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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D98_st-helenas-episcopal-church_Boerne-TX.html
St. Helena's Episcopal Church. . The first Episcopal worship service in Kendall County was held in the Old Kuhfuss Hall in Boerne in 1873. St. Helena's congregation was organized by Bishop R. W. B. Elliott in 1881, and a small wooden church struct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D97_early-boerne-schoolhouses_Boerne-TX.html
Early Boerne Schoolhouses. . The origins of public schools in Boerne date to 1873, when the Boerne Gesangenverein donated land on which to erect a schoolhouse. A two-room stone building was completed in 1874 and served children in all grades. A sm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D96_kuhlmann-king-house_Boerne-TX.html
Kuhlmann-King House. . This structure was built in the late 1880s as a residence for German native William Kuhlmann (1856-1918), a successful pharmacist and landholder. He sold the home in 1908 to Selina Long King (1831-1910), whose sons operated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D94_st-peters-catholic-church_Boerne-TX.html
St. Peter's Catholic Church. . In 1866 Bishop Claude M. Dubuis of Galveston sent a young French immigrant, Emil L. J. R. Fleury, to organize a congregation and build a church to serve Boerne and the outlying towns and army posts. This stone struct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23O5_kendall-county-courthouse_Boerne-TX.html
First and only courthouse in county. Erected 1869-1870, seven years after county organization. Many locally prominent men were associated with the structure.
The first county judge, Joseph Graham, was appointed U.S. Consul to Argentina. The fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23O4_kendall-county_Boerne-TX.html
Created January 10, 1862
Organized February 18, 1862
Named in honor of
George Wilkins Kendall 1809-1867
Poet, journalist, author
and farmer
One of the founders of
the New Orleans Picayune
Member of the
Santa Fe Expedition
Most successf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVLJ_cascade-cavern_Boerne-TX.html
Probably formed during the Pleistocene epoch by the underground passage of the Cibolo River, Cascade Cavern presents an interesting mix of geological, archeological,and historical features. It exhibits a combination of the joint and the dip and st…