nelson (1835-1922), who established Mountain Home Post Office, is buried here. Land for this 4-acre cemetery has been acquired from the A. E. Oehler heirs, M. D. Henderson, and Sunset School when it closed in 1953. (1979)

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The Dowdy Tragedy of 1878

1878

The pioneer family of Susan (1830-1913) and James Dowdy (1818-1900) moved from Goliad to Kerr County in 1878 and settled on Johnson Creek. Shortly after the family arrived, four of the Dowdy children, Alice, Martha, Susan, and James, were killed by Indians while tending sheep near their home. The attack occurred on Oct. 5, 1878, at a site about 3.5 miles northwest of present Ingram. The victims were buried the following day at Sunset Cemetery, northwest of Ingram. This incident was one of the last Indian raids in Kerr County. (1979)

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Site of Reservation School

1907

As settlement in Kerr County began to spread to outlying areas at the end of the 19th century, neighbors gradually formed schools in which to educate their children. The Reservation School began in 1907 as a one-room school and also housed a Baptist church congregation. It was relocated to this site in 1919 after Anton and Emma Esquell deeded a portion of their land for a school. A larger two-room building and outbuildings including horse stalls and a teacherage were erected to accommodate an increasing student population. In 1935 the Baptist congregation changed its name and moved to new facilities. The school continued in operation until 1939, when students were bussed to other area schools. Voters officially approved consolidation with Harper schools in neighboring Gillespie County in 1941. (2000)

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Camp Mystic

2025

Camp Mystic is a summer camp for girls on the South Fork of the Guadalupe River three miles southwest of Hunt in central Kerr County. It was established in 1926 by E. J. (Doc) Stewart, former head football coach at the University of Texas, who had founded Camp Stewart for boys in the same area two years earlier. Camp Mystic, known originally as Stewart's Camp for Girls, provided facilities for outdoor activities and instruction in roping, marksmanship, music, painting, and drama. In 1939 the camp was purchased by William Gillespie "Pop" Stacy and wife Agnes (Doran) Stacy and in 1968 was owned by a group of investors that included Stacy family members. The camp has remained in continuous operation since its founding, except for the years 1943-45, when it was leased by the federal government as a convalescent camp for Army Air Forces veterans of World War II . Stacy family descendants have continued to own and operate Camp Mystic into the twenty-first century. In 2020 a second camp, Camp Mystic Cypress Lake, opened in the area. In the early morning hours of July 4, 2025, a flash flood devastated the camp and resulted in the deaths of approximately twenty-seven campers and counselors.

Tsha Handbook → · 8.3 mi away

Camp Verde, TX

1857

Camp Verde is on the north bank of Verde Creek six miles southwest of Center Point in southeastern Kerr County. It grew around the Williams community store, established adjacent to Camp Verde in 1857 in order to serve the needs of soldiers stationed there. It is reported that the primary purpose of the store was to provide liquor to the soldiers because regulations prohibited the sale of intoxicants within the camp. When Williams's health failed in 1858, the store was acquired by Charles Schreiner , then a young rancher in the nearby Turtle Creek area, who had recently immigrated from Germany. Since the store was open only on army paydays, Schreiner and his brother-in-law, Caspar Real, supplemented the business by contracting with the federal government to supply wood and beef to the military post. A post office and store continued to provide irregular service to area inhabitants after the military camp was abandoned. Camp Verde's first post office was established in 1858, probably operated from Schreiner's store. It discontinued operation in 1866. Charles C. Kelley served as postmaster when the post office was reopened at a different location in 1887. In 1892, however, it too was closed. Walter S. Nowlin reestablished the store and post office in 1899. Both remained in operation in the mid-1980s. In 1974 Camp Verde's population was estimated to be forty-one. That figure was still recorded through 2000.

