Posts (Newest First)

• Spicy German Christmas cookie traditions December 15, 2024
• Nikolaus memories December 1, 2024
• New Braunfels Music Study Club celebrates 95 years November 17, 2024
• Albert C. Fischer, in his own words November 3, 2024
• New Braunfels treasures — social, fraternal and otherwise October 20, 2024
• Furniture sold here since 1902 October 6, 2024
• The Hinman House: First stone house in New Braunfels September 22, 2024
• Oscar Haas, the Battleship Texas and the “Spirit of the Spanish-American War” September 8, 2024
• Historic market of New Braunfels August 25, 2024
• Isabel’s essay August 11, 2024
• Haelbig made lasting music impression July 28, 2024
• New Braunfels has seen several daring jailbreaks July 14, 2024
• History of the fountain in Main Plaza June 30, 2024
• Cotton gins in Comal County June 16, 2024
• E.A. Grist: Watching over New Braunfels June 2, 2024
• Cool. Clear. Water. May 19, 2024
• 2024 Myra Lee Adams Goff Sophienburg History Award Winner May 5, 2024
• Mueller family history tapestry April 21, 2024
• Weather reports from New Braunfels April 7, 2024
• History among the ‘stones — Part II: Panteon Hidalgo March 24, 2024
• The keepers of Texas history March 10, 2024
• History of the Moeller House February 25, 2024
• Movie memories February 11, 2024
• Rancho Comal at Spring Branch January 28, 2024
• History among the ‘stones — Comal Cemetery January 14, 2024
• Days of yule and yore in downtown New Braunfels December 31, 2023
• “Tante Emmie” December 17, 2023
• York Creek Cemetery: Endangered species December 3, 2023
• Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home from 1923 to the present in the same family November 19, 2023
• True Crime Series: Local farmer and son murdered in Austin November 5, 2023
• The story of Ma’s Cafe October 22, 2023
• Sophienburg — guardians of history for 90 years October 8, 2023
• One heck of a House story September 24, 2023
• Postmarks tell interesting history September 10, 2023
• History is everywhere August 27, 2023
• The Beckers of New Braunfels August 13, 2023
• The saga of the Six Shooter Ranch July 30, 2023
• Snapshots of History: Blumberg House July 16, 2023
• True Crime Series: The Sam King Story July 2, 2023
• Chute! Remember where Clemens Dam and Stinky Falls were located? June 18, 2023
• Historic sounds that inspire June 4, 2023
• Arriving Germans found native tribes in area they settled May 21, 2023
• Sophienburg History Award 2023 May 7, 2023
• New Braunfels treasure celebrates 90 years April 23, 2023
• History mystery: South Seguin Avenue, Part II April 9, 2023
• Recollections of early New Braunfels March 26, 2023
• History mystery: South Seguin Avenue, Part I March 12, 2023
• A good smoke was a hometown cigar February 26, 2023
• Albert Kirchner wins Cremo contest February 12, 2023
• Historic treasures hiding in plain sight January 29, 2023
• 1881 bird’s-eye view of New Braunfels January 15, 2023
• New Year’s traditions around the world January 1, 2023
• Beauty at one hundred and twelve December 24, 2022
• Early German immigrants faced tough times at Christmas December 4, 2022
• Let there be Christmas light November 20, 2022
• Christmas from Germany to New Braunfels November 6, 2022
• The Pablo Diaz story October 23, 2022
• What’s a vara? October 9, 2022
• Horse racing at the county fair September 25, 2022
• Jardin de las almas September 11, 2022
• Much can be discovered by visiting graves at Comal Cemetery August 28, 2022
• New Braunfels had a poor farm August 14, 2022
• The Dittlinger legacy July 31, 2022
• Joske’s of Texas and the Guadalupe River July 17, 2022
• Yet another rip-roaring July 4th celebration July 3, 2022
• The voice of Oscar Haas June 19, 2022
• Tombstone mystery June 5, 2022
• Joshua Wesloh wins Sophienburg history scholarship May 22, 2022
• Flood of ’72 through 50-year-old looking glass May 14, 2022
• Highways, motels and diving ladies May 8, 2022
• The Susanna saga continued April 24, 2022
• Susanna’s papers April 17, 2022
