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Enjoy a sip of local history F

redericksburg has long been known as a “wet” city, not for the rain that falls but because it permitted the sale of beer, wine and other beverages long before other communities after Prohibition ended.

Our wineries are booming. But if you want to talk bier, hit up Jeff Holt, the town’s resident expert on suds and their loFDO KLVWRU\ <RX FDQ ¿QG KLP DW *ästehaus Schmidt or getting some “fresh beer” at Fredericksburg Brewing Company or Pedernales Brewing Company.)

Jeff has given many talks on the subject and mentions that ales were the order of the day in Fredericksburg before refrigeration.

He said before Prohibition hit Texas in 1918, Fredericksburg had three breweries.

Captain Charles Nimitz, the grandfather of our World War II hero, Admiral Chester Nimitz, ran the Nimitz Hotel. It had a copper-tank brewery in the basement,

but supply shortages during the Civil War forced him to close it in 1861.

Frederick Probst paired up with Dr. Adolph Assig to brew at a property at 310 West Austin Street which had a brewery with three cellars where they made a popular weissbier. Assig later moved to Blanco, but Probst continued to serve local patrons.

John Knopp opened a saloon at the corner of Main and Milam streets and began to import cheaper beer from San Antonio (5 cents a glass, versus 10 for the Probst EUHZ )UXJDO *HUPDQV PDGH WKHLU FKRLFH and Probst closed his brewery in 1895.

Henry Warner and John Mauer owned a brewery in Marlin, but located here in 1875. They operated a lager beer-brewery in the 400 block of East Creek Street for nine years. It’s believed Warner died in 1877 and Mauer likely headed west to El Paso.

Today, Fredericksburg boasts two breweries and a third is under construction.

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2XU ORFDO EUHZHULHV EHQH¿W from the popularity of the craft brew explosion, and Fredericksburg’s reputation as a beer and wine mecca.

With help from Jeff, we give a nod to its beer history.

For those of us who enjoy the suds, we’re glad this is a “wet” town. Prost!

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Article Index EVENTS Antique Machinery Show ..................... 18 Bluebonnet Tractor Ride ....................... 18 Crawfish Festival ..................................... 27 Farmer’s Market ...................................... 20 Founders Day ........................................... 30 Fredericksburg PBR .............................. 50 Fredericksburg Wildflower Run ........ 17 Gillespie County Fair ............................. 42 Gillespie Old Teamsters Reunion ....... 47 Harper Frontier Days ............................ 46 Hill Country Film Festival ..................... 21 Hill Country Swap Meet ...................... 40 Horse Racing ............................................ 38 Indian Artifact Show .............................. 13 LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour .............................. 16 Professional Bull Riders ....................... 50 PCAA Marktplatz Concert Series ..... 22 Pioneer Museum Spring Break ......... 114 Scholarship Fest ....................................... 51 Schuetzenfest ............................................ 41 Sommerzeit ............................................... 31 Stonewall Peach JAMboree ............... 28 SystemsGo Rocket Launches .............. 24 Texas Hell Week ....................................... 12 Vereins Quilt Guild Show .................... 48 Volkssportverein ................................... 126 Wings over the Hills ............................... 14 ATTRACTIONS Bat Tunnel ............................................... 100 Breweries ................................................ 120 Country Schools Trail ............................. 64

Emergency Numbers ........................... 134 Hill Country Memorial Hospital ...... 130 Hill Country University Center ........ 122 Nature Trails ............................................. 82 Pioneer Memorial Library ................. 138 Visitor Center ......................................... 128

Enchanted Rock ...................................... 84 Fort Martin Scott ................................... 76 Geocaching ............................................... 60 Hill Country Peaches ............................. 68 Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park .... 86 LBJ National Historical Park .............. 96 LBJ State Park and Historic Site ....... 94 Luckenbach ............................................... 69 Marktplatz ............................................... 150 Pacific War Museum ............................. 88 Pioneer Museum .................................... 112 Texas Rangers Heritage Center .......... 74 Top Five Places for Kids ........................ 62 Vereins Kirche ........................................ 159 Wildseed Farms ..................................... 143 Wineries .................................................. 104 THE ARTS First Friday Art Walk ............................ 117 Fredericksburg Chorale ........................ 56 Fredericksburg Comm. Orchestra ..... 57 Fredericksburg Music Club .................. 52 Fredericksburg Theater Company ..... 58 German Choirs ........................................ 54 COMMUNITY Airport ....................................................... 125 Churches .................................................. 164 Community Education ......................... 119

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HISTORY Artistic Pioneers ................................... 152 Cross Mountain ..................................... 146 FVFD Fire Museum .............................. 169 History of Fredericksburg ................. 162 Standard-Radio Post History ............. 171 Street Signs ............................................. 172 Vereins Kirche ........................................ 159

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Calendar of events MARCH 4 ........................................................................................First Friday Art Walk 12 ............................................................................. Van Der Stucken Festival 12-19 .......................................................... Texas Hell Week (cycling event) 19 ..................................................................................... Indian Artifact Show 20 ............... Fredericksburg Music Club concert (Nathaniel Mayfield) 11-12, 14-19 ................................... Spring Break at the Pioneer Museum 26 .................................................... Easter Egg Hunt at Pioneer Museum

JULY 1 ....................................................................................... First Friday Art Walk 2-3....................................................................Gillespie Downs Horse Races 4 ............................................................................Fourth of July Celebrations 4 ....................................................................................Rheingold School open 16 ......................................Sommerzeit at Gillespie County Fair Grounds 16-17 .................................................................Gillespie Downs Horse Races 24...................................................PCAA Concert Series (The Copa Kings) 29-31 ......................................................................... Hill Country Swap Meet

APRIL 1 .........................................................................................First Friday Art Walk 2 ................................... Gillespie County Country Schools Open House 2 ....................................................................................... LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour 3 ....................................................... Country Schools Barbecue Fundraiser 9 ................................................................................ Bluebonnet Tractor Ride 14-16................................................................ Lenz Fest at Pioneer Museum 17 ......................... Fredericksburg Music Club concert (The Marcsmen) 24....................................................... Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival 30 ....................................................Fredericksburg Wildflower Run/Walk 28-May 1 ................................................................Hill Country Film Festival

AUGUST 5 ............................................................................... First Friday Art Walk 6 ..... Gillespie County Country Schools (Willow City open house) 13-14........................................................ Gillespie Downs Horse Racing 14 ..........................PCAA Concert Series (Almost Patsy Cline Band) 25-28 ........................................................................Gillespie County Fair 27-28 ...................................................... Gillespie Downs Horse Racing

SEPTEMBER MAY 1 ........................................................................................... Arion Men’s Choir 1 ..............................................PCAA Concert Series (FHS Jazz Ensemble) 5 ....................................................................Fredericksburg Farmers Market 6 ........................................................................................First Friday Art Walk 7 .................................................... Fredericksburg Chorale Spring Concert 12-15...................................................................SystemsGo Rocket Launches 22 ............................................. PCAA Concert Serious (Weldon Henson) 27-29 .........................................................Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival

2 ............................................................................... First Friday Art Walk 2-3.........................................Vereins Quilt Guild’s 9th Biennial Show 3 .... Gillespie County Country Schools Open House (Luckenbach) 3-4............................................................................. Harper Frontier Days 5 ............................................Gillespie County Old Teamsters Reunion 10 ............................................................. Professional Bull Riding (PBR) 11 ...................................................PCAA Concert Series (Off the Grid) 18 .....................................................................Fredericksburg Music Club (14th Van Cliburn Piano Competition contestant)

JUNE 3 ......................................................................................First Friday Art Walk 11 ...............................................................................Antique Machinery Show 12-13...............................................................................................Founders’ Day 16 ......................................................................................... Bach at Luckenbach 17-18 .......................................................................................... Peach Jamboree 19-21 .................... Country School Association of America Conference 26 ..............................................PCAA Concert Series (The Sophisticates)

OCTOBER 4 ................................................................................................. Oktoberfest 7 ................................................................................. First Friday Art Walk 16 ................. Fredericksburg Music Club (Apollo Chamber Players) 22 ................................................. Fredericksburg Food and Wine Fest 22 ............................................................................... Indian Artifact Show

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Bicycling enthusiasts will again be in the Hill Country for the eight-day â&#x20AC;&#x153;Texas Hell Weekâ&#x20AC;? celebration March 12-19. During the

week, bikers can enjoy the challenges of the Hill Country during a series of rides. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

Eight days make a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hell Weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The eight-day cycling event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Texas Hell Week,â&#x20AC;? will celebrate its 26th anniversary of trekking through Gillespie County on two wheels.

Texas Hell week will run March 1219.

But, contrary to its name, the event isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just for hardcore cyclists. Riders of all skills levels are offered daily routes of varying distances to encourage more participation.

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The locally-based event is nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rides of Marchâ&#x20AC;? and features daily routes of varying lengths for riders of all skill levels.

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Participants will also have a chance to meet with vendors offering some of the latest products in cycling.

This year, accomplished cyclists will be offered some highlight challenges.

Texas Hell Week Brevets are scheduled to coincide with Texas Hell Week, with a 200K ride on Monday, March 14, a 200K/300K ride on Wednesday, March 16, and a 200K/300K ride on

Friday, March 18.

Brevets are sanctioned by RUSA and can be ridden to qualify for 1200K randonee events.

Registration is underway at www. hellweek.com or by phoning 1-806499-3210 or 1-806-683-6489.

Hell Week tours are also offered in Florida, Wisconsin, Utah, Colorado, Nevada and elsewhere.

Hosting the tours is Ultra Sports Marketing of Canyon, which started in 1991 with a Texas Hell Week cycling camp.

The company is headed by Dr. Nick and Becky Gerlich. He is an associate professor of marketing at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, where he has taught since 1989. She is a former mathematics teacher at Hereford High School and now takes care of the business end of the Hell Week tours.

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Indian Artifact Show with Southwest flair Rare arrowhead collectors will be in town this spring and again in the fall when the Fredericksburg Indian Artifact Show returns.

Scheduled again in Pioneer Pavilion at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, the shows are set for March 19 and Oct. 22 to display pieces dating as far back as 10,000 B.C. Each show is scheduled to run from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Admission for each show is $6 for everyone 15 years of age and older, while children 14-and-under will be admitted free of charge.

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This merchant shows customers his supply of arrowhead replicas at a 2015 Indian Artifact Show. He casts molds from arrowheads to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;museum quality lithic casts.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; StandardRadio Post file photo

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Over 1,000 bikers pedal the Pedernales Bicycle riders hoping to enjoy spring scenery on the back roads of Gillespie County are invited to join in the LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Saturday, April 2.

The annual event features routes of different lengths for cyclists of various skill levels and is designed to attract cyclists of all types and to be family-friendly.

Gates are set to open at 7 a.m. on the national park property, with bikes to start lining up on the airstrip that once served President Lyndon B. Johnson and world leaders coming to visit his ranch.

A rolling start to the ride will get under way at 9 a.m. The tour will offer 10-mile, 30-mile, 42-mile and 62-mile distance routes through the park property and surrounding Texas Hill Country.

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A rolling start at the LBJ Ranch saw cyclists participate in last year’s LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour at the former presidential airstrip. — Standard-Radio Post file photo

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Leaving the farm behind Members of the Hill Country Antique Tractor and Engine Club will celebrate spring in the Hill Country with a nod to the past during the 11th Annual Bluebonnet Tractor Ride Saturday, April 9.

Antique tractors and machinery will chug along a predetermined route at speeds determined by the slowest vehicle, which will probably be about 5 mph.

These antique tractors, automobiles, trucks, etc. will be followed by a â&#x20AC;&#x153;People Mover.â&#x20AC;? This vehicle is for friends or relatives who want to participate in the ride but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have tractors.

The cost of riding on a â&#x20AC;&#x153;People Moverâ&#x20AC;? and a meal will be $15 per person.

Early registration with payment for a seat on the People Mover is required to guarantee a space.

Pre-registration for the tractor ride is $30 and will include lunch and a cap. Registration on the day of the event will cost $35. Youth between the ages of 16 and 19 will get a reduced cost of $15.

A driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m.

As in previous years, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sag Wagonâ&#x20AC;? will follow the tractors to provide assistance to those @GoFred1

that experience mechanical or fuel problems.

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Management team members will be riding tractors within the caravan to help insure safety.

Upon registering, all participants will be asked to sign a â&#x20AC;&#x153;driver safety pledge.â&#x20AC;?

Awards will be given away for the oldest tractor, oldest driver and the farthest traveled with a tractor.

Individuals needing more information or an online registration form may visit www.rustyiron.org or contact Regina Weidenfeller at 830-990-8551 (home) or 830-889-9348 (cell) RU H PDLO UHJLQDZ#ÂżVG RUJ Registration forms with payment may be sent to HCAT and EC, P.O. Box 851, Fredericksburg, TX 78624.

More information on where the event will start will be published in the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post.

Step back in time into a 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm house and an early 20th Century sawmill at the 31st Annual Antique Machinery Show at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds, Saturday, June 11.

The show will be open from 8 a.m. until about 6 p.m.

Much of the machinery on display â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some of it restored to operate and look as good as when new decades ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is expected to again attract enthusiasts from all across Texas to the fair grounds where parking is free.

The cost for admission to the show is $6 for adults and those over 12.

Children under 12 are free.

In addition to old tractors and farm machinery, exhibits will include antique gasoline and steam engines manufactured as far back as 1900.

Working exhibits both days will include demonstrations of wheat threshing, wood-planing, corn shelling and horse-drawn hay baling along with operation of an antique saw mill.

Tractor exhibitors will have an opportunity to parade their entries around the fair grounds.

In addition, pull-sled competitions are planned for conventional tractors.

More information is available from Regina Weidenfeller at 830-9908551 or 830-889-9348 or from Troy Rhodes at 830889-0344 or via email at fbgzoo@beecreek.net. facebook.com/gofred1

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People of all ages enjoy Fredericksburg Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market at Marktplatz with fruits, vegetables and much more from area vendors. Pizzas, salads, wines, olive oils and lavender products also are sold and a band provides musical entertainment. The event continues each Thursday at the town square through August. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post photo

The Fredericksburg Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market (FFM) begins its seven-month-long schedule of bringing locally grown and produced foods to downtown Fredericksburg on Thursday, May 5.

Every Thursday, rain or shine, from 4-7 p.m., May through August, shoppers can meet farmers while shopping for fresh produce at Marktplatz.

The producer/grower market consists of farmers, ranches and wineries located within the geographic neighborhood of Gillespie and adjacent counties, offering a wide variety of tomatoes, vegetables, peaches, blackberries and other fruits, meats, goat cheese, eggs, Gulf seafood, baked goods, wine, lavender and more.

Visitors will enjoy the atmosphere at Marktplatz which includes a covered play space for children.

Shoppers are invited to come for the food and stay for the family friendly party atmosphere where they can purchase meals and snacks while listening to live music.

Pizza baked in a wood burning oven, soups, salads, sliders and pastries are all made with local ingredients and can be enjoyed picnic-style under the pavilion.

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Meet the farmer, rancher, chef and artisan baker.

Support local agriculture and viticulture in Fredericksburg, the community way to shop for great food.

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Seventh Film Festival brings â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;reel indieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Reel indie. Real Texas.