Tsha Handbook → · 8.3 mi away

Crider’s Rodeo and Dance Hall

1925

Nestled along the banks of the Guadalupe River north of Kerrville near Hunt, Texas, Crider’s Rodeo and Dance Hall was started in 1925 by Walter and Audrey Crider as a Fourth of July fundraiser for the Hunt School P.T.A. The fundraiser became an annual event, and dancing was added after the Criders constructed a dance floor on the banks of the river. By the early 1930s Crider’s rodeo, dance, and barbeque had become a weekly event in the summer months and was popular with guests of Heart of the Hills Inn and nearby summer residents. Initial admission was thirty-five cents for men; women had free admission. After a series of floods, especially a devastating flood in 1932, the dance floor was moved adjacent to Crider’s store and gas station, but after World War II it was constructed to overlook the river. A lighted rodeo arena was added in 1946. Throughout Crider’s history, there has always been a string band playing the tunes for dancing the ever-popular “Cotton-Eyed Joe,” “Little Brown Jug,” and schottische, as well as the two-steps and waltzes. Notable Texas musicians who have performed at Crider’s include Adolph Hofner , Willie Nelson, Johnny Lee Wills , Floyd Tillman , Charlie Walker , and the Texas Top Hands . Influenced by Jimmie Rodgers , Hank Williams, Bob Wills , and others, Wilton Crider, son of the Crider’s Rodeo and Dance Hall founders, has also been a regular performer through the years. Crider’s closed for a brief period in the mid-1990s after a fire destroyed Crider’s Café and damaged the live oak tree that had become the centerpiece of the venue in 1993. With the help of financier Fred Minter, who purchased a 50 percent share of Crider’s, it reopened on July 27, 1996, after the live oak was stabilized and other repairs were completed, with a rodeo and dance to a crowd of more than 3,000 people. In 2015 members of the Crider family continued to operate Crider’s Rodeo and Dance Hall and carry on the iconic Texas traditions of summer—outdoor rodeos and dances.

Tsha Handbook → · 8.3 mi away

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Stonehenge II

Two retired Hill Country friends built a sixty percent scale replica of Stonehenge in a cow pasture outside Ingram in 1989 as a conversation piece. They added…

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135 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

Site of Reservation School · Historical Marker
As settlement in Kerr County began to spread to outlying areas at the end of the 19th century, neighbors gradually formed schools in which to educate their children. The Reservation School began in 1907 as a one-room…
Sunset Cemetery · 2.1 mi · Historical Marker
The earliest marked graves in this cemetery are those of James and Susan Dowdy's four children. They were killed by Indians in 1878, soon after the family migrated from Goliad. However, local tradition says the first…
The Dowdy Tragedy of 1878 · 2.5 mi · Historical Marker
The pioneer family of Susan (1830-1913) and James Dowdy (1818-1900) moved from Goliad to Kerr County in 1878 and settled on Johnson Creek. Shortly after the family arrived, four of the Dowdy children, Alice, Martha,…
Hunt Japonica Cemetery · 7.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Hunt Japonica Cemetery, a quiet resting place for Kerr County pioneers. The oldest stone you can see here belongs to George T. Henry, and it’s dated all the way back to 1872. That was sixteen…
Education in Hunt · 7.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Hunt, where education for local children began around 1915. The Hunt School combined earlier rural schools, and the community built a new one away from the river in 1926. After incorporating the…
Hunt · 7.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Hunt, Texas, a community that started as two settlements, Japonica and Pebble, back in the late 1850s. The area really took shape in 1912 when Alva and Lizzie Joy bought land right here at the…
Camp Mystic · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Camp Mystic is a summer camp for girls on the South Fork of the Guadalupe River three miles southwest of Hunt in central Kerr County. It was established in 1926 by E. J. (Doc) Stewart, former head football coach at the…
Schumacher Crossing on the Guadalupe River · 8.3 mi
You're driving past Schumacher Crossing on the Guadalupe River. Christian Schumacher arrived in Texas from Germany in 1845, the same year he was born. He settled in Kerr County in 1880, eventually building his home near…
Camp Verde, TX · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Camp Verde is on the north bank of Verde Creek six miles southwest of Center Point in southeastern Kerr County. It grew around the Williams community store, established adjacent to Camp Verde in 1857 in order to serve…
Crider’s Rodeo and Dance Hall · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Nestled along the banks of the Guadalupe River north of Kerrville near Hunt, Texas, Crider’s Rodeo and Dance Hall was started in 1925 by Walter and Audrey Crider as a Fourth of July fundraiser for the Hunt School P.T.A.…
Guadalupe River · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving along the Guadalupe River, a waterway with a name that's stuck for over 300 years. Back in 1689, Spanish explorer Alonso De León first called it the Guadalupe. Though another explorer tried to rename it…
Indian Blackbuck Antelope · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, and you might just spot an animal that doesn't quite belong. Right here, in what is now Kerr County, the Indian blackbuck antelope was first introduced in 1932. These…

