Mountaineer High School Journal Published by Llano Pupils
Llano High School pupils prepared the annual Mountaineer journal for the present year and submitted the copy to the Llano News. The article also notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith of San Antonio and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Bush and family of Wharton to Mr. T. K. Bush, a Llano Hospital patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountaineer
Llano High School
Carl Smith
San Antonio
Clifton Bush
Wharton
T. K. Bush
Llano Hospital
Lakes in Central Texas Blossom as Settlers Recount History
A history of Llano County’s lakes and early settlements describes how Bluffton and Tow Valley grew around the Salt Works and ferries on the Colorado River. It details pioneers like J. P. Morgan and Uncle Davie Cowan, the 1850s salt industry, stage lines, a burned Bluffton in 1883, and Bluffton’s eventual submersion by Lake Buchanan.
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Highland Lakes
Texas
Packsaddle Mountain
Llano County
Llano River
Granite Shoals Lake
Highway 71
Mark A. Moss
O Ranch
Lake Land
Tow Valley
Lake Buchanan
J. P. Morgan
Bluffton
Lakeshore Drive
Davie Cowan
Cowans
Georgetown
Fredericksburg
IB. Maxwell
M. B. Clendemén
Llano
Colorado River
Solomon Maxwell
Maxwell
Austin
Mason
Burnet
Colorado
John Pankey
John Mabry
Jack Mabry
West Texas
John Behrns
Tow
1914 Llano County Farm Facts
Llano County lists 795 farms with 472 mortgaged or rented and 323 owned by farmers. Two thousand four hundred residents rely on farming, with 328 tenant farmers and 41 paying cash rents. One Black farmer is noted. 188 farms exceed 500 acres. total farm property value is $5,560,000. average farm value $6,994.
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Deriachts
Army Strength in Texas in 1914 Reported by The Liano News
The Liano News reported 22,200 United States Army soldiers stationed in Texas in 1914, with the entire army totaling 86,500 officers and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Texas
Liano
Judges Named For 29 Schools Districts Listed
Judges were appointed for 29 school districts including Long Mountain Lone Grove Bluffton Weight's Creek Evergreen Castells Slick Mountain Field Creek Latham Sandy Mountain Marble Spring Oatman Creek Six Mile Prairie Mountain and Cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selicousted
Cherokes Courier Debuts in Cherokes Area History
Fragmentary item notes a Cherokee area newspaper, the Cherokes Courier, begin publication in Cherokes and mentions multiple local places. It references about a forty year span and names Mountain, Valley Sprig, Gainesville, Tow, and other locales.
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Martin
George
Duncan
Brahe
Louis
Mary Raines
Alvin Smith
Louis Raines
Llano News
Granite Shoals
Lland
Jack
Valentine
Kingstand, Texas
Snack Shack
Fisherman’s Haven
Marge
Woody
P.O. Box
Kingsland, Texas
Packsaddle
Bill and
Sue
Douthit
Kingsland
Johnny Hinkle
Water Wonderland
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lakes
Highland
Llanow
BI You
Cherokes
Mountain
Valley
Gainesville
Dafier
Honey Creek
Baby Head
Oxford
Legion Valley
Bennett Creek
New Hope
Lehmberg
H. B. Bennett
D.C
Casshai
Merce and the News
L. E. Hurst
Llane
Richard Sutton
Ronald Blair
Pauline Weaver
B. Shavers
Forrest Rowland — Kingsland
Barry Dickehut
Florence Thome
John Stribling
Ed Deize
Golden Beach
Battery Hardware Co Inc
Lone Star Gas Co
Charlie's Store
Llano Rx P Pharmacy
Llano Chamber of Commerce
City of
Llano Utilities
M.C. Dalehan
The
Acme
Miles Battery Furniture
Rockwell Bros.—Lumbermen
Inman's Humble
Mac
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