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Local growers compete for top honors and high bids in the peach show and auction at the annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo. Two days of activities and events, including two rodeo performances (photo at right) are planned Friday and Saturday, June 17-18. — Standard-Radio Post file photos

A peachy celebration in Stonewall Rodeos, dancing, peach show and auction, queen’s contest, more slated June 17-18 Two days of entertainment and activities are planned as part of the 55th Annual Stonewall peach JAMboree and Rodeo.

This year’s annual celebration will be held Friday and Saturday, June 17-18, in Stonewall.

Sponsored by the Stonewall Chamber of Commerce, the two-day salute will again feature music, rodeo performances, a parade, contests, peach show and auction, queen’s contest, children’s activities and more.

Peach JAMboree activities get started on Friday night, June 17, with an 8 p.m. rodeo performance followed by a dance. The gates open at 6 p.m.

JAMboree activities resume on Saturday, June 18, when entries are taken that morning in the baking, preserves and salsa contests. There will also be a slack rodeo performance and cowboy breakfast.

The annual parade steps off at 10 a.m., and barbecue by the pound will go on sale after the parade.

A variety of other foods will also be available on the JAMboree grounds including peaches and ice cream, peach pie and cobbler.

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auction, peach eating and pit spitting contest, mutton busting and more.

Coeds competing for the title of Stonewall Peach Queen will take part in an afternoon pageant at 3 p.m.

One of the highlights of the afternoon will be the annual auction of prize-winning peaches, pastries and preserves at 4 p.m.

The new queen will be crowned in a 7:30 p.m. ceremony just prior to the start of the rodeo performance at 8 p.m.

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Admission is charged to the dances and rodeos.

More information on the Peach JAMboree as well as the other activities in Stonewall is available online at www. stonewalltexas.com or by contacting the Stonewall Chamber of Commerce at 830-644-2735.

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Clockwise from left: An entry in last year’s Fourth of July Children’s Parade at Marktplatz.

7 p.m. Bill Smallwood to performs at Lady Bird Johnson Pioneer Pavilion

Residents and visitors gathered at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park and the Gillespie County Airport to watch the Fourth of July fireworks display sponsored by the City of Fredericksburg and launched from Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park.

Dark-thirty: City of Fredericksburg Fireworks Display at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park

Visitors marvel at the inner workings of a C-47 aircraft on display at the Gillespie County Airport during Fredericksburg’s Independence Day celebrations.— Standard-Radio Post photos

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Live pari-mutuel horse racing returns to the Gillespie County Fair Grounds in 2016 for eight days of racing at the Class III facility. The

summer season will open on July 2-3 and continue on July 16-17, Aug. 13-14 and Aug. 27-28. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

Horses ready to run at local track Eight days of live pari-mutuel horse will be featured at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds over four weekends in July and August.

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In addition to the eight days of live racing at the local Class III facility, a simulcast facility is open at 35 Fair Drive for year-round wagering.

Simulcasting at The Race Barn is offered Thursdays through Sundays from horse and dog tracks around the country. The facility also includes a restaurant.

The Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association sponsors the live parimutuel races.

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Post time each day is 1 p.m.

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Many vendors put out tables full of car parts in hopes that project owners will find just the piece they’re looking for. — Standard-Radio Post file photo

Whether you’re in the market for a vintage car, auto-related ephemera or just a part, gearheads will be welcomed at the 39th Annual Hill Country Swap Meet.

The 2016 meet will be held July 29-31 at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park on State Highway 16 South. Just about every square foot of space will be taken up with around 900 vendors showcasing parts, vehicles and much more. &DU HQWKXVLDVWV FDQ ¿QG DERXW DQ\WKLQJ at the swap — a “Car Corral” has vintage

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Earhart Productions owner Dean Earhart plans few changes as the event had grown to be such a huge success.

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Schuetzenfest locked and loaded for sharpshooting competition Marksmanship has been a hallmark of the local scene since as long as Fredericksburg has been around.

Each summer, there are a few festivals that celebrate residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; continued fondness for sharpshooting.

There are six shooting clubs in Gillespie County whose members participate regularly in several competitions each spring and summer season.

The Gillespie County Schuetzenbund (Shooting Club) is comprised of the following clubs: *Bear Creek, *Tivydale, Hubertus, *Grapetown, Barons Creek and Scharfschuetzen.

Contestants take aim and fire at the Schuetzenfest, a sharpshooting event that is the second-oldest com(*Clubs that maintain munity event in the area (bested only by the Gillespie County Fair). â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three shooting ranges.)

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Offering events and activities for the entire family, the 128th Gillespie County Fair will be held Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 25-28.

The four-day exposition offers live pari-mutuel horse racing, carnival and midway, livestock shows, exhibits, queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contest, musical entertainment, parade and more.

And with the exception of the parade, all activities take place at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds, located about two miles from downtown Fredericksburg off Texas Highway 16 (Kerrville Highway).

Sponsored by the Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association, the 128th Gillespie County Fair opens on Thursday night, Aug. 25, with free admission to the grounds.

The carnival and midway will be operating, and judging will take place in the various agricultural and home products divisions.

Also that night will be the Country Music Showdown featuring local and area musicians.

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Lighting up the night sky during the Gillespie County Fair each year is the Ferris wheel.

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a.m. parade down Fredericksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street.

Activities shift back to the Gillespie County Fair Grounds where three full days of events are planned including dances on Friday and Saturday nights on the outdoor pavilion.

It is serious business for livestock exhibitors at the Gillespie County Fair held at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 128th celebration Aug. 25-28 will again include livestock competitions over in the Show Barn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo @GoFred1

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Horse racing is not a new attraction to the fair and once again, live parimutuel horse races will be run over two days on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28.

Post time for the races both days is 1 p.m.

Throughout the four-day weekend, the Exhibition Hall will be open for onlookers to take in the many displays of agricultural home products. Fruits and vegetables, grain, hay, wool and mohair, baked goods and canned foods along with arts and crafts, sewing, plants and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s items are featured.

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There are also a number of commercial displays and educational booths.

Admission is charged Friday through Sunday at the fair grounds.

A wide array of foods and drinks will also be available throughout the weekend.

History Since its beginning before the turn of the century, the Gillespie County Fair has been held at numerous locations, including the banks of Baronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek just east of the city on the site of Old Fort Martin Scott. Later it was moved to where the Turner Hall is now located on West Travis Street, and after that it was held on a knoll near what is today headquarters for the city electrical department off U.S. Highway 87 South.

Years afterward, the fair was conducted at what people today call the old fair grounds, two blocks from Main Street on the Kerrville Highway.

The present facility, located off Texas Highway 16 South, was dedicated in 1976 during the U.S. Bicentennial.

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Reigning over the 128th Gillespie County Fair Aug. 25-28 will be the 2016 court including, from left, First Duchess Rachel Rothermel, Queen Julie Krebs, Second Duchess Jaleigh Brown and Third Duchess Marah Graef. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

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Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Frontier days enters 52nd Year Labor Day weekend means more to Harper residents than the end of summer and wearing white.

On Sept. 3-4, the town will hold its 52nd Annual Harper Frontier Days.

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Teamsters roots run deep in Hill Country One of the ways people transported goods between Fredericksburg and San Antonio before there were smooth roads and multi-lane highways was by oxen- and horse-drawn wagons.

In remembrance of those times, members of the Gillespie County Old Teamsters annually gather here for a reunion which this year will take place Monday, Sept. 5, at the DAV Hall on U.S. Highway 87 North.

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200 quilts on display at ninth biennial quilt show with over 200 entries, a tea room, old-fashioned bed turning, The Vereins Quilt Guild’s ninth biennial show, will be held an award-winning donation quilt, vendors, a scissors-sharpFriday and Saturday, Sept. 2-3, at Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. The Methodist church is at 1800 North ening booth, a silent auction and a boutique.

The Exhibit Wall in the quilt room will showcase national Llano Street. award-winning quilts. During the show, an American QuilThe show’s theme is “Take My Breath Away.” More than WHU¶V 6RFLHW\ FHUWL¿HG DS200 quilts and projects will praiser will appraise quilts be on display, along with many new additions to this by appointment, for a $45 fee. show.

The quilt drawing will be Hours for the show will 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 3. be Friday, Sept. 2 from 9 Tickets will be available at a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturthe show for $1 each or $5 day, Sept. 3, from 9 a.m. for six. The donation quilt, to 4 p.m. There will be a $6 per person admission titled “More is More,” has been appraised at $37,500. charge.

The show is being supThe quilts in the show ported by a grant from the are those made by memPedernales Creative Arts bers of the Vereins Quilt Alliance, the City of FredGuild, a local group of quilericksburg and Gillespie ters from Fredericksburg County. and the surrounding Hill For information, visit Country. www.vereinsquiltguild.org Organizers say this will Quilt enthusiasts dig through a tub of scraps during the 2014 or Facebook. be their largest show ever Vereins Quilt Guild show. — Standard Radio-Post file photo

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Ride ’em, cowboy!

A night of professional bull riding will return to the Gillespie County Fair Grounds on Saturday, Sept. 10.

The seventh annual Fredericksburg PBR is sponsored by the Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association.

The bull riding will be on the track in front of the grandstand, and the chutes will be set up so that the bulls will ride out toward the grandstand.

The local event is part of the PBR’s Touring Pro Division. Riders are competing for points to earn spots in the PBR’s Built Ford Tough Series.

Tickets for the Seventh Annual Fredericksburg PBR are expected to go on sale this spring.

To purchase tickets or for more information on the bull riding event as well as other fair association-sponsored events is available by visiting www.fredericksburgpbr.com or www.gillespiefair. com.

Bull riders will be back in town to compete in the Seventh Annual Fredericksburg PBR at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds on Saturday, Sept. 10. — Standard-Radio Post file photo

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Scholarship Fest to return Sept. 24 â&#x20AC;&#x153;College Tailgatingâ&#x20AC;? is the theme for the 20th annual Scholarship Fest on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds.

Gates open at 3 p.m.

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Since 1991, the fair association has awarded $327,850 in scholarships to 602 Gillespie County high school students.

Scholarship tickets are $20 each and will go on sale this spring.

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For dinner, a barbecue meal with all the trimmings will be served.

Along with the prize drawing will be a live auction featuring cakes baked and decorated by the 2016 Gillespie County Fair

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Queen and Duchesses as well as other items.

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Music Club readies for 80th year Stretching over the next 13 months, nine concerts ranging from classic piano and chamber music to operatic and barbershop vocal performances are planned by the Fredericksburg Music Club (FMC).

Set for 3 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month in the sanctuary of Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, FMC will complete its 2015-16 concert schedule this spring with three more performances before taking a three-month summer break and then resuming in the fall to mark the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 80th DQQLYHUVDU\ \HDU ZLWK WKH ÂżUVW VL[ RI HLJKW SURJUDPV Attendance at Fredericksburg Music Club concerts is free of charge, thanks to grants as well as private and corporate donations received through the mail or at the door of each performance.

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German song rings throughout town Keeping German tradition Some knowledge of the German and heritage alive are two lolanguage is helpful, but is not recal choirs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Arion Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quired, nor is the ability to sightChoir and the Hermann Sons read music.

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The choirsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; repertoire ranges The choirs meet weekly from sacred music to classical for fellowship and singing. masterworks to folk songs.

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Chorale will perform new compositions Performances of new compositions and vocal pieces are a tradition for the Fredericksburg Chorale.

Under the direction of Mark Hierholzer, the Chorale is made up of area residents whose ages range from nine to 75 years.

Among its year-long schedule of programs, the Chorale offers a concert series — Dialogues and Dances — at 7 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month.

The concerts, held at the Hill Country University Center, feature original vocal and instrumental compositions and improvisations.

In addition, members of the Chorale also present several special concerts throughout the year.

The Spring Concert featuring Bach’s B Minor Mass, will be performed on Saturday, May 7, at a location to be announced. Performances will be at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

As part of the holiday season, the chorale will perform a Christmas Concert Dec. 3 at St. Joseph’s Halle.

In addition to scheduled concerts, the Chorale hosts a summer workshop, which may lead to a concert in August.

The Chorale’s New Works Concert is scheduled early February 2017 at St. Joseph’s Halle.

For those interested in joining the Chorale, rehearsals are held Monday evenings from 7-8:30 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran.

Under the direction of Mark Hierholzer, the Fredericksburg Chorale continues the tradition of performing new compositions and vocal pieces. — Standard-Radio Post file photo Semester membership dues are $55 for adults and $25 for students. Scholarships are available.

Anyone interested in singing is invited to join the group for which there are no auditions.

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Orchestra keeps musical tradition alive Organized music has always played a valued role in the lives of Fredericksburg citizens, according to the late Kenn Knopp, co-founder of the Friends of Van Der Stucken.

Theresa Britt, executive director of the Frederickburg Community Orchestra, invites the public to not only attend concerts, but to consider joining the organization as a player or volunteer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a public organization aimed at advancing string HGXFDWLRQ ZLWK DOO RI WKH ZRQGHUIXO EHQHÂżWV VXFK HGXFDWLRQ brings to a community,â&#x20AC;? Britt said.

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FTC ushers in 20th season Live community theater is alive and well in the Texas Hill Country. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no need to travel to Austin or San Antonio, as those who love plays and musicals can enjoy Fredericksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acclaimed community theater troupe.

Fredericksburg Theater Company performs its productions at its Steve W. Shepherd Theater at 1668 U.S. 87 South.

Season 19 winds down The 19th season is beginning to wind down as the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine Tony Award-winning musical, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Woods,â&#x20AC;? wraps up its run on March 6.

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Special performances Hideout Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-star lineup of live, improvisational comedy performers from Austin returned to FTC in March.

Eighties lovers partook in the 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring Break Party, March 12, as the theater celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Matthew Broderick comedy, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ferris Buellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Off.â&#x20AC;?

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Tickets can be reserved by calling the FTC office at 830997-3588 or toll free at 888-669-7114.

Office hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Tickets may also be purchased online at www.fredericksburgtheater.org.

theater also receives grants and corporate donations.

A Season Flex Pass is $145 and includes six tickets that can be used as chosen throughout the theater season.

Donation levels begin at $250 with the Performer level and include Director ($1,000), Playwright ($2,500), Producer ($5,000) and Tony Award ($10,000).

Each level of support comes with tickets, recognition and other special features. Donors can also pledge support in the form of monthly donations, starting at only $25 a month.

FTC has earned a positive reputation for its big musicals, dramas and comedies. Some of those productions included: Âł/HV 0LVpUDEOHV ´ Âł0DQ RI /D 0DQFKD ´ Âł6RXWK 3DFLÂżF ´ Âł)LGdler on the Roof,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Town,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Fair Lady,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sound of Music,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;1776,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annie,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music Man,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Side Story,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The King and I,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annie Get Your Gun,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fantasticks,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Shop of Horrors,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Miracle Worker,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lost in Yonkersâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beauty and the Beast.â&#x20AC;?

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Found it!

Fredericksburg, county home to geocaches

Of the more than 2.7 million of these items that exist worldwide, more than 20 hide in plain sight in Fredericksburg.

Sometimes theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hidden at the bottom of fences, sometimes inside trees.

Other times, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the last place a person would suspect. Some are in cemeteries. The one in Frantzen Park on Orange Street is HDV\ WR ÂżQG ZKLOH the one in the porous rock at Marktplatz requires a luck and intuition.

Whether easy or challenging, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all part of geocaching â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPSenabled devices. where along West Main Street in Fredericksburg. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Once the coordinates, Two seasoned geocaching veterans introduce their younger friend to a geocache canister hidden someStandard-Radio Post file photo description and clues lead to the right place, KXQWHUV ÂżQG WKH JHRthat are then sent to the person who with something they brought. cache. The caches are as small as bison created the geocache.