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Mo-Ranch · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the beautiful Texas Hill Country, west of Hunt, and right here is the Mo-Ranch. It wasn't always a Presbyterian conference center. Back in the late 1920s, this sprawling property was bought by…
Cypress Creek, TX · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
The Cypress Creek community, also known as Cypressville, is ten miles southeast of Kerrville in eastern Kerr County. It was named after a tributary of the Guadalupe River and comprises some fifty farms and ranches along…
Kerr Wildlife Management Area · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, and right here is the Kerr Wildlife Management Area. Established in August of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1950</say-as>, this nearly 6,500-acre preserve was…
The Divide, TX · 8.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
The Divide is a dispersed rural community located along several miles of State Highway 41 about thirty miles west-northwest of Kerrville in western Kerr County. In the early 1880s settlers homesteaded along this strip…
Harper, George Franklin · 8.6 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Harper, Texas, a community that owes its existence to George Franklin Harper. He arrived here in Gillespie County in 1880, seeking open rangelands after a life that included ranching, carpentry,…
Henderson Cemetery · 8.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Henderson Cemetery, a resting place with roots in the Civil War. Howard Henderson, a survivor of the brutal Battle of the Nueces in 1862, where Unionists were ambushed by Confederates, is buried…
Sherman's Mill · 9.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Sherman's Mill, a real workhorse for early Kerr County. Built in the 1870s by John Sherman, this water-powered mill was a hub of activity. It ground corn for local farmers, sawed lumber…
The Journey of Stonehenge II · 9.6 mi
One of Ingram's most distinct landmarks isn't historic - it's a massive piece of folk art. Just off the highway, you'll find Stonehenge II, a scale replica of the famous prehistoric monument in England. It was conceived…
Ingram, TX · 9.6 mi
Ingram's got that Hill Country charm, you know? That laid-back feel you can't quite put your finger on. Seems like it's always been a place where folks could catch their breath and maybe even find a little inspiration.
The Little Town with the Big Arts Scene · 9.6 mi
For a town its size, Ingram has an arts scene that punches way above its weight, and it's all thanks to the Hill Country Arts Foundation. Founded way back in 1959, the HCAF was the dream of local visionaries who wanted…
The Summer Camp Capital of Texas · 9.6 mi
As you travel the Guadalupe River near Ingram, you're in the middle of Texas camp country. For more than a century this stretch of river has been the epicenter of a summer camp industry. It started in 1921, when Herbert…
The Science of Flash Flood Alley · 9.6 mi
The Guadalupe through Ingram looks peaceful, but this is 'Flash Flood Alley,' one of the most flood-prone regions in North America. The science is geology plus meteorology. The ground here is thin soil over hard…
Stonehenge II · 10.3 mi · Local history
Stonehenge II started in 1989 when Doug Hill had a leftover limestone slab from a patio job and offered it to his neighbor Al Shepperd. Shepperd, a Hill Country Arts Foundation patron, decided to use it as the keystone…
An Outdoor Stage on the Guadalupe · 10.5 mi
You're on the banks of the Guadalupe River, at the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, home of the Smith-Ritch Point Theatre. This is an open-air stage that's been putting on shows here since the summer of 1959, the…
A Stonehenge in the Hill Country · 10.6 mi
Ingram is home to Stonehenge II, a plaster-and-mesh reproduction of England's ancient stone circle standing on the grounds of the Hill Country Arts Foundation. It began in 1989 as a lark: neighbor Doug Hill offered Al…
The Preacher Who Named the Town · 10.6 mi
Ingram carries the name of one man: J.C.W. Ingram, a Presbyterian minister who was also a merchant, postmaster, pharmacist, and at times a constable and sheriff. He set up a store and a post office on the Guadalupe…
Texas Theater Under the Stars · 10.6 mi
On the banks of the Guadalupe River in Ingram sits the Point Theatre, an outdoor stage that has run every summer since 1959, making it the longest-running outdoor theater in Texas. It grew out of the Hill Country Arts…
Cypress Shingles From the River Bottom · 10.6 mi
Before ranching and hunting leases defined this stretch of Kerr County, the Guadalupe River bottom offered a different kind of wealth: bald cypress. Early Ingram settlers farmed the valley and made shingles by hand from…
Harper, TX · 10.7 mi
A historical marker just south of U.S. Highway 290 commemorates the McDonald massacre of August 1864. This incident involved the killing of two family members and the kidnapping of five more by Kiowa Indians.
Why the Guadalupe Rises So Fast · 11.0 mi
Ingram sits in the heart of what hydrologists call Flash Flood Alley, and the geology explains why. The Hill Country is karst: thin soil over hard limestone on steep slopes, so rain runs off almost instantly instead of…
Stonehenge II · 11.0 mi · Historical Marker
