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BOERNE, TEXAS
Kendall County
Seat, Texas Hill Country
On Cibolo Creek
I-10 and US 87 in the Hill
Country
30 miles NW of San Antonio
89 miles from Austin
Population: 6,178 (2000) 4,361 (1990)
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Kendall County
Jail in Boerne
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Named after
Ludwig Boerne, a political refugee from Europe, this was
"a thinking (Ger) man's town". History would have you believe that
every farmer carried a volume of Schiller in his overalls. This,
of course, is an exaggeration; it was every other farmer with a
volume of Schiller (the rest carried Goethe).
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Kendall County
Courthouse and Jail
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Boerne
Attractions
Kendall
County Courthouses
Boerne's
Library holds 33,000 volumes and boasts 8,700 cardholders. The
library in the handsome Joseph Dienger Building at 210 N.
Main Street has a statue of Ludwig Boerne near the main entrance.
Agricultural
Heritage Center - 1.1 miles outside of town in Boerne City Park
on Hwy 46 East.
A museum of agricultural implements.
A working blacksmith demonstration.
Open Wednesdays and Sundays 1:30 - 4:30.
Groups by appointment. 830-249-8000
Cave Without
a Name - FM 474 NW for 6 miles, right 4 miles on Krentzberg
Road. 830-537-4212. Admission.
Cibolo Wilderness
Trail
Kronkosky
Hill - 1911-17 Albert Kronkosky family homestead, now a school,
with scenic overview
Kuhlmann-King
Historical House -
402 E. Blanco St. 830-249-2030
Lake Boerne,
just south of I-10 a short drive west of town.
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Cibolo
Creek Park
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Cibolo
Creek Park Spillway
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GUADALUPE
RIVER STATE PARK - next page
From Boerne Hwy 46 east 13 miles to Guadalupe River State
Park. This park is one of the Parks and Wildlife Department’s crown
jewels. Tall limestone bluffs dominate the cool inviting waters below.
Tubing and canoeing are available. A two-mile hiking trail follows
the river. 210-438-2656 more |
Boerne History
"...
In 1849 a group of German colonists from Bettina camped
on the north side of Cibolo Creek, about a mile west of the site of
present Boerne. They called their new community Tusculum, after
Cicero's home in ancient Rome. In 1852 Gustav Theissen and John James
laid out the townsite and changed the name to Boerne in honor of Ludwig
Boerne, a German author and publicist. A post office was established
in 1856 with August Staffell as postmaster. The community had only
ten houses in 1859, but it was chosen as county seat by a margin of
sixty-seven votes after the county was established in 1862...."
See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/hgb9.html
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"Main Street,
Boerne, Texas"
1887 Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
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"The Cibolo",
Boerne, Texas
Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
Boerne Tourist
Information
Boerne's Chamber
of Commerce at
126 Rosewood will provide you with a detailed map, as well as answer
any questions you may have. They also have brochures for nearby attractions,
dining and lodging. Their own publication (The Official Guide to Boerne)
answers the questions you forgot to ask.
Phone: 888-842-8080 or 830-249-8000.
Website: www.boerne.org
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