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go alone. It is always better to find a friend to go with or a group of people.

Be prepared. Make sure to take plenty of water and snacks and

wear comfortable shoes and clothing.

Stay charged. Make sure your phone is fully charged before heading out.

Take a survival kit. Always carry a bag with you that has the following: bug spray, first aid kit, pen or pencil, flashlight, tweezers, paper, sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat and treasures to exchange.

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Top 5 places for kids in Fredericksburg For those who come to Fredericksburg with kids, there are plenty of things in town for youngsters to do with their parents. +HUH DUH ÂżYH

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Skate Park

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The park is located at Old Fair Park and admission is free. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo Above: Liliana Mondragon (left) and Pablo Carrillo chill out at the side of the Coach Tony Knopp Town Pool last summer. Formerly dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Town Pool,â&#x20AC;? the City of Fredericksburg renamed the pool for longtime city pool manager Tony Knopp and held a recognition ceremony and reception for family members. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

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Nature Exhibits

The Old Tunnel State Park is a bat cave that is home to millions of Mexican free-tailed bats that come to stay every May through October.

There is an upper viewing deck that is open nightly to allow visitors to watch the bats as they exit the cave around dusk.

There is also a lower viewing deck, open Thursdays through Sundays that features a special educational presentation. Admission to the lower deck is $5.

For exit times call 866-978-2287.

Enchanted Rock, a naturally formed massive granite dome, is a great place to hike and observe nature as it is home to many animals that are common around Gillespie County as well as animals who are not, like the Fairy Shrimp, tiny translucent freshwater shrimp.

Admission for anyone over 12 is $7, but for those 12 and under, admission is free.

For more information on Enchanted Rock, call 830-685-3636.

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Then, along came schools like Fredericksburg Independent School District, Harper ISD and Doss Consolidated Common School District, and the country schools took their place in history.

Those schools are now things of the past, but the sites and even memories can still be revisited, courtesy of a visit on the Gillespie County Country Schools Trail. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Schools Trailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;schools trailâ&#x20AC;? gives visitors and residents alike a chance to venture into the earlier days of Texas, when German settlers came to the Texas Hill Country and established country schools to educate their children.

Among the old school houses on the driving trail are Cave Creek, Cherry Mountain, Cherry Spring, Crabapple, Grapetown, Junction, Lower South Grape Creek, Luckenbach, Meusebach Creek, Nebgen, Pecan Creek, Rheingold, Williams Creek (Albert) (where President Lyndon Johnson attended), White Oak, Willow City and Wrede.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the schools were consolidated into the Fredericksburg Independent School District.

On Jan. 23, 2006, the Gillespie County Commissioners

Open Houses and other events The schools are available to the public for social activities. The following are open houses and other events: Â&#x2021; $SULO D P 1LQWK $QQXDO /%- %LF\FOH 7RXU Â&#x2021; $SULO D P WR S P RSHQ KRXVHV DW :UHGH Pecan Creek, Cherry Spring, Crabapple, Junction and &KHUU\ 0RXQWDLQ Â&#x2021; $SULO D P WR S P DQQXDO IXQGUDLVHU EDUEHFXH DW WKH $PHULFDQ /HJLRQ +DOO Â&#x2021; -XQH D P WR S P &RXQWU\ 6FKRRO $VVRFLDWLRQ RI $PHULFD FRQIHUHQFH Â&#x2021; -XO\ D P WR S P 5KHLQJROG 6FKRRO 2SHQ +RXVH Â&#x2021; -XO\ S P :UHGH 6FKRRO 2SHQ +RXVH Â&#x2021; $XJ D P WR S P :LOORZ &LW\ 6FKRRO 2SHQ +RXVH Â&#x2021; 6HSW D P WR S P /XFNHQEDFK 6FKRRO 2SHQ House. Â&#x2021; 6HSW /RZHU 6RXWK *UDSH &UHHN 2SHQ +RXVH %DUbecue Fundraiser, TBA. For more information about the historic schools tours, call the Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools at H PDLO WKHP DW LQIR#KLVWRULFVFKRROV RUJ or visit them online at www.historicschools.org.

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Court established the Gillespie County Country Schools Trail. This trail linked the 16 former historic country schools with the Vereins Kirche, which is a repOLFD RI WKH ÂżUVW VFKRRO LQ WKH FRXQW\ â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the Country Schools The Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools, in conjunction with several organizations, sponsors the trail and various activities throughout the year so that people can learn more about the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educational history.

The Friends consists of former students of the closed schools.

Their mission statement is â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are preserving the past to enrich the future.â&#x20AC;?

The desks may be empty now, but the history found at the country schools in Gillespie County such as at the Williams Creek (Albert) school, catch the interest of visitors. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

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Peaches keep â&#x20AC;&#x2122;em coming back for more Gillespie County peaches are some of sweetest in the state thanks in large part to the minerals and micronutrients of the Hill Country soil. The 1,700 foot altitude temSHUDWXUH YDULDWLRQ KHOSV LQWHQVLI\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;DYRU RI WKH IUXLW Gillespie County produces roughly one-third of all the peaches produced in Texas on about 600 acres that are dedicated to peach growing.

Blooms usually show up around mid-March, and the earliest peaches in this part of the state begin to ripen in May. By June 1, the peach harvest is in full swing, and roadside stands become a hive of activity.

Peach lovers come from around the state to Gillespie County to buy their peaches market fresh. Some local peaches are sold outside the county at farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; markets in the cities, including Austin and San Antonio.

In addition, peaches are sold at the weekly Fredericksburg Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market.

Varieties The many varieties grown in Gillespie County fall into two general types: â&#x20AC;&#x153;freestoneâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;clingstone.â&#x20AC;?

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easily from the pit. Clingstones are best for canning beFDXVH RI WKHLU ÂżUP Ă&#x20AC;HVK Peaches harvested in May are the â&#x20AC;&#x153;clingstoneâ&#x20AC;? type, while early-June peaches are â&#x20AC;&#x153;semi-freestoneâ&#x20AC;? and lateJune through the end-of-season varieties are â&#x20AC;&#x153;freestoneâ&#x20AC;?.

Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production In addition to a climate that features warm summers and mild winters, the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s geography and topography contribute to successful harvests. When rainfall is sufÂżFLHQW WKH VDQG\ ORDP VDQG DQG UHG FOD\ VXEVRLO VHUYH as an effective reservoir to preserve moisture during dry periods. %XW 0RWKHU 1DWXUH FDQ EH ÂżFNOH ZLWK WKH FURS ,I WKH area gets a strong frost once blooms have set, much of the crop can be destroyed. Spring hail storms also can be destructive to the crop.

The sight of blossoming trees is another attraction for visitors in the early springtime.

More information on peaches is available from Gillespie County Extension Agent Brad Roeder or HorticulturLVW -LP .DPDV 7KHLU RIÂżFHV DUH ORFDWHG LQ WKH *LOOHVSLH County Agricultural Extension Building, 95 Frederick Road. The telephone number there is 830-997-3452.

Information is also available from the Hill Country Fruit Council website at www.texaspeaches.com.

Buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guide When buying peaches, look for ones that are fairly firm or just becoming a bit soft. The skin color between the red areas should be yellow or at least creamy.

Avoid very firm or hard peaches with a greenish color â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they are probably immature and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ripen properly once plucked from the tree. Soft fruits are ideal for ice cream or jam, but should be used quickly.

The best way to buy Gillespie County peaches is direct from grower stands and markets located throughout the area.

Roadside stands offer â&#x20AC;&#x153;just pickedâ&#x20AC;? peaches. To let visitors experience more of their favorite treat, some peach growers allow their customers to enter the orchard and pick their own fruit.

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Here â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; There is no telling how many thousands of people have made visiting Luckenbach, Texas a bucket list item since Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson brought it to life in their 1970s hit.

But when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to get back to the basics of life and enjoy a pure Texas experience, the storied place about 10 PLOHV IURP )UHGHULFNVEXUJ ÂżOOV WKH ELOO With its store, dance hall and picnic tables underneath arching live oak trees, Luckenbach (A sign jokes â&#x20AC;&#x153;Population 3â&#x20AC;?) is a destination for music fans, bikers and sightseers.

Open daily at 9 a.m., the store offers visitors an old-fashioned experience and merchandise ranging from the nostalgic to items bearing the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oval-shaped logo.

With nearly daily performances on the outside stage or in the dancehall, musicians provide tunes with a Texas Ă&#x20AC;DLU $QG DQ DGMDFHQW Âł)HHG /RW´ FDWHUV to appetites with barbecue, burgers, sandwiches and other dishes.

Luckenbach draws eclectic groups of musicians to perform on a regular basis, such as this duo that consisted of a Texas-born husband and Canadian-born wife. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

Major events Among the biggest spring and summer events at Luckenbach are: March 5: Texas Independence Day Celebration; March 12: Spring Break Saturday; March 19: Mud Dauber Rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chili Billy Fest; March 26: Asleep at the Wheel; April 9: Outlaw Half Marathon and 5K; May 6-7: Hill Country Run Motorcycle Rally fundraiser; May 20-21: Thomas Michael Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music

Fest; May 29: Ice Cream Social; June 25: Hill Country Food Truck Festival; July 4: 11th Annual Wilkins Family Live Free and Fly event.

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Luckenbachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former post office is now a gift shop. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

Come In for our Famous Pancakes, Schnitzels and our wonderful Pastries

Old German Bakery & Restaurant

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Heritage center new city landmark Anyone traveling west into Fredericksburg from U.S. 290 are bound to see the newest member of the city’s “skyline” — a 50-foot tall campanile.

The tower “serves as the centerpiece for the future Texas Rangers Heritage Center,” said Joe B. Davis, president of the Former Texas Ranger Foundation.

The recognizable landmark will draw attention to the museum’s main entrance, as well as to the Texas Rangers “Ring of Honor” outdoor memorial area on the ground level, said Davis, a retired Texas Ranger.

Phase I of the project, which is completed, includes the bell tower and Ring of Honor and an amphitheater, a living history area, a pavilion, parking lot, the main entrance off the highway and a crosswalk/pathway that leads to the adjacent Fort Martin Scott Historic Site.

Those elements combined represent about two-thirds of the overall project, Davis said.

Phase I (including the campanile) of the Texas Rangers Heritage Center is completed. Next will be the 25,000 square foot Phase II project, which includes a living history program. — Standard-Radio Post photo

They are also currently raising money for the capital building fund for Phase II. The building will be about 25,000 square feet. It contains an education center, video presentations, speakers and a living history program. The focus is on teaching Texas Rangers history to the public. It also includes programs to work closer with youth regarding developing good character traits and becoming better citizens.

Regular-sized brick pavers to be placed at the base of the bell tower may be purchased for a $100 contribution.

Each brick paver affords donors three lines of text (with 14 characters per line, including spaces.)

A larger, 16-inch by 16-inch paver is also available for $1,000. It may feature a custom design, such as brands, logos, or a longer list of family names, Davis said.

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Clothing Jewelry Bed Linens & Bath To Delight The Woman In You

105 N. Llano Fredericksburg, Texas 10:00 - 5:00 Mon - Sat 11:00 - 4:00 Sundays

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Lone Star Candy Bar Come be a kid in a candy store!

CHOCOLATE DIPPED BACON! Try a FREE sample of our fresh HOMEMADE FUDGE! - Over 36 Flavors Everyday We Ship Fudge!

See BOB, our 27 pound gummy bear and all our other giant candies M&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in 21 colors & Jelly Bellys in lots of flavors!

Fresh Roasted Nuts Pucker Powder Old Fashioned Sodas in Glass Bottles

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Right before your eyes we can build, accessorize and customize your own stuffed animal.

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Fort a lesson in military history

Dressed as a 19th century sheriff, this man talks to Boy Scouts about courage during a 2015 camping trip to Fort Martin Scott. The scouts also learned facets of the fort’s history and earned “Polar Bear Award” patches. — Standard-Radio Post file photo

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Located just east of town at 1606 East Main (on U.S. Highway 290), the fort is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Monday. It is closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

David Bianchi, site manager for the fort, is on site from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays through Mondays.

The City of Fredericksburg has installed informational kiosks to be set up around the grounds to help visitors better experience the history of the fort.

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&DWILVK +DYHQ The Hill Country’s Choice for Steak and Seafood 816 West Main Street, Fredericksburg, Texas

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www.catfishhaventx.com Hours of Operation: Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Seafood Specialties All Entrees Include A Choice of Baked Potato, Fries or Tater Tots And Our Unique Salad/Veggie Bar

Oyster Plate (6) or (12) Oyster & Fish Plate (4) Fish Fillets & (6) Oysters Oyster & Frog Legs (6) Oyster & (4) Frog Legs Oyster & Shrimp Plate (6) Fried Oysters & (4) Shrimp Oysters & Stuffed Crab (2) Crabs & (6) Oysters Stuffed Crab & Fish (2) Fish Filets & (2) Stuffed Crab Small Combo Plate (2) Fish Fillets & (2) Jumbo Shrimp Large Combo Plate (4) Fish Fillets & (4) Jumbo Shrimp Butterflied Shrimp (5) Shrimp (8) Shrimp (10) Shrimp Fried Shrimp (15) Medium Shrimp

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Stonewall, Texas Becker Vineyards will host its 18th Annual Lavender Festival, April 30 & May 1. The event will feature speakers and vendors promoting lavender education as well as herb related products.

There will also be gardening tips, cooking demonstrations, wine tasting and tours.

Business hours are Saturday, 10 a.m.-- 6 p.m. & Sunday, Noon--6 p.m.

The event is complimentary, Parking is $5.

The Lavender Luncheons will be catered by two local chefs at 12:30 p.m. both days.

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For more information and reservations contact: 830-644-2681.

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For more information about Becker Vineyards and the Lavender Fields visit the website at www.beckervineyards.com.

P.O. Box 393 Located 11 miles east Stonewall, Texas 78671 of Fredericksburg, 830-644-2681 phone 3 miles west of Stonewall, off 830-644-2689 fax US Hwy 290.

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Take a hike Three nature trails at the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park offer nature lovers a multitude of species of birds, forbs, grasses, woody plants, amphibians, reptiles and insects to view.

There are three different mile long nature trails, designed and built by the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center, that wind through seven distinct microhabitats.

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‘THE ROCK’ enchants visitors

A unique pink granite dome that sits in the heart of the Hill Country, called Enchanted Rock, is a must visit destination for any outdoor enthusiast.

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area is a wonder to behold any time of day or night.

Seen from miles away due to its size and shape, Enchanted Rock stretches up 1,825 feet in elevation and reaches out to grab the interest of thousands of hikers, campers and other outdoor lovers who take the time to visit the 640-acre park near the Gillespie/Llano county line each year.

Located about 16 miles north of Fredericksburg, the park also is one of the best area places to see the stars at night shine big and bright. It was one of two parks in Texas to be designated an International Dark Sky Park.

The designation means that Enchanted Rock’s lighting sources now comply with the International Dark Sky Alliance requirements, which not only saves energy for the park, but assures that visitors from the city experience a night sky uninterrupted by bright lights.

It also helps the area promote low-impact ecotourism in one of the Hill Country’s major tourist destinations.

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The hike up Enchanted Rock offers a full view of the Texas Hill Country.

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Relax, enjoy amenities at city park Rolling hills and rambling Live Oak Creek are just a few of the features of the 150-acre Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park.