In 1989, a retired oilman named Al Shepperd was driving through the Hill Country near Ingram when a neighbor gave him a large limestone slab. Most people would have used it for a patio. Shepperd looked at it and thought…
Cade House · 11.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Cade House, a testament to family building. Doctor Guilford Marion Cade moved here in 1883. His son Gilford P. Cade later rebuilt the family home after a storm, and then, with his own son Marion,…
St. James Lutheran Church · 11.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of St. James Lutheran Church. The first Lutheran congregation here officially organized on March 9, 1913, and chose the name St. James on January 11, 1914. The church building, dedicated on…
St. Anthony Catholic Parish · 11.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Harper, where the St. Anthony Catholic Church was established in 1908. Mass was first held in a private home, and the church itself was built and dedicated by 1909. The parish has served the…
McDonald Massacre · 11.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Gillespie County, where a peaceful pioneer settlement turned into a scene of terror in August 1864. Preacher Matthew Taylor had moved his family here for safety, but tragedy struck. Kiowa warriors…
Harper Independent School District · 11.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Harper Independent School District. In 1884, Frank Harper, J.A. Rogers, E.C. Hopf, and W.P. Bowers met to organize a school for the growing Harper community.
Camp Mystic - The Fourth of July Flood · 11.7 mi
On the morning of July 4, 2025, the Guadalupe River rose twenty-six feet in less than an hour. Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp on 725 acres along the river southwest of Hunt, sat directly in its path.…
Taylor, Creed · 13.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Junction, Texas, and right here is where Creed Taylor made his mark. He was a soldier fighting for Texas Independence. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1835</say-as>, Taylor was part…
First Baptist Church of Harper · 13.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Harper's First Baptist Church. Organized in 1887 with just nine members, the congregation met in a schoolhouse and a brush arbor before building their first sanctuary in 1897. The current…
Hunt, TX · 13.7 mi
On July 4, 2025, Hunt experienced a notable event when heavy rainfall in Central Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, between 26 to 30 feet, leading to massive flooding in the area.
Great Western Cattle Trail · 13.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, a town that was once a vital hub for one of America's most famous cattle drives. Back in 1874, rancher John T. Lytle blazed the Great Western Cattle Trail. This massive route,…
Gatlin Site · 14.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Gatlin Site. The construction of the new Spur 98 bridge across the Guadalupe River in Kerrville in 2004 was the catalyst for an archeological investigation yielding an extensive ancient Native…
Kerrville Lodge No. 697, A.F. & A.M. · 14.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Kerrville Masonic Lodge, chartered in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1890</say-as>. The lodge used a stone building from Charles Schreiner until acquiring a second structure…
Y.O. Ranch · 14.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the heart of the Hill Country, a land that Captain Charles Schreiner tamed. He arrived from Alsace-Lorraine in 1852, just a teenager, and quickly joined the Texas Rangers. After fighting in the…
Starkey Cemetery · 14.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Starkey Cemetery, the final resting place for some of Kerr County's earliest vital contributors. It began as a simple family plot for James Monroe Starkey, who arrived in 1854 and became the county's…
First Christian Church · 14.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Kerrville's First Christian Church. In the early 1880s, local women raised funds for a Union church, completed in 1885, which was shared by several denominations. By 1925, the Christian…
Old Spanish Trail · 15.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the heart of the Old Spanish Trail, a route that connected San Antonio all the way through Bandera Pass and right here through Kerrville. For centuries, this path was used by Native Americans,…
Why the First Industry Here Was Roofs · 15.1 mi
Before ranching, before wool, before tourists, Kerrville ran on shingles. The bald cypress lining the Guadalupe River is rot-resistant and splits cleanly, which made it ideal for hand-rived roof shingles in a frontier…
Divide School · 15.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through western Kerr County, passing the site of the Divide School. Classes here started way back in 1882, with families paying a hired teacher in their homes. By 1893, the Whartons donated land for a…
Kerrville · 15.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, a town that owes its name to a Republic of Texas soldier, James Kerr. The county was officially created in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1856</say-as>, and the county seat,…
Site of Creed Taylor Ranch Home · 15.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Creed Taylor Ranch Home, a man who saw some serious Texas history unfold. Taylor fought in the Battle of Gonzales in 1835, the very start of the Texas Revolution. He also saw action…