• “Hairstory” March 27, 2022
• Cold War fears in New Braunfels March 13, 2022
• Easter nests and Easter bunnies February 27, 2022
• Millett family February 13, 2022
• Comal Sanitarium January 30, 2022
• The House That Jack Built January 16, 2022
• Express it with words January 2, 2022
• Bohemian John December 19, 2021
• Legend of St. Nikolaus December 5, 2021
• Weihnachtsmarkt supports Sophienburg November 21, 2021
• Remembering when Wurstfest was at a hole in the ground November 7, 2021
• Older than Gruene Hall October 24, 2021
• Queen of the night October 10, 2021
• Waggoners important to early New Braunfels transportation September 26, 2021
• First county fair was in 1894 September 12, 2021
• Outlaws, cowboys and armadillos August 29, 2021
• True crime series: Break-in of First National Bank August 15, 2021
• For the love of antlers August 1, 2021
• New Braunfels forty-eighters July 18, 2021
• Let’s talk chili! July 4, 2021
• Plaza-palooza June 20, 2021
• Race for pride June 6, 2021
• Images of history May 23, 2021
• Indian Days House May 9, 2021
• Mayor Julius F. Schwandt Jr. brings authentic German heritage to the community of New Braunfels April 25, 2021
• Pittman’s Red & White Store April 11, 2021
• ‘Bout birthin’ babies March 28, 2021
• Getting “pop” in New Braunfels March 14, 2021
• Backroad bingo February 28, 2021
• Where is Freiheit? February 14, 2021
• Trading stamps in New Braunfels January 31, 2021
• Three bandits and a big white stripe January 17, 2021
• Moving along January 3, 2021
• Away in a manger December 20, 2020
• History detectives December 6, 2020
• Serdinko’s story November 22, 2020
• Waters of Cypress Bend Park November 8, 2020
• What do you call that street? October 25, 2020
• “Reflections” on movie history October 11, 2020
• Names of places tell a cultural story September 27, 2020
• A flight to remember September 13, 2020
• Die Neunköder and the castor bean August 30, 2020
• Elfendritschenwolpertinger August 16, 2020
• The art of history August 2, 2020
• Mammoth finds July 19, 2020
• Connecting the dots of history July 5, 2020
• Charcoal burners of the Guadalupe June 21, 2020
• “Ein Prosit, ein Prosit” to music June 7, 2020
• Isabel Zuniga wins Sophienburg history scholarship May 24, 2020
• Recipes for life May 10, 2020
• True crime series: The Irene Hitzfelder murder April 26, 2020
• Women in history April 12, 2020
• The museum’s Mormon mystery March 29, 2020
• One hundred years and one to grow on March 15, 2020
• First barbecue joint in New Braunfels March 1, 2020
• The Moeller family of Comaltown February 16, 2020
• Queen of Hearts February 2, 2020
• New Braunfels 25th Birthday (Part 2) January 19, 2020
• New Braunfels 25th Birthday (Part 1) January 5, 2020
• Religious needs of the colonists December 22, 2019
• Pyrography (wood-burning) December 8, 2019
• Where exactly is Comaltown? November 24, 2019
• Decorative history November 10, 2019
• Peyote! October 27, 2019
• Bridging the river October 13, 2019
• True crime stories: U.S. Marshal “Hal” Gosling September 29, 2019
• Which way to the fair? September 15, 2019
• Snake tales September 1, 2019
• The Herman Lehmann Show August 18, 2019
• Mom’s cousin was an Indian captive August 4, 2019
• Prohibition unpopular in New Braunfels July 21, 2019
• The Toepperweins, Texas treasures July 7, 2019
• Fourth of July royalty shooting for 170 years June 23, 2019
• The story of the orphan photo album June 9, 2019
• “Say It With Flowers” May 26, 2019
• Goff Scholarship winner shares history May 12, 2019
• Hidden in plain sight April 28, 2019
• Agarita memories April 14, 2019
• Affordable housing in the 1850s March 31, 2019
• What is pannas? March 17, 2019
• All that glitters … March 3, 2019
• A cycling trip February 17, 2019
• Panthers in the park February 3, 2019
• Potholes, paving and praise the Lord! January 6, 2019
• Dressing Little Miss America December 23, 2018
• The Friedrich brothers (Part 2) December 9, 2018
• The Friedrich brothers (Part 1) November 25, 2018
