When you’re driving into downtown Boerne from South Main before the creek, on the right is a little cottage that says “General Robert E. Lee Stayed Here”. The Story of the O’Grady Inn right after this.

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John G. O’Grady came to Boerne in 1859 from Ireland, and settled on the south bank of Cibolo Creek which was considered outside of our little German town. O’Grady was the Postmaster of Boerne in the late 1860s, and he participated in the last Indian fights near Boerne and Sisterdale. The old government trail between San Antonio and the Forts of McKavitt, Concho, and Mason passed by his front door. He built several cabins on his property where travelers could dine or stay overnight including the Civil War General. The one you still see on Main Street is the only one that remains.

I’m Tom Allred with Boerne Texas History and this is Boerne Radio 103.9FM.

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Behind Flashback Funtiques and the Tusculum Brewing Company is Under the Fig Tree Boutique which is in one of the oldest houses in Boerne. It was built in 1858 and known as The Theis House on Newton Alley.

The story of Phillip Jacob Theis right after this.

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In 1855 Phillip Jacob Theis arrived in Texas after a 73-day voyage from Bremen Germany, reuniting with his son Jacob who at the age of 19 fled before being drafted into the German army. For 79 dollars, Theis bought the land where his house still stands, and ran his blacksmith and wheelwright shop in front. Theis always left Newton Alley open as that was the access to the Cibolo Creek for bucket brigades whenever there was a fire. Phillip Theis was also known as one of the signers of the petition to create Kendall County in 1859.

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Shooting Club Road is off of Sisterdale Road on the Northside of Boerne that runs behind the Ebensberger-Fisher Funeral Home, and ends on Pfeiffer. The story of the oldest Shooting Club in Texas right after this.

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In 1864, a group of German settlers formed the Boerne Schuetzen Verein. The first rifle range was on property owned by William Kuhfuss on North Main Street. The range moved to a pasture behind the Phillip Manor House on South Main. Charter Members included Kuhfuss, Phillip, and E.A.F. Toepperwein.

Other members a generation later include Karl and Joe Dienger, Helwig Zoeller, and Adolf Luckenbach.

A couple of changes in the 20th century, the Boerne Schuetzen Verein moved again in 1913 to the present-day Shooting Club Road…and in 1934 they changed the name of their club into English…. Boerne Shooting Club. It’s rumored that A.G. Vogt then coined the phrase “Boerne Gone Forever”.

I’m Tom Allred with Boerne Texas History and this is Boerne Radio 103.9FM.

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