Just three miles from downtown attractions, the park provides a recreational getaway for locals and visitors alike.

There is no admission charge for entering the park located southwest of town on Texas 16 South.

Day use activities Daytime visitors to the park can use picnic tables (available on a ÂżUVW FRPH ÂżUVW VHUYHG EDVLV DQG four playgrounds at no charge to accommodate those just wanting to get away from it all for a couple of hours.

Three free nature trails that take hikers across Live Oak Creek give nature lovers a chance to get up close and personal with the natural habitat.

The pathways were established by the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center. )RU YDFDWLRQHUV ZKR HQMR\ ÂżVKing, the park offers a 17-acre lake and plenty of spots to wet a line.

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AMENITIES Five outdoor pavilions Baseball field Golf course Softball field Practice field Volleyball court Basketball court Tennis courts Swimming pool (open summer months only) Fishing at Live Oak Creek Restrooms adjacent to Lady Bird Johnson RV Park

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volleyball court, an outdoor basketball court, a swimming pool (with kiddie SRRO WR WKH VLGH DQG WHQQLV FRXUWV Rental facilities Visitors who plan large gatherings may want to look into using one of the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ÂżYH ODUJH RXWGRRU FRYHUHG SDYLOLRQV RU one of three indoor sites, including the Tatsch House, the Cardinal Room at the golf course clubhouse or the spacious Pioneer Pavilion.

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the park, which accommodates RVs and tents.

In all, there are 98 RV spaces available for travel trailers with 30-50 amp electrical hookups, water and sewer, cable TV, wireless Internet and shade trees.

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The National Museum of the Pacific War, one of Fredericksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular tourist attractions, tells the story of how the Pacific in World War II was won. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

Want a WWII history lesson? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; visit Pacific War Museum (LJKW PLOOLRQ $PHULFDQV VHUYHG LQ :RUOG :DU ,,ÂśV 3DFLÂżF Rim against Japan, and more than 100,000 of them gave their lives.

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It has since expanded to occupy a six-acre campus and has become one of the elite military museums in the nation. The 33,000-square-foot exhibition area features 40 media installations, about 900 artifacts in 97 climate-controlled cases, 15 macro-artifacts and hundreds of photographs.

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Temporary exhibits, such as this one remembering the life of honorary U.S. veteran Bob Hope, are also a part of the National Museum of the Pacific War and can be viewed for free in the Admiral Nimitz Museum, which is housed in the Pacific War Complex.

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The garden was a gift from the military leaders of Japan to the people of the United States, in honor of Admiral Nimitz.

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Step back in to the 1915-1918 era with a visit to the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm located inside the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site at Stonewall. At the farm, interpreters

dress in period clothing and demonstrate every phase of life from that era. The state park also pays tribute to its namesake, President Lyndon B. Johnson. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

State park a lesson in history Visitors also get chance to explore nature, the outdoors Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site at Stonewall combines lessons in history with a step back in time and a chance to enjoy the outdoors.

Along with walking the nature trails, visiting a living history farm and browsing through historical exhibits and memorabilia, the park also offers recreational facilities, shopping and more.

In fact, there is so much to see and do at the state park that â&#x20AC;&#x153;folks should plan to stay a while and shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in too big a hurry if they want to really enjoy it all,â&#x20AC;? said, Iris Neffendorf, park superintendent.

LBJ State Park and Historic Site is a day-use park with no park entrance fees, but donations are accepted.

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Attached to the Visitor Center is the Behrens Cabin, a two-room dogtrot cabin built during the 1840s by German immigrant Johannes Behrens.

There’s also an outdoor amphitheater.

Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm The park is also home to the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm, which depicts the life of a German/Texas family from 1915-1918.

East of the Visitor Center and off the nature trail, the farm is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Guided tours there allow park interpreters to demonstrate every phase of life characteristic of that era.

School classes and other large groups of 15 or more are encouraged to make reservations for one-hour farm tours by phoning 830-644-2252, ext. 229.

Nature trails Elsewhere in the park, a winding nature trail leads walkers to a larger-than-life bronze statue of the former president overlooking the Pedernales River. It also trails near a wildlife enclosure housing American Bison and other areas with the members RI WKH 2I¿FLDO 7H[DV 6WDWH Longhorn Herd.

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Big catch — Youngsters and their families are invited to participate in the Annual LBJ Fishing Day, set this year for June 4 along the banks of the Pedernales River at Stonewall. — Standard-Radio Post file photos

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Every trail in the park is linked with directional signs and strategically-placed markers giving a brief description of highlights along the path.

There’s more Numerous shaded picnic and rest areas (some with restroom facilities) are available at the state park.

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Available by reservation is the park’s dining hall and group picnic area, located on the banks of the Pedernales River, as well as a separate baseball diamond facility.

Fishing is allowed without a license from the banks of state park lands.

More information More information on park events, as well as rental of the park and its facilities, is available by calling 830-644-2252, ext.

226; e-mailing lbj@tpwd.state.tx.us, or visiting http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/statepark/lyndon-b-johnson.

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The park is actually divided into two components â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one in Johnson City and the other in Stonewall.

The LBJ Ranch is a mile east of Stonewall on the north side of the Pedernales River. It is a companion attraction to the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, which is lo-

Stonewall District The national parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stonewall District operating hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. It is open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Gates close at 5:30 p.m. and the ranch is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Free permits for the driving tour are issued from 9 a.m.4 p.m. The tour leads travelers to the Junction School, where Johnson began his education at the age of four, to the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthplace, then to the Johnson family cemetery, where President and Mrs. Johnson are laid to rest.

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cated along the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s southern banks.

The other district in Johnson City, in Blanco County, is made up of the LBJ Boyhood Home and the Johnson Settlement.

Among the annual spring and summer events at the LBJ Ranch are the LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour on April 2, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Movies Under the Starsâ&#x20AC;? events (June 4, June 7, July 16 and Sept. 10) and the 108th anniversary of LBJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Birth Wreath Laying Ceremony on Aug. 27.

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More than a thousand riders test their endurance on the long routes of the LBJ100 Bicycle Tour, held in March of last year. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tour is scheduled for April 2 at the LBJ park. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; StandardRadio Post file photos

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Education During his administration, Johnson signed more education bills into law than any other president. He signed the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 at the Junction School, where he attended classes. The Junction School is located in the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park at Stonewall. For listing of all events at the site visit http://tpwd.texas.gov/ state-parks/lyndon-b-johnson.

Johnson City District Fourteen miles east of the LBJ Ranch is the Blanco County seat, Johnson City.

This park district includes a visitor center at 100 East Ladybird Lane, the LBJ Boyhood Home and the Johnson Settlement. The visitor center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The LBJ Boyhood Home is open for guided tours with a park ranger from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding the noon hour, seven days a week.

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The Johnson Settlement transports visitors back to the early settlement days of Texas. A visitor contact station is open in the Withers and Spauldings Building in downtown Johnson City. There, the public will see how a general store looked, circa 1915.

More information is available from the visitor center at 830-868-7128, ext. 244.

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Bats call old tunnel park home Visitors of Fredericksburg who have never seen a bat donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to travel too far to get their chance.

The smallest Wildlife Management Area in Texas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Old Tunnel State Park, a mere 16.1 acres, houses more mammals than any other WMA in the Lone Star State.

For six months out of the year, three million-plus bats make their home inside the 920-foot landmark railroad tunnel, which was built in 1913 and used by the Fredericksburg and Northern Railway until its abandonment in 1941.

Brazilian Free-tailed Bats, as well as an estimated 3,000 cave myotis bats, funnel out of a now-defunct railroad tunnel between May and October.

The Old Tunnel WMA, located at 10619 Old San Antonio Road (around 11 miles south of Fredericksburg), is open sunrise to sunset, 365 days a year.

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Alexander Vineyards alexandervineyards.com 830-865-3975 The mission at Alexander Vineyards is to create an educational and exciting wine experience for everyone to enjoy. Located at U.S. 290 East and Goehmann Lane intersection, Alexander Vineyards is about five miles east of downtown Fredericksburg.

Established in April 2013, Alexanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wine offerings promise to grow each year. Alexander specializes in champagne and Bordeaux wines. The winery is open daily from 11 a.m.6 p.m.

Bell Mountain Vineyards Bellmountainwine.com 830-685-3297 Bell Mountain, operated by the Oberhelman family, planted its first test vineyard in 1976.

The vineyard produces and bottles wines from the classic wine varieties branded with the Bell Mountain label. It also offers specialty wines under the Oberhof label, as well as Vina Rita Wine Cocktails.

The winery, located 14 miles north of Fredericksburg off Texas Highway 16, is open for complimentary tours and tastings from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. every Saturday.

Baronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek Vineyard Baronscreekvineyards.com 830-330-4052 Brothers Mike, Chris and Marc Chase began Baronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek Vineyard with different visions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one imagines a bountiful vineyard, another sees a gathering place for friends and family, while the last looks forward to new and lasting memories created nightly.

These three dreams have become a collective vision of the vineyard and winery.

Baronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek is located 5865 U.S. 290 East, Fredericksburg and is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Becker Vineyards Beckervineyards.com 830-644-2681 Established in 1992, this vineyard is located out U.S. 290 East toward Stonewall, down Jenschke Lane. Owners are Dr. Richard and Bunny Becker.

Its grounds feature retail sales, a gift shop and tasting room which are open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday noon to 6 p.m.

The vineyard also offers a selection of products made from lavender grown in its three-acre lavender field. Becker Vineyards

Lavender Festival is set for April 30.

Bending Branch Winery Bendingbranchwinery.com 830-9952948 Bending Branch Winery, a boutique winery near Comfort is a sustainable practices and organically focused operation with 20 acres of vines, comprising 16 varietals.

Their tasting room hours are Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Tours are available by appointment only.

The winery is located at 142 Lindner Branch Trail, Comfort.

Chisholm Trail Winery at Spring Creek Vineyards Chisholmtrailwinery.com 830-990-2675 This winery is located at 2367 Usener Road (about 10 miles west of Fredericksburg on U.S. 290 toward Harper).

The Old West-style winery, established in 2001, has a 6,000-square-foot saloonstyle tasting room. Special events with live music and hosted by the wineryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saloon Girls are held throughout the year. Woodfired gourmet pizza is prepared in the Oval Oven.

Chisholm Trail is now open daily, noon to 6 p.m.

105 Compass Rose Cellars Compassrosecellars.com 830-868-7799 This winery is located in Hye, Texas, 1197 Albert Road (about 20 miles east of Fredericksburg on U.S. 290 toward Johnson City).

Compass Rose Cellars, established in 2011, is a boutique winery based out of Hye, Texas. The winery started as a far-off dream for Mark Watson that slowly matured into reality.

The tasting room is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Thursday to Sunday. Other hours are available by appointment.

Fat Ass Ranch Winery fatasswine.com 830-644-2300 This winery, found between Stonewall and Fredericksburg at 51 Elgin Behrends Rd., started when Gail and Jennie McCulloch married and found the perfect Hill Country Ranch.

The three square meals a day made the McCullochs, their ranch dog and their donkey gain weight. This is when they decided they lived on a Fat Ass Ranch.

The winery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Saturday when it is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Fiesta Winery Fiestawinery.com 830-307-3328 Fiesta Winery began in Bend, Texas, but the wineryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success spawned two local outlets.

Fiesta Winery Main Street is located at 147A E. Main (with Books on Main), and Fiesta Winery 290 is located at 6260 U.S. 290 East.

Karen (K.K.) Taylor manages both locations.

Serving begins at 10 a.m. downtown, except for Sundays (11 a.m.). Closing times vary so call ahead to check.

The winery has won awards in Dallas and

San Antonio contests.

4.0 Cellars Fourpointwine.com 830-997-7470 4.0 Cellars, featuring modern architecture, is a collaboration between three well-regarded Texas wineries: Brennan Vineyards in Comanche; Lost Oak Winery near Burleson and McPherson Cellars in Lubbock.

Kim McPhersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Docâ&#x20AC;? is considered one of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;fathersâ&#x20AC;? of the modern Texas wine industry, having cofounded Llano Estacado in Lubbock.

The winery is open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Located seven miles east of Fredericksburg, on U.S. 290 East, the winery offers wine tastings, tours and other special events.

Fredericksburg Winery Fbgwinery.com 830-990-8747 Located at 247 W. Main St., Fredericksburg Winery was named one of the top three producers in Texas by â&#x20AC;&#x153;USA Today.â&#x20AC;?

The winery is owned and operated by the Switzer family, and was established in 1996.

The winery, which has its own vines, produces wines at its 10,600-square-foot facility on West Main Street, offering a large selection of wines from the very dry varieties to late harvest dessert wines and

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The winery is open seven days a week: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

(The last tasting each day begins 15 minutes prior to closing.)

Grape Creek Vineyards Grapecreek.com 830-644-2710 Grape Creek Vineyards offers visitors a feel of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tuscany in Texasâ&#x20AC;? on its grounds, less than 10 miles east of Fredericksburg.

General hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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106 WINERIES Cont. from 105 Hilmy Cellars Hilmywine.com 830-644-2482 Hilmy Cellars offers a vineyard and winery with the focus of making wines from hot climate varietals from around the world.

It offers six wines at its tasting room produced by owners Erik and Neldie Hilmy.

The tasting room is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday noon to 6 p.m.

Hye Meadow Winery Hyemeadow.com 855-HYE-WINE Located on 62 acres in Hye, just outside the Gillespie County line, winemakers at Hye Meadows say they take their wine seriously, but know how to have fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grape Guruâ&#x20AC;? Mike Batek joined forces with Jeff Ivy and Chris Black to open the winery in 2013.

Hye Meadow is located at 10257 U.S. 290 West in Hye. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m.

Sunday.

Inwood Estates Vineyards Inwoodwines.com 830-997-2304 This winery brings 30 years of winemaking experience to its newest location nine miles east of Fredericksburg in the

290 wine corridor.

Its other operations are located in Dallas and Florence.

Founder Dan Gatlin has an extensive background in the retail beverage trade and in vineyard research. He established one of the first vineyards in the state in 1981 in Denton County.

The local facility includes a tasting room, outdoor patio and bistro.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

Kerrville Hills Winery Kerrvillehillswinery.com 830-895-4233 Kerrvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first winery is situated at the top of a hill high above Kerrville and the Guadalupe River Valley. The winery and tasting room are built on the footprint of a Kerrville homestead.

Tasting room hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Thursday through Monday.

Kuhlman Cellars Kuhlmancellars.com 512-920-CORK (2675) Chris and Jennifer Cobb opened Kuhlman Cellars in October 2014.

The name was derived from the Kuhlman Creek which originates on their family farm and ultimately empties into the Pedernales River.

BĂŠnĂŠdicte Rhyne, joined the team in 2012 as winemaker and partner.

Inspired by the winding waterways, geological formations and mineral rich soil types found in the Texas Terroir, Kuhlman Cellars pays homage to this unique terrain in each of its proprietary blends.

The cellarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tasting room, 18421 U.S. 290 East, is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The last tasting starts an hour before closing each day.

Lewis Wines Lewiswines.com 512-987-0660 Lewis Wines is a boutique producer of handcrafted Texas wines.

Located near Johnson City in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, they specialize in Mediterranean varieties with a focus on Spanish and Portuguese.

They work with quality focused growers across the state to farm wine grapes that thrive in the wide ranging landscape that is Texas and they planted vineyards on the Lewis Estate in Spring 2014.