• World War I Centennial and Weihnachtsmarkt November 11, 2018
• Still chugging after all these years … October 28, 2018
• “He Got the Drop on Waldrip” October 14, 2018
• The stories behind our grottos September 30, 2018
• When cotton was king September 16, 2018
• Shipwreck September 2, 2018
• Heroes and history August 19, 2018
• Troop 133 – the oldest established troop in New Braunfels August 5, 2018
• Public art in New Braunfels July 22, 2018
• Guada-Coma ferry photograph added to archives July 8, 2018
• 4th of July Parade That Wasn’t June 24, 2018
• 2018 Sophienburg scholarship awarded June 10, 2018
• Look and Learn! Part 2 May 27, 2018
• Look and Learn! Part 1 May 13, 2018
• Depot sign returns to New Braunfels April 15, 2018
• Emmie Seele Faust Memorial Library April 1, 2018
• The German Colonization Project — Plan B March 18, 2018
• Early jails in New Braunfels March 4, 2018
• Blind Tom: Wonder of Nature February 18, 2018
• The cold facts of New Braunfels February 4, 2018
• Famous in a small town January 21, 2018
• New Braunfels calling January 7, 2018
• Christmas brings peace, even in time of war December 24, 2017
• Four phases of education in rural Comal County December 10, 2017
• Amanty Christmas Connection November 26, 2017
• The Greatest Show on Earth November 12, 2017
• Armistice October 29, 2017
• The rest of the story … October 15, 2017
• Karl Klinger: the first tour guide of NB October 1, 2017
• Dr. Otto R. Grube practiced in New Braunfels September 17, 2017
• Fish Tales September 3, 2017
• Birds of War August 20, 2017
• “Just a Grand Place to make a Living and a Grand Place to Live” August 6, 2017
• Spirit of the American Doughboy July 9, 2017
• Keep your eye on the grand old flag June 25, 2017
• Original Seekatz Opera House built for traveling shows, local entertainment June 11, 2017
• Sophienburg scholarship awarded May 28, 2017
• Finally, after all these years, the book will be published May 14, 2017
• Ullrich homes on Mill Street tell the story of early home construction April 30, 2017
• Martin Luther important to the Protestant Reformation April 16, 2017
• United States enters World War I on April 6th one hundred years ago April 2, 2017
• This next Tuesday, March 21, is New Braunfels Founder’s Day March 19, 2017
• Willke brothers make significant contribution March 5, 2017
• One of the first milestones in our history February 19, 2017
• Many trails converge in New Braunfels February 5, 2017
• The history behind the Marglin name January 22, 2017
• New Braunfels Fire Department – years of service January 8, 2017
• Peace on earth, good will to men December 25, 2016
• Jacobs Creek teacherage still standing December 11, 2016
• Dollhouses on display at the Sophienburg November 27, 2016
• We owe a lot of what we know to Oscar Haas November 13, 2016
• Volunteers important in New Braunfels heritage October 30, 2016
• Lindheimer, Father of Texas Botany October 16, 2016
• The area of Sattler includes many names October 2, 2016
• Faust Hotel has an interesting history September 18, 2016
• Waisenhaus Orphanage on the Guadalupe September 4, 2016
• First-hand account of the Indianola hurricane August 21, 2016
• Margarethe Schertz, pioneer woman August 7, 2016
• Entertainment different in the 1940s July 24, 2016
• The year 1846 was a dark year for the German immigrants July 10, 2016
• Mission Hill Park June 26, 2016
• “Tenax propositi” or “finish what you begin” June 12, 2016
• Summer camps on the Comal May 29, 2016
• Collecting, restoring, repurposing, categorizing, and identifying at the Sophienburg May 15, 2016
• City-owned water works to provide affordable, clean water May 1, 2016
• 80th anniversary of Landa Park, a real celebration April 17, 2016
• Sophienburg named for Princess Sophia April 3, 2016
• City-owned water works to provide affordable, clean water April 1, 2016
• The good old days? March 20, 2016
• Bill George, Renaissance Man March 6, 2016
• Emil Kriewitz plays role in Comanche-German treaty February 21, 2016
