REMEMBER WHEN: Christmases past build traditions in the present and future
The Ghost of Christmas Past recently touched the hearts of three Burnet women who grew…
Remember When
REMEMBER WHEN: Fast times at Old Granite School
Keeping the Old Granite School at 2001 Broadway in Marble Falls stable and functioning, whether…
REMEMBER WHEN: Will Fish, a memory in black and white
Burnet County ranch hand Will Fish was the first generation of his family born free….
REMEMBER WHEN: Betty Miller Sanders’ life built by faith
Violence erupted on the University of Mississippi campus in September 1962 after a federal court…
REMEMBER WHEN: Graham’s Watch Repair in Marble Falls
For at least four decades, a sign advertising Graham’s Watch Repair hung from the Graham…
REMEMBER WHEN: Boxcar Bennie’s tales of adversity used to inspire others
Horseshoe Bay resident Ben Castillo, who turns 84 on May 1, spent 1947-53 living in…
REMEMBER WHEN: Burnam, Frasier, Denniston ranch families among first Marble Falls settlers
Bobby Burnam still lives on land first granted to his family for fighting in the…
REMEMBER WHEN: Gladys and Martin McLean stay rooted in growing community
Martin McLean will tell you he’s a farm boy, that he was never really interested…
REMEMBER WHEN: Memories of McGill’s in Bertram
More than 116 years of history crumbled to the ground March 22 when a 75-mph…
Remember When: Potts & Ater families leave lasting impact
Polly Krenek wakes up every morning in the same house she grew up in, although…
REMEMBER WHEN: Burnham Brothers Sporting Goods in Marble Falls
Burnham Brothers Sporting Goods put Marble Falls on the world map in the 1950s and…
REMEMBER WHEN: 1950 Census taker recounts history
With paper and pencil in hand, Vashti Tucker knocked on doors in Marble Falls to…
Remember When: Life in the Kingdom of Kingsland
Once upon a time in Kingsland, the community had no elementary school, no community center,…
REMEMBER WHEN: As the sheriff’s daughter, Vonnie Riddell Fox spent early years at home in jail
Vonnie Fox lived in the Burnet County Jail from the time she was 13 to…
REMEMBER WHEN: Jim Luther Jr. shares connection to Burnet’s past
A Burnet Telephone Company customer gave owner James Leslie Luther Sr. his worse chewing out…
REMEMBER WHEN: Sisters recall early Marble Falls
SENIOR WRITER SUZANNE FREEMAN Editor’s note: This issue of The Picayune Magazine takes a look…