Tastings are done by appointment seven days a week from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Our guest rooms are decorated with a Fredericksburg style theme and offer the latest amenities & technologies of a full service hotel: interior entrances, internet, 32â&#x20AC;? LCD televisions, cable TV with HBO, alarm clocks, coffee makers, irons, ironing boards, hair dryers, granite countertops, guest laundry available on property, leather love seats, microwaves & refrigerators & suites have separate living areas. Enjoy a hot breakfast.

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Lost Draw Cellars produces wines that can be tasted in Fredericksburg at 113 E. Park St. Tasting room hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Lost Draw Cellars Lostdrawcellars.com 830-992-3251 A High Plains grape farmer, a retired oil and gas distributer, and a young civil engineer developed a partnership with a mission to open up a winery in the city limits of Fredericksburg. Their vision was to make Lost Draw Cellars a place where locals, tourists, wine enthusiasts and wine connoisseurs could come together to enjoy good company, an inviting atmosphere and a quality Texas wine.

The trio of Andy Timmons, Andrew Sides and Troy Ottmers use grapes that handle

Mendelbaum Cellars Mendelbaumcellars.com 830-997-7000 Mendelbaum Cellars offers wines from the Texas Panhandle and the Texas High Plains.

It recently added wines from Israel, its “Holy Land Wines” that feature grapes grown in the Judean Hills and the Galilean Mountains.

The winery is located at 10207 U.S. 290 East. Hours are Monday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 1-6 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Messina Hof Hill Country Messinahof.com 830-990-4653 Messina Hof Hill Country opened in 2011,

sporting a rich family-based background rooted in the wine-making process.

Located next to U.S. 290 East, near Stonewall, the 10-acre estate includes a Wine Garten, “Manor Haus” B&B, VIP Room and Guest Center.

Tasting room hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

The local facility is an outgrowth of Messina Hof Winery and Resort in Bryan, which was started in 1977 by Merrill and Paul Bonarrigo VI. The Bonarrigo family began making wine in 1880.

Narrow Path Winery Narrowpathwinery.com 830-992-1404 Narrow Path Winery is the result of a passion of the Turbeville family for the complete process of wine making (vine to glass) and an even bigger passion for creating community. The vision for Narrow Path Winery is to provide a platform for sharing life’s journeys while sharing great wine. The winery is open noon-6 p.m.

Monday and Thursday, noon-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

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108 WINERIES Cont. from 107 Pedernales Cellars Pedernalescellars.com 830-644-2037 Pedernales Cellars is dedicated to the creation of world-class wines using ecologically sound practices, with a focus on grape varieties that can be grown with exceptional quality in the Texas Hill Country.

Winemaker David Kuhlken uses gravity winemaking and extended barrel aging to produce ultra-premium wines. The underground cellar is the largest in Texas.

Tasting room hours are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

The winery is located in Stonewall, 15 minutes east of Fredericksburg, at 2916 Upper Albert Road (at the corner of Ranch Road 1623 South).

Pontotoc Vineyard Pontotocvineyard.com 512-658-0023 Carl and Frances Money purchased the turn-of-the-century sandstone buildings in Pontotoc and made the town into the Pon-

totoc Vineyard Weinhalle and Winery.

The mission of Pontotoc Vineyard is to make vintage wines of exceptional quality from grapes grown in and well-suited to Texas.

All of the wines are made with at least a portion of the grapes grown at Pontotoc Vineyard and are named after historic locations and geological formations in the Northern Hill Country.

All Pontotoc Vineyard wines are offered at their Weingarten located at 320 West Main Street, in Fredericksburg, on Friday and Saturday from noon-8 p.m. and Sunday from noon-5 p.m.

Rancho Ponte Vineyard Ranchoponte.com 830-990-8555 Rancho Ponte Vineyard was established locally in 2009 as a continuation of a family tradition of quality winemaking that began in 1895 in Italy.

The winery and tasting room are nestled on 20 acres surrounded by cattle and horse ranches. Its location is 315 Ranch Road 1376, about five miles east of Fredericksburg (be-

hind KOA, on the road to Luckenbach).

Rancho Ponte is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

The winery features a variety of wines, sold exclusively at the winery.

Sandstone Cellars Winery Sandstonecellarswinery.com 325-347-WINE Sandstone Cellars Winery is a boutique winery just off the town square in Mason.

The winery opens 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.

SantaMaria Cellars Santamariacellarswines.com 830-998-5357 Located at 12044 Texas 16 South, about five miles from downtown Fredericksburg, owner and winemaker Martin Santamaria adds an Argentinian flare to Texas winemaking.

The former professional rugby player studied viticulture and oenology in Italy.

The winery is open Thursday and Friday noon-5 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday noon-3 p.m.

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109 Singing Water Vineyards Singwatervineyards.com 830-995-2246 The name Singing Water describes the sound that fills the air as the water of Bruins Creek cascades over a waterfall on Dick and Julie Holmbergs’ property near Comfort.

What started out as the Holmbergs making wine for themselves and friends grew into a bonded winery in 2004. In May of 2005, the first commercial wines were sold.

By October, they were sold out.

The tasting room is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday; noon-5 p.m.

Sunday, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday.

Sister Creek Vineyards Sistercreekvineyards.com 830-324-6704 Since 1988, Sister Creek Vineyards has been located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country in Sisterdale, (pop. 25).

Bordeaux and burgundy wine making techniques are employed to produce chardonnay, pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot wines. These traditional wines are aged in 60-gallon oak barrels for up to three years.

In addition to these wines, an Italian-style muscat canelli is also produced. The winery

Six Shooter features wines from Cowtown Winery (Fort Worth), Clear Creek Vineyards (Kemah), Yepez Vineyard (Baytown), Cross Timbers Winery (Grapevine) and Retreat Hill (Navasota) and Blazing Barrels (Lubbock).

Visitors will find an assortment of reds, whites, blushes and dessert wines, all from Texas winemakers.

Hours are Monday and Thursday, noon to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The winery is located at 6264 U.S. 290 East.

is located between the cypress lined east and west Sister Creeks in a restored 1885 cotton gin.

The tasting room is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Six Shooter Cellars Sixshootercellars.com 830-428-0810 Six Shooter Cellars is a collection of six wineries from around the Lone Star State.

Texas Hills Vineyards Texashillsvineyards.com 830-868-2321 Texas Hills Vineyard is located in the gentle hills of the picturesque Pedernales River Valley in the Texas Hill Country near Johnson City. A perfect location for growing quality grapes, the intense Texas sun by day and the cooler Hill Country nights gives grapes an intense and quality flavor, ideal for wines.

Texas Hills Vineyard is open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday noon-5 p.m.

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PIONEER MUSEUM

A haven for historically minded Visitors can get a glimpse into what life was like for Gillespie Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early settlers by first stopping in the Pioneer Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entry

point, 325 West Main Street. Special tours and rates are available for large groups. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post file photo

History buffs can immerse themselves in the life of Fredericksburg by exploring the historic structures, authentic objects, photographs and much more at Pioneer Museum, owned and operated by the Gillespie County Historical Society (GCHS).

The GCHS and Pioneer Museum work together to create a shared narrative of Fredericksburg history. The GCHS manages historical collections from donors and the Pioneer Museum complex brings the collections to life through exhibits, demonstrations and educational programs.

Pioneer Museum Located at 325 West Main Street, the museum complex features year-round activities, displays, hands-on demonstrations and more for families.

The museum is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. It is closed on Sundays and major holidays. Regular museum admission is $5 for adults, $3 for youth ages 6 to 17 and free for children 5 years of age and younger.

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GCHS The GCHS was formed in 1935 to preserve and share the history of Gillespie County and the surrounding Texas Hill Country.

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With other purchases and donations by the GCHS, the Pioneer Museum site has grown to encompass three acres and 11 buildings. Nine of the buildings are historic structures included on a tour of the Pioneer Museum grounds. The society has over 300,000 artifacts within its rich and diverse collection.

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Stay on Main or take a short drive out 290 East– at Rocky Hill complex.

Live music every Saturday and Sunday.

Phone: 830-997-4466 5 Tastings for $10 and a complimentary stemless Fiesta glass.

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A peek into yesteryear at Pioneer Museum during Spring Break Time to put down the cell phones and catch a glimpse into Fredericksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early days.

Spring Break revelers can take to experiencing some special activities planned at Pioneer Museum, 325 West Main Street.

The museum will host a variety of hands-on activities, demonstrations and reenactments and organizers promise something for all ages.

Dates are March 11-12, and March 14-19.

Activities planned include rope making, quilting, spinning and hammering at the blacksmithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forge, and a chuck wagon display.

There will also be re-enactors on site to help experience the days of mountain men, Buffalo Soldiers, early Texas Rangers and the vaquero.

Attendees can experience a one-room schoolhouse and share in storytelling and folk song singing.

A Native American dancer also will be there as a part of the activities.

Visitors also can try their hand at the German language with some of Fredericksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many local speakers.

In the one-room schoolhouse, every day theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have different former oneroom school students.

The museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular exhibits and buildings will be open for viewing and interpreters welcome questions and love to share stories of the past, the spokesman added.

Admission to daytime Spring Break activities is included with the regular museum admission of $5 for adults, $3 for youths aged 6-17 years and free for those 5 and under.

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and in more recent times had been used as a restaurant.

Visitors to Pioneer Museum will be immersed in the stories of those who built this community.

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The Kammlah House and Store began in 1849 as a oneroom structure, but grew through the years with the addition of three kitchens, a cellar, a stone patio, bedrooms and living areas.

When the society purchased the Kammlah property in 1955, four generations of Kammlahs had lived in the house.

Between 1870 and 1924, the Kammlahs operated a general store in the front rooms.

The house is the oldest building in Fredericksburg open to the public. Each historic structure at the museum complex tells part of the story of this communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past.

The Kammlah Smokehouse and Barn, located behind the KRXVH DUH ÂżOOHG ZLWK ERWWOH OLQHG Ă&#x20AC;RZHU EHGV D ZLQGPLOO chicken pen, farm implements and outhouse reminiscent of a past era.

The Arhelger Bathhouse, originally built as a bathhouse behind the Arhelger Barber Shop, now houses an exhibit on the Fredericksburg & Northern Railroad (1914-1942). @GoFred1

The White Oak School recalls the days of the one-roomed country school, common before Texas consolidated its schools into larger districts after World War II. Three additional homes offer a comparison between different types of structures found in 19th century Fredericksburg.

The Walton Smith Log Cabin, built around 1880, is a typical log-stone-mortar house.

The Fassel-Roeder House, begun in the 1870s, served as a butcher shop before a kitchen, living room and front porch were added.

Furnished with household items typical of the late 19th century, the Fassel-Roeder House illustrates domestic life during that period.

The Weber Sunday House is typical of small wooden structures built by German families who lived too far from town for one-day trips. These little houses served as places to eat and rest when families came to town for church, shopping or funerals.

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WINERIES Torre di Pietra Vineyards - Texas Hill Country Wine Texashillcountrywine.com 830-644-2829 Torre di Pietra is operated by the Ken and Jenise Maxwell family, fourth- and fifthgeneration Texans whose family has been making wine for over 100 years.

The Maxwell familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tradition of farming and wine making dates back to the late 1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

The winery and vineyard is located 10 miles east of Fredericksburg on U.S. 290, and is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

The Vintage Cellar Thevintage-cellar.com 830-992-7699 The Vintage Cellar specializes in Texas Wines and Texas Olive Oil. They carry locally made wines and oils.

The Vintage Cellar is located at Rocky Hill School, 6258 U.S. 290 East. The school built in 1902 was in operation until 1977.

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William Chris is located at 10352 U.S. 290 in Hye. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday. Sunday hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Westcave Cellars Winery Westcavecellars.com 512-431-1403 Westcave Cellars Winery was founded in 2010 and has established a reputation for crafting fine 100 percent Texas wines.

The family-owned and operated winery is a few miles west of Hamilton Pool Preserve.

The tasting room is open Monday, Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday noon-6 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday by appointment.

Woodrose Winery Woodrosewinery.com 830-644-2539 Woodrose Winery is located just west of the Stonewall community, on the south side of U.S. 290, about 14 miles east of Fredericksburg, on Woodrose Lane.

Founded in 1995 in Austin as Oak Hill Cellars, Woodrose planted its first vines in Stonewall in 2000.

In 2005, wine maker and enthusiast Mike Guilette bought the winery and expanded it to 34 acres.

Winery tasting room hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

The facility currently includes a tasting room with outdoor seating.

William Chris Vineyards Williamchriswines.com 830-998-7654 Environmentally friendly and Texas grown, William Chris Vineyards in Hye is becoming known for quality wines that have won many awards.

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Artists talk about the walk

Roxana Tuff and Lee Ann Graff discuss the grand opening of the Eleven Squared Venue, during the First Friday Art Walk, on Oct. 2 last year. Tuff and Graff are the owners.

hether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a special exhibit, new works, demonstrations or artist receptions, it is all about the art each month when local galleries join together to celebrate First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg.

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Agave Gallery 208 East San Antonio 830-990-1727 www.agavegallery.com Agave Gallery â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fine art. Texas style.â&#x20AC;? features a collection of original works of art by 20 Texas artists.

Showcased in a historic 1870â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s limestone â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunday houseâ&#x20AC;? in downtown Fredericksburg, just one block south of Main Street, are original paintings, etchings, sculpture, jewelry, engraved silver buckles, gourds and photography. Also inside is a sculpture studio where one can observe work in progress by Texas State Artist John Bennett.

Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Saturday and sometimes on Sunday afternoons. Patrons are encouraged to call if they know when they are coming. Additional parking is available up the drive behind the gallery. Special events and shows are being planned for the coming months.

Agave Gallery will feature Roy and Blanche Cavarretta, awardwinning gourd artists, during the April 1 First Friday Art Walk.

Both are skilled at carving, pyrography, staining, dying and incorporating other mediums into their finished art pieces. They will demonstrate their techniques using gourds for their canvases.

A reception will be held from 5-8 p.m. on April 1.

Artisans â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Texas Gallery 234 West Main 830-990-8160 www.ArtisansTexas.com Artist and owner, Patricia Karr, and her family of Texas Hill Country artists continue to present an array of fine art and fine craft that includes paintings, ceramics, fine furnishings, wood turnings, sculpture, jewelry and kinetic outdoor art. Artisans offers a wide range of artwork from functional to decorative with an emphasis on the highest level of quality and distinctiveness in every medium.

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118 ART WALK Cont. from 117 Cate Zane 107 North Llano 830-992-2044 www.CateZane.com Cate Zane Gallery features a contemporary setting exhibiting 19th20th Century landscape paintings.

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Community Ed offers classes for everyone From ceramics to tennis the Fredericksburg Independent School District’s Community Education program just might have the program you’re looking for.

Among the classes offered to visitors and locals are oil painting, rug hooking, drill team preparations, country-and-western dancing, dog obedience, Zumba and yoga.

Summer camp classes for kids have proven to be very popular. Among them: Rockets, art, cooking, theater, tennis, volleyball, football and Lonestar hoops.

Community Education director Carol Reeh said community education is popular due to the variety of classes offered, ranging from computers to dance, sign language, crafts and more — and the reasonable prices.

Brochures are available at the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce, Pioneer Memorial Library, local banks and RV parks.

For more information, contact Reeh at 830-997-7182 or HPDLO KHU DW FDUROU#¿VG RUJ

Fredericksburg Independent School District’s Community Education summer art classes are a popular draw for kids. Adult classes are also offered for reasonable prices. Visitors can pick up brochures about the program at numerous locations throughout Fredericksburg. — Standard-Radio Post photo

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Tapping into a trend While the growth in wineries is booming, some here in Germantown still prefer beer or something stronger.