• OLPH celebrates beliefs, history and traditions February 7, 2016
• Saengerbund lives on January 24, 2016
• Groos home one of few remaining on Seguin Avenue from early New Braunfels January 10, 2016
• A football game to remember December 27, 2015
• Agricultural Society of Fischer’s Store history sometimes violent December 13, 2015
• New Braunfels Conservation Society gets windfall November 29, 2015
• Sophienburg again brings Christmas traditions November 15, 2015
• The year 1898 was a news-filled year for the Neu Braunfelser Zeitung November 1, 2015
• Here’s a whale of a tale October 18, 2015
• Morales Funeral Home early business in Comaltown October 4, 2015
• It’s Fair Time September 20, 2015
• Location of Altgelt Pond revealed September 6, 2015
• Oscar Haas’ research used by many for over 75 years August 23, 2015
• Local family learns lessons under adverse conditions August 9, 2015
• James Ferguson, early pioneer from Scotland July 26, 2015
• Meridian Highway businesses being documented July 12, 2015
• Go downtown to celebrate the 4th of July June 28, 2015
• Downtown renovations important June 14, 2015
• Brenda Anderson-Lindemann’s new book a real treasure May 31, 2015
• Early communication May 17, 2015
• Sophienburg history scholarship awarded May 3, 2015
• First Baptist Church dedicates Bill and Gwen Arnold Ministry Center April 19, 2015
• Hofheinz house dates back to 1905 April 5, 2015
• Rededication of German pioneers marker at Canyon Lake March 22, 2015
• Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home from 1923 to the present in the same family March 8, 2015
• Settlement of New Braunfels prompted by Republic of Texas Constitution February 22, 2015
• Prince Solms Inn still boosting tourism February 8, 2015
• Honey Creek area becomes Honey Creek State Natural Area January 25, 2015
• Tenacity leads to progress January 11, 2015
• Naegelin’s Bakery still baking December 28, 2014
• The queen and princess of buildings around Main Plaza December 14, 2014
• Background of Bracken Bowling November 30, 2014
• Weihnachtsmarkt opens this Friday at the Civic Center November 16, 2014
• Henne Hardware survives 148 years downtown November 2, 2014
• Startz Café receives Texas Treasure Business Award October 19, 2014
• Dr. Wilhelm Remer, early medical doctor with the Adelsverein October 5, 2014
• Devil’s Backbone leads you to Fischer’s Store September 21, 2014
• Felipe Delgado’s West End Park September 7, 2014
• Karbach family responsible for Methodism in New Braunfels August 24, 2014
• Depression years affected everyone August 10, 2014
• Phoenix Saloon applies for historical designation July 27, 2014
• Controversial letters to Germany July 13, 2014
• Statues on plaza honor soldiers June 29, 2014
• Most roads were constructed by local citizens June 15, 2014
• Slumber Falls on the Guadalupe June 1, 2014
• Sophienburg scholarship winner chosen May 18, 2014
• From distillery to woolen mill to laundry May 4, 2014
• Hermann Spiess follows Meusebach as commissioner general April 20, 2014
• Historic Kindermaskenball Parade This Coming Saturday April 6, 2014
• Roemer’s insight in Texas, 1846 March 23, 2014
• Post office has evolved in 100 years March 9, 2014
• Karbach House reopening soon February 23, 2014
• Sts. Peter and Paul church family relations go back generations February 9, 2014
• Famous trees in Comal County January 26, 2014
• The one-room schoolhouse January 12, 2014
• Children’s programs sometimes unpredictable December 29, 2013
• Lindheimer classified 38 new plants December 15, 2013
• Not to miss holiday events December 1, 2013
• Letter to Prince Carl November 17, 2013
• “Sprechen Sie Sausage and history?” November 3, 2013
• Railroads change NB architectural scene October 20, 2013
• The rise an fall of the Darmstadt October 6, 2013
• Landa first fair president September 22, 2013
• Railroad transforms community September 8, 2013
• Brothers Grimm to be at Sophienburg August 25, 2013