Schreiner, Captain Charles · 16.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, and you're passing the site of a true Texas empire builder: Captain Charles Schreiner. Born in France, he came to the U.S. in 1852 and served with distinction in the Texas Rangers from…
Mount Olive Baptist Church · 16.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Mount Olive Baptist Church. Organized in September 1902 by Reverend G. W. Merriweather, the congregation first met in a small schoolhouse. The church has served the Kerrville community…
Schreiner, A. C., Jr. · 16.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of A. C. Schreiner, Jr., a significant figure in Kerrville's business and ranching history. His father, Charles A. Schreiner, built the original section of this house in 1897 as a…
Barnett Chapel Methodist Church · 16.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Barnett Chapel, the oldest African American church in Kerr County. In 1896, Jim and Josephine Barnett helped start the first religious services for Black residents here, and the church…
H-E-B · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, passing the birthplace of a Texas giant: H-E-B. It all started in 1905 when Florence Butt, with just $60, opened a tiny grocery store on Main Street. Her youngest son, Howard, took over…
Kerrville Daily Times · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, home to a newspaper with a long and evolving history: The Kerrville Daily Times. It started life way back in 1910 as the Center Point News. Imagine, a weekly paper that eventually…
Kerrville Mountain Sun · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, and right here is the birthplace of a newspaper that's been serving this town for over a century. It all started in the 1870s as 'The Frontiersman.' Over the years, it went through…
Scott and Josephine Carr Schreiner · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of Scott and Josephine Schreiner, influential Kerrville residents. Scott led the Chamber of Commerce and his name graces the municipal golf course. Josephine, a trained musician,…
How Kerrville Became the Mohair Center of the World · 16.6 mi
Captain Charles Schreiner arrived in Kerrville in 1869 and built a frontier empire out of a general store. Alsace-born and a former Texas Ranger, Schreiner figured out something nobody else in America had: that the…
Beitel Lumberyard · 16.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, and right here is where Frank Beitel set up shop back in 1889. When the railroad made this its last stop, Beitel saw opportunity. His lumberyard, with its warehouses and sheds, became a…
The Father of Country Music Chased Clean Air to Kerrville · 16.7 mi
Kerrville was once a place sick people came to breathe, and in 1929 the most famous of them was Jimmie Rodgers, the Singing Brakeman and the man country music calls its father. Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1924, when…
Kerrville, TX · 16.7 mi
Kerrville wouldn't be Kerrville without James Avery Jewelry. It's more than just a business here; it's woven into the fabric of the town. Founded in 1954, in a small workshop, the company started with the simple idea of…
The Limestone Mansion the Schreiner Family Built · 16.7 mi
At 226 Earl Garrett Street stands the house that put a face on Kerrville's most powerful family. Captain Charles Schreiner built this limestone mansion in 1879, the first limestone building in Kerr County, and hired the…
The Airplane With the Backward Tail, Built in Kerrville · 16.7 mi
Kerrville is one of the few small towns in America with its own line of airplanes, and they wear an aerodynamic signature you can spot from across a ramp. Mooney Aircraft moved to Kerrville in early 1953, and here…
James Kerr · 16.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the heart of the Texas Hill Country, near the town that bears his name. James Kerr, a veteran of the War of 1812 and a former Missouri legislator, arrived in Texas in 1825. He was tasked with…
The Kerrville Axe · 16.7 mi
Step outside in Kerrville and you'll see it everywhere — Ashe juniper, the scrubby "cedar" that blankets the Texas Hill Country, drinks the water table dry, and chokes out grass. In the 1920s, two Kerrville men, Henry…
The Shinglemaker's Town Named for a Man Who Never Saw It · 16.7 mi
The town you're rolling into started as a cypress camp, not a townsite. In 1846 Joshua Brown, a shinglemaker and veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, led about ten men up the Guadalupe River hunting the giant bald…
The Diagonal Dam That Powered a Town · 16.7 mi
On the bluff above the Guadalupe, German miller Christian Dietert and millwright Balthasar Lich built the machine that turned a cypress camp into a real town. Arriving in 1857, the two designed a grist and saw mill,…
The Road Goes On Forever, and It Runs Through Kerrville · 16.7 mi
Texas songwriter Robert Earl Keen has called the Kerrville area home for decades, working from a ranch in these hills outside town. Keen built one of the most loyal followings in Texas music writing literate,…
The Town That Promised to Cure You · 16.7 mi
In the early twentieth century, before antibiotics, a tuberculosis diagnosis was often a death sentence, and the only prescription doctors trusted was dry, mild air. Kerrville's Hill Country climate gave the town a…
Africa in Texas and the Longhorns Brought Back From the Brink · 16.7 mi
