Horse and Buggy Days recollects Sink Hollow wildlife and Allen hounds
The piece recalls C. W. Wimberley Allen near the lime kiln on Sink Hollow with a hound dog farm that butchered jackasses for his pack. It details wild hunts, a famous fox chase through Katytown to Pur gatory Creek, and community lore from San Marcos including local debates about weather, work, and the public horse trough crowd.
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C. W. Wimberley
Allen Mayes
Sink Hollow
Allen
Big Walker
Ole Allen
Link Hollow
Purgatory Creek
Old Katytown
Santone
Wimberley Revisited by Jim Garner
Jim Garner extols Texas hospitality as a top tourist draw and reflects on Texan dining habits. He recounts an anecdote in San Marcos involving an alligator illusion, discusses lamb cuisine and a simple leg of lamb recipe, and shares family notes about Twin Mountain Estates and wild grape wine.
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Jim Garner
Texas
Astrodome
Big
Big Bend
Julia Child
William H. Jennings
Martindale
San Antonio
Texas Gulf Coast
Carl
Twin Mountain Estates
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San Marcos
Wimberley
Austin
Samford
Marianne and
Michelle Scudder
W. H. Jennings
Alinement
P. A
Interstate
South
Calaways
Hill Country Superette Grocery
Texaco Station
Wimberley Square
Carter Hobbs
P. O
Floyd
Wimberley, Texas
Cypress Creek Acres
SS Creek
Jalcones
W. Hopkins
W. C. Carson
Wimberley Development CO
Balcones Real Estate
Wimberley Properties