• A trip down memory lane (River Road) August 11, 2013
• Journals are important to history July 28, 2013
• Many traditions different and alike July 14, 2013
• Join Sophienburg at Main Plaza for traditional Fourth of July June 30, 2013
• “The Captured” tells story of captured children June 16, 2013
• Wo in Himmel ist Anhalt? June 2, 2013
• Historic tourism May 19, 2013
• Klappenbach House on Klappenbach Hill still stands May 5, 2013
• Former Eiband & Fischer store to receive historical marker April 21, 2013
• Joe Sanders has impact on tourism April 7, 2013
• Time calls for change in roads March 24, 2013
• Emigrants unprepared for conditions in ships March 10, 2013
• Fischer Park will have historic background February 24, 2013
• Local Masons dedicate new lodge February 10, 2013
• Voelcker family history unique January 27, 2013
• Germans successful negotiating with Indians January 13, 2013
• We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet for auld lang syne December 30, 2012
• Christmas icons help us celebrate the season December 16, 2012
• New businesses develop during Reconstruction December 2, 2012
• City’s “soul searching” program helps understand history November 18, 2012
• Weihnachtsmarkt supports Sophienburg November 4, 2012
• Old Forke Store ready for Wurstfest October 21, 2012
• Bells become symbols of change October 7, 2012
• Fair exhibits show skills September 23, 2012
• Seele describes first school day in 1845 September 9, 2012
• Locke nurseries business of the past August 26, 2012
• Church Hill School served Hortontown and Neighborsville August 12, 2012
• What a woman! July 29, 2012
• The year of the courthouse and the Spanish-American War July 10, 2012
• Sophienburg’s July 4th celebration at Main Plaza June 26, 2012
• Faust Street bridge led to mill June 12, 2012
• Riley’s Tavern in Hunter lives on May 29, 2012
• Sophienburg’s Civil War exhibit opens Saturday May 15, 2012
• Artist Iwonski part of Civil War exhibit May 1, 2012
• Kindermaskenball leads crowd to Folkfest April 17, 2012
• The last remnant of an era April 3, 2012
• Pictures can be painted with words March 20, 2012
• 1850s Mill Street house being restored March 6, 2012
• Murchison should be remembered February 21, 2012
• Seele’s tale of murder gruesome February 7, 2012
• Haelbig made lasting music impression January 24, 2012
• New Braunfels from conquistadores to state of United States January 10, 2012
• The interesting history of Esser’s Crossing December 27, 2011
• More Meriwether story revealed December 14, 2011
• Dollhouse collection displayed at Sophienburg November 29, 2011
• Weihnachtsmarkt is coming to town November 15, 2011
• Wurstfest uses lots of icons November 2, 2011
• So, what exactly is under Canyon Lake? October 18, 2011
• Comal, Guadalupe junction important October 4, 2011
• Drought, floods, and war affect Comal County Fair September 20, 2011
• The dark history of Meriwether’s millrace September 6, 2011
• New Braunfels Coffee Company popular until 1950 August 23, 2011
• What’s the connection between von Coll and Clemens Dam? August 9, 2011
• Twist of fate brings von Coll to Texas July 26, 2011
• St. Joseph chapel becomes Comal County historical site July 12, 2011
• New Braunfels newspaper influenced secession effort June 30, 2011
• Spielzeit at Sophienburg Saturday June 14, 2011
• Stories of Lustige Strumpf intrigue, puzzle historians May 31, 2011
• New Braunfels newspaper has changed with the times May 17, 2011
• When the world was changing, but Camp Warnecke wasn’t May 3, 2011
• Reflections program keeps history alive in the retelling April 19, 2011
• Adelsverein purchases Nassau Plantation April 5, 2011
• Grotto behind Sts. Peter and Paul marks 1918 flu pandemic March 22, 2011
• Add to schedule: Emigrate to Sophienburg March 8, 2011
• Story of German Adelsverein told in new fictional trilogy February 22, 2011
• Waggoners important to early New Braunfels transportation February 8, 2011
• New Braunfels’ first doctor’s life filled with contradictions January 25, 2011