Out toward Mountain Home in Kerr County sprawls the YO Ranch, bought by Captain Charles Schreiner in 1880 with profits from trailing longhorns to Dodge City. The ranch did two genuinely remarkable things. First, when…
Shopping and Eating Where the Camels Once Camped · 16.7 mi
Down State Highway 173 between Kerrville and Bandera, at the crossroads by old Camp Verde, the Camp Verde General Store has been selling to travelers since 1857, when it opened as the Williams Community Store to trade…
Early Settlers of Kerr County · 16.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the first industry in what would become Kerrville. Back in 1846, Joshua D. Brown, a veteran of the Republic of Texas, led ten shingle makers to this spot on the Guadalupe River. He'd…
Pampell Opera House · 16.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, and right here is the site of the Pampell Opera House. Built around 1895 as a hotel and store, local merchant John Pampell bought it in 1901. He transformed the second floor into a…
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Passenger Train Depot · 16.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Antonio & Aransas Pass Passenger Train Depot. In 1887, Kerrville was chosen as the last stop on the SA&AP Railroad. A wood depot was erected four blocks west of here to accommodate the large…
The Saluting Cadet of Delaney Hall · 16.7 mi
Schreiner University began life in 1917 as the Schreiner Institute, and for decades it ran as a military-style school, which is the backdrop for the campus legend students still trade after dark. The stories center on…
Turtle Creek School and Cemetery · 16.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the Turtle Creek area, just west of Kerrville. Look for the old schoolhouse and cemetery – a testament to the pioneer settlers who carved out a life here. The oldest marked grave belongs to Miles…
Kerr County · 16.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerr County, named for James Kerr, a true Texas pioneer. He was the first American settler on the Guadalupe River and played a key role in early Texas government, even signing the Declaration of…
Dietert, Christian · 16.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Christian Dietert's mill, built right here in 1857. This German millwright, who'd already built mills elsewhere in Texas, partnered with Balthasar Lich to construct this mill and dam. It…
Kerrville Telephone Company · 16.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kerrville, where the telephone first rang in this area back in 1896. It all started with a handshake and a thousand dollars between A.C. Schriner and D.H. Comparette, Sr., connecting two wool…
First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville · 16.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville. Presbyterians here organized their congregation in 1888, initially sharing a Union Church. They built a small wooden church that same year, which was later…
Zion Lutheran Church · 16.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Zion Lutheran Church. This congregation began with worship services in family homes as early as 1898 and was officially organized in 1901 with seven families. They built their first…
The Man Who Built Kerrville · 16.9 mi
You can't talk about Kerrville without talking about Captain Charles Schreiner. He arrived in 1869, a young Confederate veteran and former Texas Ranger, and saw a future here that no one else did. He started with a…
The U.S. Army's Camel Corps · 16.9 mi
Just a short drive south of Kerrville lies the site of one of the strangest experiments in U.S. military history. In the 1850s, the War Department decided that camels were the solution for transporting supplies across…
The Climate Cure: Kerrville's Sanitariums · 16.9 mi
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before the discovery of antibiotics, a diagnosis of tuberculosis was often a death sentence. Doctors had only one prescription: rest and clean, dry air. This medical theory,…
The Songwriter's Mecca · 16.9 mi
Just south of town, at a place called the Quiet Valley Ranch, something magical happens every year. Since 1972, it has been home to the Kerrville Folk Festival. What started as a three-day event is now the…
The Parkway That Erased a Town · 16.9 mi
The road you're on, or one just like it, is the most powerful force in modern Houston. State Highway 249, the Tomball Parkway, is a work of transportation engineering that redefined Kohrville right out of existence. And…
Kohrville, TX · 16.9 mi
Kohrville, Texas, has a rich history that dates back to before 1870 when it was founded by freed slaves from Alabama. The town was named after Paul Kohrmann, a German immigrant who served as the first postmaster. The…
A National Brand from a Two-Car Garage · 16.9 mi
You've probably seen the distinctive jewelry in stores across the country, but the James Avery story starts right here in Kerrville. In 1954, James Avery, a former Air Force pilot and instructor, started his business in…
Berryville, TX · 16.9 mi · Local history
The recent controversy over the Berryville Creek development continues to be a central topic of discussion at the weekly farmers market and the diner counter. For years, the creek, a tributary of the Neches River, has…
Guthrie Building · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Guthrie Building, a stone structure that's been a fixture in Kerrville since 1887. It started as the newspaper office for Robert Guthrie, a Scottish immigrant whose family had been publishing…
