Memories of Circuit Riders in the Wimberley Area
In the early nineteen hundreds two itinerant preachers South of Wimberley, Brother Corbett and Brother McKinney, visited monthly and stayed at the author’s home near the old schoolhouse. They rode in by mail hack and on horseback, bringing news from Hays, Blanco, Dripping Springs and surrounding hills.
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Wimberley
Brother Corbett
Brother McKinney
Corbett
Felix Blackwell
Hays
Blanco
Henry
Dripping Springs
McKinney
Bro
Mama
Wimberleys Observe Folklore Festival at Smithsonian
Wimberley and family join the Smithsonian Institution and Institute of Texan Cultures for the Second Annual Festival of Folklore Art. The Wimberley Mill will be displayed as a historic Cypress Creek grist mill at the Smithsonian. The party includes Mr and Mrs C W Wimberley and Mr and Mrs R K Wimberley and travel arrangements to Washington, D C.
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Wimberleys
Smithsonian Folklore Festival
W. Wimberley
Wimberley Mill
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Institute of Texan Cultures
San Antonio
Texas
R.K. Wimberley
Wimberley
Cypress Creek
C.W. Wimberley
Canyon Dam Chapel to Hold Sunday Services This Summer
Canyon Dam Chapel in Horseshoe Falls Estates, sponsored by St. John’s Episcopal of New Braunfels, begins Sunday services June 2 at 11 a.m. Holy Communion occurs last Sundays monthly through Oct 27. Outdoor services planned. all faiths welcome. The piece also traces local milling history and the Wimberley family’s long association with the community mill.
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Chapel In
Dear Editors Send Wimberley Mill Memories and News
A reader from Waco thanks the editors for the Wimberley Mill paper. She shares grief after her two year old grandson’s leukemia and hopes to retire in Wimberley. She asks to keep her posted on Wimberley happenings and plans a visit when possible.
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Wimberley
Wimberley Mill
Alice Hayes
Waco
Texas
Wharton County Journal
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By Edmond Connolly
Surrey
Hunt
Glory
John
Emma Braswell
Selina
Emma Hoag
Rufus and
C.W
Cedarwhacker) Wimberley
Canyon Dam Chapel
Pleasant Wimberley
W.C. Winters
Nancy Winters
John Cude
Cude
Rufus Wimberley
San Marcos
Chestnut Street
Rufus
C.w.cedarwhacker
Mrs
Carl Scudder
Hillside Wimberley Estates
Cypress Creek and Scudder Park
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