REMEMBER WHEN: 1950 Census taker recounts history
With paper and pencil in hand, Vashti Tucker knocked on doors in Marble Falls to…
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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…
American Revolution groups expand on history lessons
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON When students study the American Revolution in school, they likely get a…
Burnet County Historical Commission earns Distinguished Service Award for seventh straight year
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — When it comes to history, we think of the big…
Marble Falls City Cemetery receives historic designation
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls City Cemetery is a very…
Burnet County bison skeleton might reveal ancient history
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BRIGGS — The recent excavation of a nearly intact skeleton…
Follow the trail of education history in Gillespie County
Take a tour of five one-room school houses in Gillespie County the first weekend in…
Trace your roots and learn genealogy
The Kingsland/Highland Lakes Genealogical Society, which meets every second Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the…
Show some love for your favorite Texas Courthouse
February is I Love Texas Courthouses month! This is the third year of highlighting Texas…
Worship in a historic church in the Highland Lakes
The first churches in the Burnet and Llano county areas were led by traveling preachers…
Explore Marble Falls History
Even the building is historic at the Falls on the Colorado Museum at 2001 Broadway…