Notre Dame Catholic School · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Notre Dame Catholic School in Kerrville. Founded in 1912 by Father Henry Kemper, a priest who came to Kerrville seeking recovery from tuberculosis, this school offered education for a…
Kennedy-Peterson House · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Kennedy-Peterson House, built in 1914 for Austin Milton Kennedy, a seven-term Texas State Representative and Speaker of the House. He moved here seeking treatment for tuberculosis, but lived only…
The Slow Disappearance of Kohrville · 16.9 mi
Towns can die in many ways. Some are flooded, some are abandoned, but Kohrville simply faded — and what faded here is not what most people assume. In the 1870s, freed slaves from Alabama came to this stretch of Harris…
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Kerrville. Episcopalians here first gathered in the county courthouse way back in 1881. They built their first small church in the late 1880s. But here’s a cool bit…
First Baptist Church of Kerrville · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Kerrville. Organized in 1887 with eleven members, the congregation officially became the First Baptist Church of Kerrville seven years later. They built their…
Notre Dame Catholic Church · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Notre Dame Catholic Church in Kerrville. It began in 1892 as a mission called St. Mary of the Assumption. The church became a parish in 1911, moved to its current location, and later changed its name…
Comparette Home · 17.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Comparette Home, a Victorian beauty built back in 1890. It saw a few owners, including Dr. R. H. P. Wright, a local physician whose daughter Fay would go on to marry Texas Governor Coke…
Tivy School · 17.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the historic Tivy School in Kerrville. Captain Joseph Tivy, a Canadian who became Kerrville's first mayor and a Texas legislator, donated 16 acres right here in 1890 for a school. He also…
Site of Animal Health Discovery · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Kerrville, where a groundbreaking discovery in animal health happened. Back in the late 1930s, Dr. Edward F. Knipling theorized that releasing sterile male screwworms could break their reproductive…
Butt, Howard Edward · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of H-E-B country! Right here in Kerrville, back in 1905, a determined woman named Florence Butt opened a small grocery store with just sixty dollars. Her son, Howard Edward Butt, started…
H-E-B · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing the birthplace of a Texas legend: H-E-B! It all started back in 1905 in Kerrville when Florence Thornton Butt used a sixty-dollar loan to open a tiny grocery…
Butt, Florence Thornton · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville right now, and you're passing the very spot where a Texas institution began. Florence Thornton Butt, a determined woman who’d moved to Texas seeking a better climate for her ailing…
Schreiner, Charles Armand · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, near Kerrville. Right here, Charles Armand Schreiner built an empire. He arrived in the area after the Civil War, a poor rancher, but by 1869, he'd opened a general store.…
Dietert, Christian · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, a town that owes much of its early success to Christian Dietert. This German master miller arrived in Texas in 1854 and, after a couple of early setbacks with floods and droughts, he…
Reid, Asa Elmer, Jr. [Ace] · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, maybe near Kerrville, and you might just be passing by the legacy of Ace Reid. Born in Lelia Lake in 1925, Reid grew up with the dust of the Depression and the life of a…
Schreiner, Gustave Frederick · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, near Kerrville, the town known as the "father of Kerrville" helped build. That was Gustave Frederick Schreiner, a rancher and philanthropist who managed the Schreiner Land…
Tivy, Joseph Albert · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, perhaps near Kerrville. Right here, Joseph Albert Tivy wasn't just a surveyor, rancher, or even a state representative. He was a visionary who believed in education for…
Tivy, Captain Joseph A. · 17.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the area where Captain Joseph A. Tivy made his mark on Texas. Born in Canada in 1818, Tivy headed to Texas with his sisters in 1837. He served as a Texas Ranger, then struck gold in California in…
Kerrville, TX · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, a town that owes its start to shinglemakers and a river bluff. It began as Brownsborough in the early 1850s, founded by pioneers like Joshua D. Brown, a veteran of the Battle of San…
Kerr County · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerr County, a place that's seen thousands of years of human history, but it wasn't until the mid-1800s that Anglo settlers tried to make a permanent home here. In 1846, a group tried to establish…
Kerrville State Hospital · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, and right here on this hill overlooking the Guadalupe River, you're passing the site of the Kerrville State Hospital. It started in 1937 as the Kerrville State Sanatorium for Negroes,…
