Blackwell Boys tale and Pioneer Town revival in Hill Country
A folksy ranch-era tale recounts the Blackwell Boys meeting a stranger who returns a pocket knife after a tense standoff. The report shifts to Pioneer Town in the Texas Hill Country, detailing 1960s expansion of the 7 A ranch, new Emporium, Arcade, and Madge Czichos family resort drawing thousands of visitors to a century-old living history village with stagecoach, blacksmith, livery, bottle house, and antique rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spoon Cafe
Pioneer Town
Madge
Raymond Czichos
Little Arkansas Campgrounds on Blanco River
Advertisement invites visitors to Little Arkansas on the Blanco River offering camping with electricity at each site, fishing, picnicking, swimming, arrowhead digging, and reasonable rates near an old Indian camp and burial ground.
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Blanco River
Big Fern Bluff
Little Arkansas
Rio Bonito Resort on Blanco River Expands in Wimberley Area
Rio Bonito Resort lies on the Blanco River near Wimberley with three cottage types for six, two to three, or four guests. Facilities include river views, fully furnished kitchens and linens, electric kitchens, and air conditioning. The camp offers fishing swimming boats and a recreation hall with sports. Formerly Camp Wimberley, it was owned by the Peterson family and is now run by Chester and Jane Franklin since 1932 family ownership continues. Plans call for more new cabins and upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwell
Wimberley
Joe
Felix
Brooks
Blanco
Rio Bonito
Blanco River
San Marcos
Camp Wimberley
Joe Petersons
Chester
Jane Franklin
Jane
Joe Peterson
P.O. Box
Texas
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C.W. Wimberley
Tennessee
Chanks
Washateria
The
H.B. Pendletons
Conoco Station
Lois
Pat
Felts
Little
Arkansas
Wimberhay
Cypress ° Creek
Emmet Cowan
Anna Teen
Dripping Springs
Lou
First National Bank
Hays County
Red Bourne
Errol Snodgrass
Texas Hill Country
Mary Bibb
Jim Garner
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