• Former NBHS band director Victor Kase wrote alma mater January 11, 2011
• 1847 New Year almost brought in with Meusebach hanging December 28, 2010
• Blended cultural traditions form typical Texas Christmas December 14, 2010
• Faust family leaves architectural legacy in New Braunfels November 30, 2010
• Weihnachtsmarkt here again and with it the Christmas season November 16, 2010
• A treasure hunt looking for El Camino Real November 1, 2010
• Music tradition strong at Wurstfest October 19, 2010
• Prince Carl, Seele, Lindheimer, Meusebach to visit Sophienburg Museum October 5, 2010
• First Comal County Fair was canceled due to lack of rain September 21, 2010
• Comal County’s first death sentence handed out in 1930s September 7, 2010
• Adelsverein promise of schools came through August 24, 2010
• Historic Waco Springs still popular August 10, 2010
• Prohibition unpopular in New Braunfels July 27, 2010
• Sophienburg to copy early church records July 13, 2010
• Sophienburg to celebrate Fourth of July on Third June 29, 2010
• Indianola important port in the 1840s June 15, 2010
• Some postmarks tell interesting history June 1, 2010
• Law enforcement vital May 18, 2010
• Ernst and Antoinette Gruene home still standing May 4, 2010
• A bank robbery in downtown New Braunfels April 20, 2010
• Sophienburg to host “Meet the Local Authors” event April 6, 2010
• Waisenhaus believed to be first orphanage March 23, 2010
• Scrapbooks and diaries reveal much about history March 9, 2010
• John Torrey important businessman in early NB February 23, 2010
• Customs of St. Valentine’s day changed over the years February 9, 2010
• Rahm tells of beautiful spot between two rivers January 26, 2010
• Meusebach Makes Peace Treaty With Comanches January 12, 2010
• Traveling exhibit coming to Sophienburg December 29, 2009
• Christmas in the “Neu Heimatland” December 15, 2009
• Prince Carl and Jim Bowie had a NB connection December 1, 2009
• Old library to be renovated November 17, 2009
• Many Texans were “Treue der Union” November 3, 2009
• Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit! October 20, 2009
• Heritage Society celebrates 25 years October 6, 2009
• City and CC Fair celebrate centennial or “Spass muss sein” in 1946 September 22, 2009
• New Braunfels was “on the track” September 9, 2009
• If forefathers could Google would they still have come? August 25, 2009
• Hermann Seele would have loved this fine arts class August 12, 2009
• First known view of early New Braunfels – 1847 July 28, 2009
• A night in the Sophienburg Museum July 14, 2009
• President Theodore Roosevelt stops in NB June 30, 2009
• Another rip-roaring July 4th celebration June 23, 2009
• Tribute to Luise Ervendberg June 9, 2009
• Singing helped keep German language alive May 26, 2009
• Jahn Furniture dates back to New Braunfels beginnings May 12, 2009
• ‘The Other Place’ celebrates 100th birthday next year April 28, 2009
• New book will detail county’s Civil War history April 14, 2009
• Rabbits, eggs become mainstay Easter traditions March 31, 2009
• Book brings back shared memories of home March 17, 2009
• Meusebach persevered despite pestilence, poverty March 3, 2009
• Museum showing collection of of ‘bizarre’ objects February 17, 2009
• Journey through New Braunfels with Dr. Roemer February 3, 2009
• Courthouse holding up pretty well after 110 years January 20, 2009
• Unique contrasts found in Carl Baetge geneology January 6, 2009
• Christmas a time for memories – happy and sad December 23, 2008
• Newspapers have left indelible mark on city December 9, 2008
• Much can be discovered by visiting graves at Comal Cemetery November 26, 2008
• We can thank Prince Carl for Weihnachtsmarkt next week November 11, 2008
• Interesting stories lie behind many street names October 28, 2008
• Wurstfest’s vast bottle collection October 14, 2008
• Museum’s rededication is Oct. 8 September 30, 2008
• Where did the horse races go? September 16, 2008
