On May 8, 1846, 120 German settlers arrived to establish Fredericksburg. Other groups followed in 1846 and 1847. The Mormons established Zodiac in 1847, and Gillespie County was created out of Bexar County. The local Germans and the Mormons opposed slavery. The first African-Americans came two years...

Maybe the solution to all our so-called modern problems is this: Live like your great-grandparents lived. Not literally, but metaphorically. Recently, our power went off and it got me to thinking again about how our ancestors coped. Let’s just go back 150 years or so. Here is what a typical day migh...

Ace Ventura, a handsome Staffordshire terrier, is known at the Hill Country SPCA (HCSPCA) for his striking brindle fur and heart of gold. “Ace’s journey hasn’t been easy. He was just six days away from losing his life at another shelter before being welcomed into the HCSPCA family,” an animal care s...

Approximately 1,000 undergraduate degrees were awarded to the Class of 2025 during the 145th commencement Sunday, May 11, at Emerson College in Boston...

A local student was one of the 25 students selected to participate in a leadership program at West Texas A&M University. Ridley Strackbein, a senior a...

Pioneer Museum and the Gillespie County Historical Society have announced the recipient of the 2025 Flora Wertheim Scholarship. Mary Elizabeth Schultz...