Discover the Gillespie County Schoolhouses
“A Fredericksburg-area non-profit works to preserve Gillespie County schoolhouses, nostalgic pieces of our region’s heritage.” The Texas Wildflower, credit: Shawna Holly, July 24, 2018 Read the story . . . ← Back to Press Releases
Summer 2018 – Volume 7
The July 4th Open House program on the U.S. flag, by Roy Kasper and Violet Ottmers, was followed by a presentation of the Wrede School flag, designed by Jason Barnes. ← Back to Chalkboard Notes
Gillespie County Country Schools
Learn more about German immigration to Texas in this video and others in our German Texan video series, produced for inclusion in our German Texans: Land, Freedom, Community mobile tour available at: http://www.texashistoryapp.com. Time: 3:59 ← Back to YouTube Videos
Fall 2017 – Volume 6
Historic painted school curtains out of storage for photo sessions.
Preservation Partnership
County.org/Magazine, Vol 29, No 5, Page 8, (A Publication of the Texas Association of Counties), credit: Liz Carmack (Historical Highlights), Sep/Oct 2017 Read the story . . . ← Back to Press Releases
Evelyn Weinheimer Receives National 2017 CSAA Service Award
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, Page A/B2, July 19 2017 Read the story . . . ← Back to Press Releases
Summer 2017 – Volume 6
National Service Award goes to Evelyn Weinheimer, archivist at Gillespie County Historical Society-Pioneer Museum. Each year, CSAA presents a Service Award to a person at the previous year’s CSAA conference location. ← Back to Chalkboard Notes
A Look to the Past
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, Page D2, credit: Sherrie Geistweidt (Time Pieces), May 17 2017 Read the story . . . ← Back to Press Releases
Spring 2017 – Volume 6
Friends represented at the 2017 Country School Association of America in New London, New Hampshire, on June 11-14th; at Colby-Sawyer College. ← Back to Chalkboard Notes