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Mr. McCarty and the Very Expensive Coffin
Thus far we’ve seen that Charles P. Vance served on the building committee for the 1891 First Christian Church in Taylor, as did his stepson,…
The Second Mrs. C.P. Vance
You can trust some of your sources some of the time, but you can’t trust all of your sources all of the time. Finding information…
Finding Mrs. C.P. Vance
What would you do if you were a twenty-one-year-old woman with a one-and-a-half-year-old son who had just moved from Kentucky to Texas and then lost…
James Alfred Simons
For the moment I’m done chasing the Willie County rabbit (but not totally… I’m angling to eventually get one or two historical markers erected in…
M.L. Hair and the Willie County (Texas) Democrat
Yesterday’s Willie County rabbit was a fun one to chase, so today we’re going to continue to chase it from the First Christian Church building…
Willie County, Texas
Yes, that’s right. Not Willacy, and not Williamson, but Willie County. That’s not a typo. The first time I drove through downtown Taylor, I thought…
The Other Pastor Kilian
Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Pastor Hermann Kilian on January 21, 1920. The church that Pastor Kilian served (along with his…
First Presbyterian Church in Bartlett – For Sale Again
This is the 1899 First Presbyterian Church building in Bartlett. If you’re looking for a beautiful old church building in the heart of Texas, it’s…
The Great Giddings Christmas Tree Robbery
Žohnowane hody (that’s “Merry Christmas” in Upper Sorbian, aka Wendish) from Lee County, Texas!* It’s been a few days since I’ve posted any history, but…
Tracking Down C. Mendel
Y’all have almost certainly seen one or more of the multiple articles I’ve written about Howard Bland and Charles P. Vance, both of who were…
Tremors in Taylor
I still remember the first earthquake I felt. I’d been living in Black Mountain, North Carolina (a few miles east of Asheville) for a little…
Advent at Holy Trinity Fedor
I had grand plans on Saturday… to get my hair cut in Georgetown, photograph most of the Lee County Lutheran churches with their Christmas decorations…
Advent at Holy Cross Warda
I can’t believe we’re just ten days away from Christmas! It doesn’t seem like it was all that long ago that we were driving back…
Advent at St. Paul's Serbin
Today we dropped by the Texas Wendish Heritage Museum in Serbin to pick up some things for Christmas gifts. Yep, you guessed it. I took…
The Blazilmar Opens with a Splash
Well, I’ve hit the mother lode of information about the opening of the Hotel Blazilmar in Taylor (now that I’ve got the spelling correct)! There’s…