Fredericksburg has two breweries, with a third under construction, and a nearby distillery, ripe for exploration by visitors who seek adult beverages.

BREWERIES Fredericksburg Brewing Company www.yourbrewery.com 830-997-1646 Fredericksburg Brewing Company was ahead of the curve in the boom in microbreweries. Opened in 1994, the brewery offers five excellent beers on tap, plus seasonal brews.

Today, Fredericksburg Brewing Company is the oldest brewpub in Texas, also called the “Best in Texas” by several publications. The brewery claimed a gold medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival Competition, plus other medals in various competitions.

The brewery, located at 245 E. Main St., sits in two restored 1890s-era buildings. In addition to its main room, the brewery has a large, air-conditioned biergarten. The second floor of the buildings provides “Bed & Brew” facilities, 12 rooms with baths, each decorated in a different theme.

The brewery’s restaurant also features a variety of freshly prepared foods, from burgers, to pizza, to Scotch eggs, and more.

Fredericksburg is one of the few towns in the nation that allows sidewalk consumption, so visitors may take a cold brew on a Main Street stroll.

Pedernales Brewing Company pedernalesbrewing.com 830-998-7486 Open since April 2012, Pedernales Brewing Company is growing rapidly as the popularity of its four in-house beers grows around the Hill Country and Central Texas regions.

President Lee Hereford brought in brewmaster Peter McFarlane to produce its LOBO Texas Lager, LOBO Negro, Classic IPA and Classic Hefe-Weizen, plus seasonal offerings.

Located on U.S. Highway 87 South, its suds can be found at many

Fredericksburg Brewing Company owner Dick Estenson and Brewmaster Rick Green were long established by the time the microbrew boom came to pass. – StandardRadio Post photo local outlets, including Judy’s Liquors, Western Beverages, H-E-B, JEK’s convenience stores, and more. Its distribution now covers 15 counties and its representatives are adding retail sales locations daily.

Additionally, the brewery’s tasting room is open from 3-5 p.m.

Fridays, and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays. On the first Saturday of every month, Pedernales Brewing Company stays open from 5-6 p.m. for Beer and Hymns.

Beer and Hymns is an informal and nondenominational gettogether that is free to the public. Singers gather in the brewing room and sing hymns with a music leader.

BOURBON DISTILLERY Garrison Brothers Distillery Garrisonbros.com 830-392-0246 Garrison Brothers offers fine bourbon made the old-fashioned way, a time-consuming process, but one that results in a smooth sip of hand-made, artisan bourbon.

Garrison Brothers offers $10 “Sit & Sip” tours on Wednesdays through Sundays at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The tour is a guided walk of the ranch and distillery with detailed information about the whiskey and the operation’s history. (First-come, firstserve, and large groups must be arranged in advance. No children or smoking are allowed.)

Garrison Brothers’ Cowboy Bourbon was named American Micro Whiskey of the Year by “Jim Murray’s Whiskey Bible.”

The distillery is located just east of the Gillespie County line on Hye-Albert Road, just south of the tiny community of Hye. The bourbon is available at various retailers around the state, at Hye Spirits in Hye, and a variety of items are for sale on its website.

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Higher education helps transform Hill Country

Hill Country University Center (HCUC) serves the 200,000 residents of Central Texas, from Junction to Brady and Burnet to Blanco.

HCUC, located at Fredericksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eastern city limits, houses Texas Tech Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (TTU) regional campus and is a branch of Central Texas College (CTC).

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Eyeing this growing market, directors are looking toward professional development to help meet the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workforce needs.

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Spooled up and ready to go Gillespie County Airport hosts a variety of aircraft GILLESPIE COUNTY AIRPORT (830) 990-5794 191 Airport Road Fredericksburg, TX 78624 FAA Identifier: T82

Youth have the opportunity to sit in aircraft and visit with pilots at fly-ins and other events held at the Gillespie County Airport. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Standard-Radio Post files photo

For years, the Gillespie County Airport has been a key component to the growth and success of the area in attracting residents and new businesses.

Corporate jets, single engine aircraft and pilots of a variety of other types of aircraft are all accommodated at the facility, located at 191 Airport Road, just three miles south of downtown Fredericksburg on Texas Highway 16. (The facility sits between the Gillespie County Fair Grounds and Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park.)

Classed as a general aviation airport, it features a 5,000foot runway and full-length parallel taxiway and has runway lights and a beacon that operate from sunset to sunrise, giving the airport a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, operational capability. During daylight hours of limited visibility, the lights can be turned on by the approaching pilot.

Instrument approaches are available to both ends of the runway, and precision approach path indicators provide pi-

lots with visual assistance during night landing operations.

A fully-automated weather system (AWOS) informs pilots about local conditions.

The airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terminal building provides a comfortable environment for pilots, crew and passengers waiting on aircraft.

An additional convenience is available with the credit cardoperated refueling system that provides aviation gasoline (100LL) and jet fuel 24 hours a day.

Airport manager Roger Hansen can provide information on two 12,000-square-foot insulated hangars which have 52 tie-down positions for public use (with more in the works).

Long-term T-hangar spaces are available through three different entities. There are also 1.5 acres dedicated for aircraft parking.

The adjacent Hangar Hotel and Conference Center boasts XSVFDOH JXHVW URRPV DQ RIÂżFHUÂśV FOXE PHHWLQJ IDFLOLWLHV for large groups and a classic 1940s-style diner, unique facilities at a non-metropolitan airport.

Businesses at the airport include the Pippen-York Flying Machine Company, which provides avionics installation and repair; Fritz Aviation, which provides major and minor airframe and engine repair and aircraft rental, and Gillespie Air Services which provides fuel service.

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Whatever the season, any time is a good time for a walk through the Texas Hill Country.

The local walking club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Volkssportverein Friedrichsburg (VVF) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has established six self-paced, year-round routes for walkers to enjoy.

All six walks have been developed between 5K (3.1 miles) and 10K (6.2 miles) distances although it is possible to shorten the distances unless walking for credit.

In addition to the four normally-designated routes inside the city limits, the club has also plotted out routes at the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site in Stonewall and at the Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.

These walks are sanctioned by the American Volkssport Association as Year-Round Walks.

Check-in for the in-town walks is at Windcrest Inn and Suites, 908 South Adams Street. The two rural walks both have starting points inside park visitor centers.

At each location, participants should ask the personnel for the Walk Box from which they can obtain maps of the selfguided walks as well as other items needed if walking for credit. The start of the walk itself may involve a drive to a different location.

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The 10K walk begins at Windcrest Inn and Suites and the 5K walk begins in the parking lot at HEB. Â&#x2021; &HPHWHU\ :DON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Participants taking this route will start at Marktplatz and will walk through two historical cemeteries in Fredericksburg.

One location â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Der Stadt Friedhof â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was established in 1846 when the town was founded, and the other â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Catholic Cemetery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was established in 1850.

The route continues on tree-lined streets on the north side of town. Â&#x2021; 7RZQ &RXQWU\ :DON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Outdoor enthusiasts who take this route will walk through the outskirts of Fredericksburg

on the way to catching a scenic look of the town from atop a nearby hill. Â&#x2021; &URVV 0RXQWDLQ :DON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The beginning location for this trek is Cross Mountain.

At the top participants receive a 360-degree view of Fredericksburg and the surrounding countryside.

The 10K walk also goes to a pioneer cemetery.

LBJ State Park The route at LBJ State Park and Historic Site will take walkers to the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm where life in the rural areas of the early-1900s is shown daily by living history demonstrations.

The route also takes walkers along Ranch Road 1 and the banks of the Pedernales River.

A new 10K trail crosses the Pedernales River to the LBJ National Historical Park and the Texas White House. Most of the trail runes along the river.

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Also, all participants are required to register, carry a start card Most of the trail runs Ranch Road 965, will and return the card to the start point. along the river. give hikers a variety Anyone may participate, although children under the age of 12 of routes, including a The park has initimust be accompanied by an adult. more-rigorous option ated a new walking Pets are welcome, must be kept on a leash and are not allowed of walking up Enand biking trails in the buildings. chanted Rock itself. project, which will be These events may be done during daylight hours only.

Dominating the incorporated into new For a brochure on any of the events, write VVF, P.O. Box 503, Volksmarch routes as park is a large pink Fredericksburg, TX 78624. granite exfoliation appropriate.

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Three entities promote one vision Visitors Center, Economic Development and Chamber have Fredericksburg covered

If you need information about Fredericksburg’s many attractions, head by the Fredericksburg Visitor Information Center, which has a plethora of information on local attractions at 302 East Austin Street.

The building currently houses the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau and the Gillespie County Economic Development Commission.

The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce is located next door at 306 E. Austin St. This became the Chamber’s home after the recent remodel of a historic home and conversion into an open, inviting business space.

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The Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau is a marketing, sales and service organization, funded by a portion of the city’s and county’s hotel/motel occupancy tax.

FCVB promotes Fredericksburg and Gillespie County as a leisure destination for group tours, reunions, weddings and meeting site.

The FCVB staffs and operates the Visitor Information Center, which is open to assist visitors every day except Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. In the center, visitors can watch a free, 10-minute video in

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Additionally, public restrooms are provided.

The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce works on business education, advocacy, communication and business-to-business assistance. Catering to more than 850 members — an incredible amount for a town of 11,000 — the Chamber works to create a positive business environment.

Its staff coordinates events, volunteers and highlights accomplishments at its annual March banquet.

Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau 302 E. Austin St. Fredericksburg, TX 78624 Phone: 830-997-6523 Email: visitorinfo@fbgtx.org Web: www.visitfredericksburgtx. com

Chamber President and CEO Penny C. McBride writes a column in the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post each week.

Tim Lehmberg is executive director of the Gillespie County Economic Development Commission. He NHHSV KLV ¿QJHU RQ WKH HFRQRPLF SXOVH *LOOHVSLH &RXQW\ DQG helps recruit and ease the transition for new businesses who are right for the market to locate here.

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When an emergency arises, the most important telephone number to call is 9-1-1.

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Volunteer Fire Departments/EMS s Doss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-669-2220 s Fredericksburg â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-990-2050 s Fredericksburg EMS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-990-2055 s Harper VFD, EMS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-864-4253 s Stonewall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-644-5571 s Tierra Linda â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-792-3533 s Willow City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-685-3376 Law Enforcement Non-emergency numbers for the various departments include the following: s Fredericksburg Police Department â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-997-7585 s Gillespie County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-997-7585 or 800735-0362 s Gillespie County Constables â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-997-7585 s Texas Cattle Rangers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-997-7585 s Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Office â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-997-7585, 210-287-3905 or 210-215-5367 Hospital s Hill Country Memorial â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 830-997-4353. (Note: When requiring emergency ambulance service, dial 9-1-1 rather than the business number.)

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136 HOSPITAL Innovative programs HCM has earned a national reputation for innovative treatment programs such as Restore.

Restore â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Remarkable Joint Center uses easy-to-understand preoperative classes that inform patients about their surgery and recovery process. A personalized recovery regimen gets patients back in action sooner, safer and sounder.

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Library satisfies countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s information, literary needs Pioneer Memorial Library offers many â&#x20AC;&#x153;escapesâ&#x20AC;? for those who want to relax and read.

Located at 115 West Main Street, the library is in the former Gillespie County Courthouse (known as the McDermott Building), adjacent to the current courthouse.

It welcomes patrons to read, research and learn from thousands of book and periodical titles, as well as some up-todate technological services.

Library services Borrowersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cards are issued free of charge to residents of Gillespie County who can provide proof of residency (usually a driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, lease agreement or printed checks with local address.)

Children age six and above will be issued a card when their applications are signed by a parent or guardian.

All non-residents of Gillespie County are charged a $5 per year fee for a family library membership.

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Founded over 40 years ago, the Fredericksburg Art Guildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose is to encourage, promote, educate and cultivate the arts throughout the Texas Hill Country.

There are 26 members and nine associate members who reflect varying styles and media.

The guild is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Monday with special hours for First Friday Art Walk.

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Hundreds of thousands of visitors who enter Fredericksburg from U.S. Highway 290 East get a huge blast of natural color as they pass a local institution.

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Early settlers named Kreuzberg A recognized historic landmark in this part of the Texas Hill Country even before Fredericksburg was founded in 1846, Cross Mountain is named for the crosses that have topped its summit for more than 160 years.

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Rising to an elevation of 1,951 feet above sea level, Cross Mountain is located on North Milam Street alongside Ranch Road 965. A sign at the entrance makes the entryway easier to spot.

After recent volunteer work done by The Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center, visitors can now walk up the hill on a stairway path to reach the top of the mountain for a panoramic view of the area. There are also two trails that circle the mountain, one at the base and the other half way up the mountain, where visitors can look at the different plant life and wildlife in the area.

No vehicles are allowed up the hill but parking is available at the foot of the mountain.

History The history of Cross Mountain reaches back to when early settlers arrived in 1846, they found the remnants of a wooden cross that had been erected there most probably by the Spanish missionaries who had by then established missions in San Antonio, San Saba and other areas of Texas.

For the Indians, too, it was a landmark as it lay on the Pinta Trail, one of the oldest Indian trails in the state. From the Pinta Trail crossing on the Pedernales River, the trail divided, with this branch following the Upper Crabapple Road in the direction of Bear Mountain and then on to Enchanted Rock and beyond.

Cross Mountain gained its name when an early-day German settler, John Christian Durst, found the old cross of heavy timbers at its summit that was erected by the Spanish missionaries. He named it â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kreuzbergâ&#x20AC;? (Cross Mountain), a name that has never changed.

In the summer of 1848, Father George Menzel, a Bohemian priest, erected a more substantial cross as a symbol of redemption and civilization.

During the Diamond Jubilee of St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church in 1921, a more permanent cross was placed on top of the hill. It was constructed of concrete, reinforced steel and sheet metal. It was vandalized over the years, but was rebuilt by St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in 1940. :KHQ UXUDO HOHFWULÂżFDWLRQ FDPH WR WKH DUHD LQ WKH cross was illuminated. It burns bright each evening from 6 p.m.-midnight.

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Fredericksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marktplatz has been Located in the center of Fredericksburg, Marktplatz offers a place to relax as well as take in a bit of local history.

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offering visitors respite since 1846 Public restrooms are located on the Adams Street side of the building.

Memorials Also included on Marktplatz are brick walkways, numerous arbors and a History Walk that honors the pioneers of the community, including President Lyndon B. Johnson, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and the men and women who have served in the armed forces, along with Jacob Brodbeck, a pioneer resident of here who was an early aviator.

A statue of Fredericksburg-born composer Frank Valentin van der Stucken is located in the Pioneer Garden on the square.

Also located in the Pioneer Garden near the water wheel is a near-life-size bronze statue of Meusebachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yet-unbroken peace treaty with the Comanche Indians.

Dedicated in 1997, the memorial was placed by the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 150th Anniversary committee.

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Settlers chronicle history in paint Early pioneers Herman Lungkwitz and Richard Petri settled near Fredericksburg more than 150 years ago. And like hundreds of other settlers, they were determined to survive and thrive.

What made them different was the artistic record they left of the world in which they lived.

Their sketches and paintings became prized as rare interpretations of an era whose works of art are few and far between today.

Now museum treasures, their artwork provides a vivid reminder of what life was like “back then”, particularly here in Gillespie County.