Kerrville-Schreiner Park · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving south of Kerrville on the Guadalupe River, and right here is Kerrville-Schreiner Park. Back in the late 1930s, this park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 1823. These were Black…
Schreiner, Louis Albert · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Right here, Louis Albert Schreiner, a man dedicated to his community, was encouraging local ranchers during the Great Depression. He urged them to…
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kerrville · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, and right here, on the southeastern edge of town, stands a testament to Texas grit and generosity. It started in 1919 with a dream to build a hospital for World War I veterans, funded…
Westminster Encampment · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, and right here, on the southeastern edge of town, operated the Westminster Encampment from 1906 to 1950. This Presbyterian conference center was a summer haven for families seeking…
Burney, Hance McCain · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, Texas, a town that owes its start to a pioneer named Hance McCain Burney. Back in 1858, Burney became the very first postmaster here. He wasn't just a mailman, though. He also built one…
Burney, Robert Hance · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerr County, Texas, and right here in Kerrville, Robert Hance Burney built a career that touched many parts of Texas life. After a stint with the Texas Rangers in the 1870s, Burney studied law at…
Disabled American Veterans · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're rolling through Kerrville, Texas, where in May of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1923</say-as>, a significant organization for veterans took root. Right here, the Department of Texas of the Disabled…
Lacey, Howard George · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, and right here in what is now Kerr County, you're passing the former home of Howard George Lacey. Born to aristocracy in England, Lacey came to Texas in 1882, settling on…
Upper Guadalupe River Authority · 17.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Kerrville, the heart of the upper Guadalupe River basin. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1939</say-as>, the Texas Legislature created the Upper Guadalupe River Authority. Its…
Remount Station · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country near Mountain Home. Back in the 1850s, this elm log cabin was built in Waring, likely by an unknown settler. By the 1870s, it was a vital stop for stagecoach travelers…
Schreiner College (Schreiner Institute) · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Schreiner College, which started as a vision for a boys' school back in the early 1900s. Businessman Charles Schreiner donated land and money in 1914, but World War I delayed things. The…
First School House · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Mountain Home, and just up ahead is the site of the first schoolhouse for pioneer Texas children in the Center Point community. Built in 1852 by J. L. O'Conner, this cabin was constructed with…
Glen Rest Cemetery · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Glen Rest Cemetery, established in 1894 by Kerrville citizens as a community burial ground. It started with a ten-acre tract and has grown to hold thousands of interments, with some families having…
The Ranch That Becomes a Songwriter's Town · 17.9 mi
You're pulling onto Quiet Valley Ranch, nine miles south of Kerrville on the Medina Highway, home of the Kerrville Folk Festival since Rod Kennedy and Nancylee Davis started it in 1972. For nearly three weeks every late…
Gus F. Schreiner Home · 17.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former "Cedarcrest," the home of Gus F. Schreiner, built right here in Kerrville. His father, Charles, a wealthy rancher and banker, bought this land back in 1883. Gus took over, and in 1901, he…
Harper Presbyterian Church · 18.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Harper Presbyterian Church. Organized in 1881 as Barnett Spring Presbyterian Church, the congregation first met in a schoolhouse before moving to Harper in 1901. This building was erected on…
Santa Fe · 18.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Kimble County, on a route that was once the most direct road from San Antonio all the way to Santa Fe, New Mexico. This Spanish era road, used between 1519 and 1821, was charted to strengthen ties…
The Army's Camel Experiment · 19.3 mi
In eighteen fifty-six, the United States Army imported seventy-five camels from Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey and brought them to Camp Verde, Texas — roughly forty miles southwest of present-day Kerrville. The experiment…
Brown Cemetery · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Brown Cemetery, a resting place with roots stretching back to the late 1840s. Joshua D. Brown himself, who built a shingle mill right here, is buried nearby. But the cemetery officially began in…
Texas Lions Camp · 20.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Texas Lions Camp, a place born from a polio epidemic and a vision for kids. Back in 1948, local Lion Jack Roe saw handicapped children turned away from summer camps. He vowed to create a place…

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