All posts by John Hallowell
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 15: Kingsland in the 1950s
Kingsland’s re-birth was not immediately evident when the impoundment of water behind the new Granite Shoals Dam began...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 14: Kingsland’s #1 Neighbor
Lyndon Baines Johnson had undoubtedly been to Kingsland before 1959. After all, he grew up just 25 miles...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 8: Bill & Dolphia Bransford
Bill and Dolphia Bransford arrived in Kingsland while work was underway on the Granite Shoals Dam in 1950....
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 7: Euel Moore
Everyone in Kingsland is familiar with Euel Moore Drive; not so many know anything about the man who...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 6: Margaret Williams Dotson
Kingsland has had a longer and more interesting history than most of the towns around Lake LBJ. And...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 5: Pearl Goble
Pearl Goble was born in 1923 in Lampasas County, but she had family here in Kingsland (her grandmother,...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 3: Malcolm Long
Malcolm Long was here in the Kingsland area several years before the lake which borders and defines modern-day...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 4: Shirley Williams
The Shirley Williams ranch and its owner were not that much different than hundreds of other depression-era ranches...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland, Chapter 2: The Banks Family
Several members of the Banks family played a large role in the history of early Kingsland, and although...
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Lake LBJ and the Rebirth of Kingsland: 1951-1970, Chapter One
One of the reasons this book is called “Re-Birth” is that Kingsland had a rich history long before...
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Riding with John Wayne – The Rudy Robbins Story
Learn the story of Rudy Robbins - cowboy, actor, stuntman, producer, but most of all, a true Hill...
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The History of Hondo
The Hondo area has been "on the map" since 1689 when Spanish explorer Alonso De Leon passed through,...
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Top o’ the Hill Country in Rocksprings, Texas
The "rock springs" were known to travelers, freighters, cattlemen and outlaws for years before the town was founded....
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Wild West Legends in Uvalde
Uvalde is a legendary "Wild West" town at the southwest corner of our Hill Country map, known mostly...
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The True Story of San Marcos
Do you know the true story and history of San Marcos, Texas? There's a lot you might not...
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Brady, The Heart of Texas
Brady calls itself the “Heart of Texas,” based on its location, but this little town deserves the label...
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All About BBQ in The Texas Hill Country
I don’t know if it’s ever been made official by any government decree, but barbecue is the national...
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Fredericksburg, Texas: Leading the Way
No town embodies the spirit of the Texas Hill Country better than Fredericksburg.
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Boerne, Texas
Boerne Texas might seem like just a blip on the GPS somewhere southwest of Austin, but this town...