Petri and Lungkwitz had become friends at the Royal Academy of Art in Dresden, Germany, and Lungkwitz later married Petri’s sister, Elisabet.

These three were joined in their move to America by Friederike Lungkwitz, Herman’s aged mother; his sister, Therese, and Petri’s sister, Marie.

The group left Germany late in the summer of 1850, landed in Hoboken, NJ, and moved to Wheeling in what was then Virginia.

Richard Petri’s health was poor, so they decided to come to Texas, sailing down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans where Adolph Lungkwitz, Herman’s younger brother, joined them. They traveled to Indianola and then to New Braunfels, before moving to the Fredericksburg area in

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The original building was demolished in 1896, but local citizens long dreamed of rebuilding it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a dream that came true in 1935 when a gala celebration was held to dedicate the new structure as a pioneer memorial.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;coffee millâ&#x20AC;? structure, was erected in 1935 as a replica of the original Vereins Kirche which was constructed by the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s settlers in 1847 a few yards away in the center of what is now Main Street.

The original Vereins Kirche (community church) was used not only as a church (kirche), but also as a fort, a storehouse and a community meeting hall.

As different denominations built their own houses of worship, it fell into disuse and disrepair. For the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th anniversary jubilee celebration in 1896, the structureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outer walls were removed and it was used as a pavilion for the jubilee celebration. The next year it was completely demolished.

For many years, local citizens had the vision and dream of building a replica. By the end of 1933, one of the bright spots to emerge out of the Great Depression was the culmination of this dream.

The Gillespie County Historical Society was formed to raise funds for building this memorial to the pioneers and local funds were matched with federal funds.

In 1935, when the building had been completed and the grounds landscaped, a gala celebration was held to dedicate the structure.

It was used as a museum to display memorabilia and collectibles of pioneer days. A part of the building was later set

aside for use as a library.

When the GCHS acquired the Kammlah property (located at Pioneer Museum Complex), the museum exhibits were moved there and the entire space was devoted to Pioneer Memorial Library.

When the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second courthouse was recycled for use as a library, through the generosity of Eugene and Margaret McDermott of Dallas, all the books were moved across the street to the new library facility.

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When the chamber moved out of the Vereins Kirche, the entire space was given over to the archives (which have now been relocated to the GCHS Center, 312 West San Antonio Street).

A depiction of the peace treaty with the Comanches, painted by Lucy Meusebach Marschall in the 1920s, hangs in the Vereins Kirche.

Also located inside the Vereins Kirche is a store where a variety of items are sold, including a large collection of books on German Texas history, postcards, pictures and souvenirs.

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Adventist Fredericksburg Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 101 East Highway Street, 997-6042.

Iglesia Adventista â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Los Peregrinosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 603 FM 2093 in the Tivydale Business Park, Ste. 1204.

Assembly of God New Life Worship Center, 102 East Travis Street, 997-2607.

Baptist Faith Baptist Church, (Southern Baptist), 3022 State Highway 16 North (Llano highway), three miles from Main Street, 997-9836, faithbcfbg.com.

First Baptist Church, 1407 East Main Street (BGCT/SBC), 997-9511, fbcfbg.com.

First Baptist Church of Harper, Main Street, Harper, 864-4241.

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Fredericksburg Christian Fellowship, (Reformed Baptist), 157 Schmidtzinsky Road, 997-8612.

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, 405 West Burbank Street.

Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana, (Spanish Mission), 301 East Liveoak Street.

Squaw Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Ranch Road 648, Doss.

Stonewall Baptist Church, Ranch Road 1623 North, Stonewall.

Bible Fredericksburg Bible Church, 107 East Austin Street, fbgbible. org.

Hill Country Church (EFCA), 107 East Lower Crabapple Road, 997-3968, HCEFree.org.

South Church, 758 S. Washington St. (meets at BBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bowling Alley), 997-9785, south-church.org.

Catholic Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Mission, Lincoln and College streets, 997-9523.

St. Anthonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church, 163 Third Street, Harper, 8644026.

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Stonewall, 644-2368.

St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church, 304 West San Antonio Street, 997-9523.

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Church of Christ Church of Christ, 507 North Llano Street.

Episcopalian St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, corner of Bowie and Creek streets, 997-5762.

Lutheran Bethany Lutheran Church, 110 West Austin Street, 997-2069.

Christ Lutheran Church, 1419 Cherry Spring Road.

Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, (NALC), 115 East San Antonio Street, 997-2288.

Resurrection Lutheran Church, (Missouri Synod), 2215 North Llano Street, 997-9408, resurrectionfbg.org.

Shepherd of the Hills Evangelical Lutheran Church, (Wisconsin Synod), 219 West Lower Crabapple Road, 997-2677, shepherdofthehillstexas.net.

St. James Lutheran Church, Harper, 864-4193.

St. Paul Lutheran Church, 9732 Ranch Road 1631 (Cave Creek).

St. Peter Lutheran Church, 14238 Ranch Road 783, Doss.

Trinity Lutheran Church, 4270 Ranch Road 1, Stonewall.

Zion Lutheran Church, 426 West Main Street, 997-2195, zionlutheran.com.

Messianic Torah Ob Kehila: B’Rit Chadashah, (Del Nuevo Testamento); 302 W. Park St., 990-2607.

Methodist Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, 1800 North Llano Street, 997-7679, fredumc.org.

United Methodist Church, Main Street, Harper, 864-4533.

LDS/Mormon The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 106 East Driftwood Street, 997-9451.

Nondenominational Final Cut Cowboy Church, 8969 Old San Antonio Road, Fredericksburg, 830-456-3266.

Grace Family Church, 1603 E. Main St., 830-998-8402.

Hill Country Fellowship, 1009 N. Lincoln St. (meets at Golden Hub), 970-596-2344.

Journey Church, 701 East Morse Street.

Lighthouse Fellowship Chapel, Robert Street, Harper, 8645293.

Oak Hills Church, 224 FM 2093 (Tivydale Road), 990-0402, www.oakhillschurchsa.org.

Rocky Community Church, two miles east of Hye on Rocky Road.

Sonday House Fellowship, 5532 State Highway 16 South, 9902961, sondayhousefellowship.org.

Victory Fellowship, 414 East College Street, 997-9717.

Wild Ride Ministries Cowboy Church, two miles east of Harper on U.S. Highway 290, 864-5577.

Orthodox St. Thomas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, 1201 N. Llano St., 512-632-8188; saintthomasfredericksburg.com.

Pentecostal Calvary Pentecostal Church, 1015 Friendship Lane, 997-7217.

Greater Life Christian Center, 106 South Edison Street, 9977006.

Iglesia Pentecostes (“El Buen Pastor”), 104 East Live Oak Street, 997-8347.

Presbyterian Memorial Presbyterian Church, 601 North Milam Street, 9973543, mpcfbg.org.

Harper Presbyterian Church, Harper.

168 ART WALK Cont. from 142 Larry Jackson Fine Art and Antiques 209 South Llano 830-997-0073 www.LarryJacksonAntiques.com

Larry Jackson Fine Art and Antiques exhibits a collection of original Texas art and estate art in its expansive historical warehouse gallery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our original art and sculpture comes from the secondary market,â&#x20AC;? said Jeannie Jackson.

The gallery features a selection of G. Harvey bronzes and paintings that have been previously owned.

Each First Friday Art Walk is a special event with new and diverse works that the owners seek out each month.

The gallery specializes in Texas art by notable artists such as Porfirio Salinas, Vives Atsara and many others.

The gallery gets in new works every week and the owners never know what will come in advance.

The Jacksons note that they rarely have artists in for a special show since most no longer make appearances. Some of them are deceased, but their art lives on and is highly sought after.

The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday.

River Rustic Gallery 222 West Main 830-997-6585 www.riverrustic.com The gallery is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment on Sundays and Mondays by calling 830-4568701.

The gallery features rock art by artist and gallery co-owner, Carlos Moseley.

The gallery also represents 40 other artists that are local, from throughout Texas and the United States.

The gallery is home to stone and wood furniture, pressed flowers, metal work, wood turnings, drawings, paintings, photography, stained glass and fused glass, gourds, bronze sculptures, raku, ceramics, mixed media and alabaster luminaries.

RS Hanna Gallery 208 South Llano 830-307-3071 www.rshannagallery.com RS Hanna Gallery represents 30 recognized artists from 14 states, Scotland and Canada.

The gallery celebrates the arts in their shows, artist receptions and live demonstrations.

It hosts the Society of Animal Artists National Show in May and the Women Artists of the West in November.

The gallery aims to be about art connecting people in a moment and delighting them for a lifetime.

The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

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Artist Reception Friday, Sept. 2, 6-8 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Figuratively Speakingâ&#x20AC;? will show the power of form in a tour de force of three masters of the genre, Dan Beck, Kevin Beilfuss and Bryce Cameron Liston.

Whistle Pik Galleries 425 East Main 1-800-999-0820 www.WhistlePik.com Whistle Pik Galleries is a national art gallery established in Fredericksburg in 1995 by Tim and Pamela Taylor.

Offering some of the finest traditional original paintings and bronzes, Whistle Pik showcases work in two galleries joined by a courtyard and sculpture garden.

Whistle Pike is one of only two galleries in the Untied States to represent the original work of Texas artist G. Harvey, a legend in the art world.

Special events at the gallery include a Spring Showcase in April and May. Other months feature an All Gallery Showcase.

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Newspaper covers century of news One of Fredericksburg’s oldest business members, the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post has been covering this part of the Texas Hill Country for 128 years. It was founded in late-1888

by Green Harrison as the Gillespie County News.

A string of ownership changes ensued as Harrison sold the paper to Webster McGinnis in 1889.

It sold two more times before O.W. Faubion, the man responsible for changing the name to the Fredericksburg Standard, bought it in 1907. The Fredericksburg Publishing Company bought the Standard in 1915 from Harry Kusenberger and maintains ownership today.

The company named Robert Penniger editor.

When Penniger bought Freie Presse fuer Texas, he terminated his editorship and was succeeded

by William Dietel.

The title of editor transferred to Oscar R. Schumacher in 1922 and then to Robert S. Klett in 1925. Upon Klett’s death in 1940, assuming the leadership role was Arthur H. Kowert, who had joined the Standard as advertising manager upon graduation from the University of Texas at Austin in 1934.

He was succeeded as editor by Terrill D. Collier,

who joined the Standard staff as news editor in September 1973.

Collier was president and editor in 1988 until KH ZDV QDPHG SXEOLVKHU E\ WKH ¿UP¶V ERDUG RI directors in 2003 after the death of Kowert. In his place, his wife, Cathy Collier was named editor.

The company sold to Moser Community Media, LLC in 2012. Ken Esten Cooke was named publisher and editor the same year.

In addition to the Standard, the company also once published the Fredericksburg Wochenblatt.

Founded in 1873, it had a succession of owners before it was purchased in June of 1893 by Robert Penniger. In 1915, when the Fredericksburg Publishing Company was formed, the Wochenblatt became part of that company. The last issue of the Wochenblatt was published on Dec. 27, 1945.

The length of the Standard’s name grew considerably in November 1984, when the Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc. purchased the other local newspaper, Fredericksburg Radio Post, which was established by the William Dietel family in 1922.

It has continued to print under the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post ÀDJ VLQFH

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All are ‘Willkommen’ in People travel up and down Fredericksburg’s streets day in and day out without ever giving any thought as to how they were named.

When the town’s planners picked names for the streets on the main thoroughfare, they encoded into the names of consecutive streets a ‘welcome’ and a ‘goodbye’.

Most of the city byways have large signs showing the name of the street and an illustration of the Vereins Kirche, a symbol of Fredericksburg that stands in the center of the city on Marktplatz.

The Vereins Kirche through the years has become a commonlyrecognized landmark of Fredericksburg and placing a sketch of the venerable structure on the street signs was a part of the city’s “dressing up” for the 125th anniversary of the founding of Fredericksburg in 1971.

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It was several years later that the Fredericksburg Lions Club took on the project of giving all the streets names and purchased and installed street signs.

It was then that it was decided to name the streets running north and south across Main to spell out words.

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These streets are Adams, Llano, Lincoln, Washington, Elk, Lee, Columbus, Olive, Mesquite and Eagle.

Traveling west from the Courthouse Square, the streets spell out “Come Back”. These street names are Crockett, Orange, Milam, Edison, Bowie, Acorn, Cherry and Kay. Many of the streets found throughout the city are named in honor of trees -- Mesquite, Cherry, Cottonwood, Hackberry, Liveoak, Mulberry, Apple, Orange, Plum, Pear, Pecan, Poplar, Spruce, Sycamore and Walnut.

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the City of Fredericksburg and Nimitz Parkway. But, there are no Johnson streets or Meusebach streets.

There is a Bunny Drive, in the shadow of Cross Mountain, which is undoubtedly named for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famed Easter Fires characters.

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Despite the fact that all of the streets in the city are now named, chances are that if one meets a native of long standing in the community and asks directions, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give directions using landmarks in the city, by prominent businesses or houses, or by sketching out a route on a slip of paper.

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THE SPIRIT OF FREDERICKSBURG Bravery. Honesty. Cooperation. Those are just some of the positive traits shown by early settlers to Fredericksburg. Together, they carved out an existence rich in culture and quality of life, while building the foundation for a town that continues to flourish more than a century and a half later.

Clean streets, pride in property, and respect for neighbors are a part of what makes Fredericksburg one of America’s favorite small towns. And working together is still an attribute that pervades the city’s spirit.