• Aquatic expertise was abundant in old New Braunfels September 2, 2008
• Roemer documented Texas’ geology, flora and fauna August 19, 2008
• Turnverein promoted gymnastics, other community events August 5, 2008
• City clerk also was Landa Park manager in the 1940s July 22, 2008
• Cannon fire signaled news of Civil War’s conclusion July 8, 2008
• Fire truck will lead July 4 parade through New Braunfels June 24, 2008
• Family research resources available at Sophienburg archives June 10, 2008
• Poets provide accounts of early New Braunfels life May 27, 2008
• There’ll be lots of fun Anhalt in West Comal this weekend May 13, 2008
• Arriving Germans found Indian tribes in area they settled April 29, 2008
• Original Live Oak Baptist Church bell going to museum April 15, 2008
• Main Plaza has been site of many memorable NB events April 1, 2008
• Founders Day will be marked on the Plaza this Good Friday March 18, 2008
• Sophienburg’s formation owes much to Dittlinger family March 4, 2008
• Reflections has grown to 2041 interviews since 1976 launch February 19, 2008
• Germans arrived in New Braunfels, ended up staying February 5, 2008
• Brauntex opened in 1942 with Bing Crosby January 22, 2008
• Zink was charged with laying out town of New Braunfels January 8, 2008
• Early German immigrants faced tough times at Christmas December 25, 2007
• Sophienburg’s museum and shop decorated for the holidays December 11, 2007
• Weihnachtsmarkt and decorated trees mean Christmas in NB November 27, 2007
• Minutes discovered from early Comal Union School Board meeting November 13, 2007
• Wursthalle first became venue for Wurstfest 40 years ago in 1967 October 30, 2007
• Whether you cook or not, book of old recipes is fascinating browse October 16, 2007
• Warnecke had the first drive-in store in Texas beginning in 1934 October 2, 2007
• First county fair was in 1894 September 18, 2007
• Prize shoot at new location on Sept. 23 September 4, 2007
• Many learned at Mill Street school August 21, 2007
• German communities affected in wars August 7, 2007
• Hermann Seele came to Texas in 1843 July 24, 2007
• Hats were a must in town July 10, 2007
• Patriotic celebration part of NB lore June 26, 2007
• Oral family history is hard to maintain June 12, 2007
• Landa has been longtime destination May 29, 2007
• Landa Park is site of many historical events in New Braunfels history May 15, 2007
• Adventurous Boy Scouts used drainage tunnels to stay out of trouble May 1, 2007
• At one time, it was a big deal for women to frequent saloons April 17, 2007
• First settlers crossed the Guadalupe River on Good Friday April 3, 2007
• New Braunfels native lost on Arctic expedition March 20, 2007
• Hoffmann’s verse reveals skepticism for emigration plan March 6, 2007
• A former downtown resident knows the people, places of her youth February 20, 2007
• Many early immigrants didn’t last long, buried in Verein Cemetery February 6, 2007
• Original Seekatz Opera House built for traveling shows, local entertainment January 23, 2007
• Recalling a restaurant shaped like a coffee pot January 11, 2007
• Remembering a time of war, air raid drills, victory gardens and sacrifice December 27, 2006
• Days of yule and yore in downtown NB December 13, 2006
• St. Nick gives children chance to be good November 29, 2006
• From vendors to decorations, Weihnachtsmarkt has it all November 15, 2006
• Remembering when Wurstfest was at a hole in the ground November 1, 2006
• Exhibit shows city October 18, 2006
• Interesting whatever you call them: undergarments, unmentionables October 4, 2006
• Talking Comaltown and county fair September 20, 2006
• From fine dining at school to learning September 6, 2006
• Tubing at Camp Warnecke? August 23, 2006
• Chute! Remember where Clemens Dam and Stinky Falls were located? August 9, 2006
• Nothing sad about these sacks at the Sophienburg July 26, 2006
• Lost your marbles? Rediscover them at Family Fun Night July 12, 2006
• What’s a ‘Sophienburg’? Depends on the era June 28, 2006