FREDERICKSBURG STREET INDEX Acorn .....................B3 Adams N. ...............B3 Adams S. .........B3-D2 Agave ....................A3 Airport Rd. .........D,E1 Alfred .................... C3 Amberstone ...........A5 Apple .................... C4 Armory Rd. . .A1,2-B2 Austin E. ...A,B3-B,C4 Ave A .....................A3 Ave B .....................A3 Ave C .....................A3 Ave D .....................A3 Barons St. ..............B2 Basse Ln................B2 Bell........................ C4 Bending Oaks ........E5 Bernhard Rd. ........ D1 Beverly.................. C4 Bluebird .................B3 Bluebonnet ........C,D4 Bob Moritz Dr. ........A2 Bob White Tr. ........ D3 Boos Lane .............E2 Bowie ...............B2-A3 Brehmer .............C,D4 Briarwood Cir. ........A5 Broadmoor Dr. .......A4 Buena Vista .......... C3 Bunny Dr. ...............A3 Burbank ...........A3-B4 Business Ct. ..........E1 Campers Loop .......E1 Candlelight Dr. .......A4 Catholic Cemetery Rd. ...............................A3 Cedar .................... C3 Centre ..............A3-B4 Chase Oaks ...........E5 Cherry ................ A,B3 Cherrywood Dr.......A4 Clyde Run ..............A4 College ...............B3,4 Columbus ..........C,D4 Cora .......................B4 Cottonwood ...........B3 Country Haven.......A5 Countryside Bend . D5 Courtney ................B3 Creek ...............B3-C4 Creekview ..........D,E5 Crenwelge ............ C4 Crestwood .............A5 Cristol Dr. .............. D4 Crockett ...........C3-A4 Cross .....................B4 Cross Mtn. Dr......A3,4 Crosswind ..............E1 Cypress .................A3 Darlington Dr..........C2 Dawn .................... D4 Deer Creek ........... C5 Deer Hollow .......... C5 Deer View ............. C5 Deer Way .............. C5 Deet Trail .............. C5 Doe Run Hollow.....A3

Driftwood ............A4,5 Dudley Way ...........A4 Dusk ..................... D4 Eagle .................C,D4 Eckhardt Ln. ......... D3 Edgewood..............A4 Edison................ A,B3 Elk......................B,C4 Ellebracht...............A5 Elm ..................A4-B3 Englemann Dr........C2 Ettie ...................... C3 Fair Dr. ......... D,E1-E2 Forest Trail............ C4 Franklin ................. C4 Frederick Rd. .........A5 Friendship Lane ......... ............................D2-5 Fulton...............B2-C3 Glenmoor ...............A4 Glenwood ..............A5 Goehmann Lane ........ ...........................C4-5 Gold Rd. ................A2 Golf Course Loop...E1 Grothe................ A,B4 Granite Ave. .......... C3 Green Meadows Ln. .. ...............................D2 Green Meadows Blvd. ..............................D2 Green Meadows .Ct... ..............................D2 Green Oaks Loop ...... ..............................D2 Hackberry W. ......B3,4 Hale St. ................. C3 Hawthorn Ln ..........A3 Hedgestone ...........A5 Henrietta ............... C3 Henrietta Ct. ......... C3 Heritage Hills Dr.....E5 Highway St. ....... C3,4 Hill St. ................... C3 Hollmig Lane......D,E3 Holly Lane..............A3 Industrial Loop ...... D5 Irene ..................... D3 Jack Nixon .............A2 James ....................A2 Jerry...................... D3 Jessica...................A3 Jessie ................... D2 Joe Duderstadt Ln. .... ...............................B2 Jon ........................ C5 Kay .................... A,B3 Kerr Rd. .............C,D1 Kraupahen ............ C3 Kristofer .................A3 Lady Bird Dr...........E1 Laurel.....................A3 Lee........................ C4 Lightstone ..............A5 Lincoln .............C3-B4 Live Oak ............ C1-3 Llano St. ..........B4-C3 Lone Oak .............. C4

Longhorn ........... C3,4 Lower Crabapple ....... ......................B4-A4,5 Lupine Lane ...........A3 Main St. (290) ..B3-C4 Maple St. ...............A2 Mariposa Dr. .......... E5 Mazurek Loop ........B2 Meadowbrook ........E5 Meadow Lark ........ C4 Mesquite ............... C4 Metzger Rd. ...........A3 Milam ...............A4-C3 Mistletoe ................B3 Mockingbird ...........B3 Morning Glory Dr.. .A4 Morse...............A3-B4 Mountain View .......A4 Mueller .................. C3 Mustang .............C-D4 Nature ....................E5 Nimitz Circle ..........A4 Nimitz Pkwy. ..........B3 Nimitz St. ........... A,B4 Northern Red Oak..... ...............................D2 Northwood Hills .....A4 Oakhaven ............. C4 Olive ..................... C4 Orange.............A4-C3 Orchard...............B3,4 Paintbrush Hollow..A3 Park St. ................. C3 Parkview ............... D2 Pavilion Dr. ............E1 Peach ....................B3 Peach Tree Ln .......E5 Pear ...................... C4 Pecan ....................B3 Persimmon Ct. .......A3 Petsch Dr. ..............E1 Pike....................... C4 Pine .......................B4 Plum ......................B3 Poplar ................... C3 Post Oak Rd. ...B2-C3 Prickly Pear Ct. ......A3 Pyka Rd. ............ D1,2 Quailwood Dr. .....A4,5 Recreation Loop ....E1 Redbird Ln. ............E5 Reuben ................. C3 Ridgewood.............A5 Riley Ln..................A4 Robert ....................A2 Rock House Rd .....A2 Rose ......................B3 Royal Oaks Dr. ......B1 Running Buck ........A3 San Antonio St ........... . .........................B3-C4 Santa Rosa ........... C3 Scarlet Oak Ct ...... D2 Schubert St. .....B3-C4 Seamoor ................A4 Settlement Dr. ........A3 Shannon ............... D2 Shaw..................... C3 Shorty Crenwelge Rd. ...............................A2

Shorty’s Lane.........A2 Silver Maple .......... C3 Sky Lane............... D2 Skylark .................. C4 Smith Rd. .............. C2 Smokehouse Rd........ ...............................C2 Song Bird .............. D5 Spotted Fawn ........A3 Spruce St. ..............B4 St. Ann St.............. C3 St. Geralda ........... C3 St. Marys .............. C3 Stadium Dr. ........... D3 Stone Canyon ........A5 Stone Forest ..........A5 Stone Gate ............A5 Stone Haven ..........A5 Stone Hollow .........A5 Stone Ledge ..........A5 Stone Nook ............A5 Stone Oak..............A5 Stone Way .............A5 Stone Wood ...........A5 Summer Hill ...........E5 Summit Circle ....... C3 Summit Forest .......A5 Sunday Circle ........E5 Sunrise ................. D4 Sunset ...................A3 Sycamore ..............B4 Tanglewood ...........A5 Tanya .....................A3 Theodore Specht ...A2 Thiele .................C,D3 Timberidge .............A4 Tivydale Rd. ....... D1,2 Town Creek Ct. ......B3 Trailmoor ...............A4 Travis ........A,B3-B,C4 Ufer .................... C3,4 Upper Liveoak Rd. ..... ...............................D1 Vera .......................A2 Walch .................... C3 Waldrip ................. C4 Walnut .................. C3 Washington ......C3-B4 West Ln. ............... C3 Weston Ln. ........... D3 W Royal Oaks Dr ...B1 Westmoor Dr..........A4 Whitney..................B3 Wildwood ...............A5 William .................. C3 Windcrest.............. C3 Winding Oak ......... D4 Winding Way ..... C2,3 Winding Way Ct. ... C2 Windmill Oaks....... D2 Windsong.............. D1 Winifred .................B3 Wisteria..................A2 Woodcrest .............A3 Woodway Ct. .........A5 Yaupon St ..............A3 Yucca St. ...............B2

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Advertiser Index Looking For A Place To Eat? Airport Diner .............................................. 57 Altdorf ...........................................................54 Aüslander......................................................35 Becky’s Juicerie ..........................................87 Buc’s Bar & Grill........................................147 %XUJHU s %XUJHU..........................................23 Cabernet Grill .............................................29 Castell General Store ............................. 138 Catfish Haven .............................................. 77 Cranky Frank’s Barbeque....................... 170 Crossroads Saloon & Steakhouse.........83 Dairy Queen ............................................... 80 David’s Old Fashioned Barbecue ........162 Der Daiwel Rock Bar .............................166 Der Linden Baum .......................................25 Dutchman’s Market ................................. 153 El Gallo........................................................ 136 Fredericksburg Brewing Co. .................. 57 Fredericksburg Herb Farm .....................56 Fredericksburg Pie Co .............................52 Hilda’s.............................................................66 Hondo’s .........................................................36 Java Ranch - Fredericksburg ...............106 JEK’s Pit Stop ...........................................102 Lincoln St. .....................................................61 Old German Bakery & Restaurant.......70 Opa’s Smoked Meats .............................. 163 Pasta Bella ....................................................99 Peach Tree, The............................................. 3 Porky’s ...........................................................24 Race Barn .................................................... 151 Rathskeller Restaurant ............................61 Sozial Haus ...................................................30 The Club .......................................................121 West End Pizza ........................................ 164 Need A Place To Stay?

Absolute Charm ....................................... 139 Barons CreekSide .....................................121 Best Western ............................................106 Cottage on Spotted Fawn .................... 125 Das Jager Haus.........................................162 Econo Lodge. .................................................11 Erbstuck Ranch .......................................... 171 Frederick Motel ..........................................27 Fredericksburg Guest House Reservations ........................................148 Fredericksburg Reservation Service .....................................................32 Fredericksburg Inn & Suites ...................69 Gastehaus Schmidt....................................35 Hangar Hotel............................................... 57 Haussegen Platz .................................14, 143 Inn on Baron’s Creek .................................31 Italian Place, The ..................................... 166 King Wood Suites.....................................172 La Quinta Inn & Suites ........................... 146 Quiet Creek RV Resort .........................108 Rock House Hideaway ............................177 Stonewall Valley Ranch........................... 20 Sunset Inn & Suites ................................. 158 Ready To Go Shopping?

All Gussied Up ............................................111 Ambriz Jewelry ...........................................31 Amish Market .............................................. 73 Antique Mall of Fredericksburg ..........105 Auer Haus.....................................................39 Barefoot ......................................................168 Beauty Lounge, The....................................91 Blue Steak Records ................................. 153 Books on Main ............................................36 Burg’s Corner ............................................ 165

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Yee Haw Ranch Outfitters ....................116 What Can We Do For Fun? Admiral Nimitz Foundation.....................71 Becker Vineyards Lavender Fest .......... 80 Bestfest at Marktplatz ..............................95 First Friday Art Walk................................ 76 Fredericksburg Art Guild ........................40 Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival ......... 47 Fredericksburg CVB ................................128 Fredericksburg Festivals ........................ 169 Fredericksburg Music Club ................... 145 Fredericksburg Theater Co .................... 171 Friends of Gillespie Co. Country Schools ................................................................. 107 Ft. Martin Scott ..........................................92 Gillespie County Fair & Festivals Assn .... ................................................................. 179 Hill Country Antique Tractor Club ..... 126 Hill Country Film Festival .......................32 Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course .............13 Luckenbach, Texas ......................................99 Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park ...........................................................31 National Museum of Pacific War..........71 Pecan Grove Store ....................................36 PCAA ........................................................... 136 Pioneer Museum ......................................102 Questover Studios ................................... 153 Salvation Army Community Center...130 Tabak Haus ..................................................167 The Club .......................................................121 Texas Rangers Heritage Center ............26 Wedding & Event Showcase .................92 Wildseed Farms..........................................89 Verein’s Quilt Guild................................. 133 Builders/Designers/Remodelers Bill Dunn Construction ............................43 BMC ................................................................59 Builders First Source .............................. 154 Boot Ranch ................................................137 Chris Kaiser Builder, Inc .........................149 Curl’s Construction.................................. 115 Curtis Staudt Construction...................105 Durst Homes ...............................................48 Farm & Ranch Construction.................160 Galle Designs ............................................160 Hominick Custom Builders ....................... 2 Inside Story ................................................ 170 Kerrville Window Fashions .................. 122 Latigo Builders ..........................................180 Laughlin Homes & Restoration ............. 77 Maggie Gillespie Designs........................ 67 Moellering Construction, Inc .............. 152 Sierra Homes...............................................98 Slaughter Design Studio.........................127 Stone Ridge .................................................97 Tatsch Well Service ...................................49 Texas Steel Building ................................ 126 Tony Martin, Inc ..........................................55 Vollmar Pond & Lake Management... 158 Churches First Baptist Church ................................ 153 Holy Ghost Lutheran Church ............... 170 Oakhills Church ..........................................46 Resurrection Lutheran Church ............148 Zion Lutheran Church ............................ 132 Health/Medical Agility Orthopedic & Sports Medicine ............................................... 136 Cornerstone Clinic...................................148

Fredericksburg Clinic.............................. 153 Heritage Place ..........................................109 Hill Country Memorial Hospital................. ...............................4, 5, 101, 113, 133, 170 Main St. Urgent Care ...............................24 Mid-Texas Health Care ...........................102 Standards Home Health ..........................82 Monarch Physical Therapy .....................173 Walker, Michael M.D. ............................ 144 Real Estate/Realtors Absolute Charm ....................................... 139 Boot Ranch .................................................137 Fredericksburg Realty .............................178 Ranch Enterprises .................................. 150 Real Living Fredericksburg ..................... 47 Sage ...............................................................172 Walnut Canyon Cabins .......................... 155 Schools Heritage School .........................................32 St. Mary’s Catholic School .................... 159 Spas/Massage/Yoga Reiki in the Hill Country........................ 125 Nature’s Spa.................................................56 Spa at Inn on Baron’s Creek....................31 Breweries/Wineries/Orchards AJ Liquors....................................................173 Bariloche Farm ..........................................147 Becker Vineyards ........................................54 Burg’s Corner ............................................ 165 Der Daiwel .............................................. 166 Fiesta Winery............................................. 113 Four Point Cellars.....................................141 Fredericksburg Winery .............................. 9 Gold Orchards...........................................166 Grape Creek Vineyards ............................ 37 Hill Country Express Tours ................... 169 Inwood Estates ......................................... 124 Messina Hof Hill Country Winery....... 90 Narrow Path Winery ............................. 135 Pedernales Brewing Company ............ 146 Pedernales Cellars ....................................116 Torre di Pietra ............................................157 Wedding Oak Winery ..............................89 Automotive Crenwelge Motor Sales...........................46 Kustom Klean Car Wash..........................85 Quality Lube .............................................. 142 Stroeher & Son/Stroeher & Olfer’s ....64 Sweet Dreams ..........................................103 Services Capitol Farm Credit ............................... 26 Frantzen, Kaderli & Klier Ins ..................50 FIrstmark Credit Union.......................... 154 Fredericksburg CVB ................................128 Hill Country Propane .............................140 Joseph Financial Partners .................... 138 Maggie Gillespie Designs........................ 67 Shweiki Media........................................... 152 SRJ Photography .......................................36 Tatsch Well Service ...................................49 Maps Maps ...............................................78, 174-175

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2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS February 7 .................. Fredericksburg Band Booster Turkey Dinner February 20-21 ........... Texas Gun & Knife Show February 27 ................ Gillespie County BB Match February 26-28 ........... Hill Country Home & Garden Show March 3 ...................... Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce Banquet March 4 ...................... Original Texas Star Trail Ride March 19-20 ............... Silver Spur Gun & Blade Show

Invites You To Join In The Family Fun, Entertainment, Dancing and Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing This Season at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds.

April 9 ......................... Ambleside School Fundraiser April 15 ....................... Ragnar Relay-Fredericksburg to Austin April 23 ....................... 4-H District 10 Livestock Judging May 5.......................... Farm & Ag Day May 12........................ Beef Range Field Day May 14........................ American Cancer Society Relay for Life June 10-12 .................. Antique Tractor & Engine Show July 2-3 ....................... Pari-mutuel Horse Races July 16 ........................ Sommerzeit with Concert & Dance July 16-17 ................... Pari-mutuel Horse Races TBA ............................. GCFFA Meat Goat & Lamb Futurities August 13-14 .............. Pari-mutuel Horse Races August 14 .................. Gillespie County Race Day Classic Steer Show August 14 ................... GCFFA Lamb Futurity August 25-28 .............. 128th Gillespie County Fair August 25 ................... Texas Country Showdown August 26 ................... 128th Gillespie County Fair Parade August 26 ................... Concert & Dance August 27 .................. Concert & Dance August 27-28 .............. Pari-mutuel Horse Races August 28 ................... Texas Wether Buck & Doe Sale September 10 ............ 7th Annual Fredericksburg Professional Bull Riding September 10 ............ Hill Country Dorper September 24 ............ 20th Annual Scholarship Fest October 15 ................. Gillespie County Swine Producers Sale October 29-30 ............ Texas Gun & Knife Show November 12-13 ........ Texas Presentations Antique Show November 19 ............. Wild Game Dinner November 25-27 ........ The Peddler Show December 16-18 ........ Silver Spur Gun & Blade Show

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GILLESPIE COUNTY FAIR & FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION P.O. BOX 526 - FREDERICKSBURG, TX 78624 830/997-2359 - WWW.GILLESPIEFAIR.COM Schedule is subject to change without notice.

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