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"HINDSIGHTS"
by
Michael Barr

Email: mikbarr@aol.com
Michael Barr

Bio
Michael Barr earned a bachelor’s degree in history and government from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in history from Texas State University. He was a teacher and a principal at Johnson City, Fredericksburg, and Gatesville. He taught at Austin Community college, Temple College, and Baylor University. His stories have appeared in Texas Highways, True West, Old West, and Southwestern Historical Quarterly. He is the author of Rope Burns and Lead Poisoning – a collection of Old West stories. His latest book is Remembering Bulldog Turner (Texas Tech University Press), an INDIEFAB award winner in the sports category. His stories have been featured on “The Sound of Texas” radio program hosted by Tumbleweed Smith.
"Hindsights" column appears in the Fredericksburg Standard & the Johnson City Record Courier.
mikbarr@aol.com
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- December 16, 2015

Looking Back At:

  • The Night Watchman 2-1-24

  • Llano's Dabbs Hotel 1-15-24

  • The Priest and the President 1-1-24
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  • Sheepherder Ciano Val Verde Marschall 12-15-23

  • Some Smokey Klaerner Stories 12-1-23

  • Party Lines 11-15-23

  • Jackrabbit Stew and Other Delicacies 11-1-23

  • Coach Chester Klaerner 10-15-23

  • Magic Moments with Satchel Paige 10-1-23

  • Pontiac Climbs Enchanted Rock 9-18-23

  • LBJ's Cousin Oreole 9-1-23

  • The Sermon on the Rock 8-15-23

  • Lady Bird's Gift to St. Barnabas Church 8-5-23

  • The Girl Scout Cabin 7-15-23

  • News from 1919 7-1-23

  • Cool Times at the Ice House 6-15-23

  • Bakeries Rise to the Occasion 6-1-23

  • Col. Otto Wahrmund - Beer Business Icon 5-15-23

  • Towns and Parking Meters: A Complicated Relationship 5-1-23

  • Who was Dr. Schubbert? 4-15-23

  • Early Aviation was Exciting and Dangerous 4-1-23

  • Sober Thoughts on Prohibition 3-15-23

  • Automobile Early Years or Those Crazy Drivers 3-1-23

  • On the Road with Basse Express 2-14-23

  • Willie Nelson Loses Domino Championship 2-1-23

  • Pedernales, Texas 1-15-23

  • Life in the Firehouse 1-4-23


  • German Christmas Past 12-20-22

  • Skat 12-12-22

  • German Artists Draw First Hill Country Images 12-1-22

  • Runaway Horse is Page 1 Story 11-22-22

  • A Pine Forest in the Hill Country 11-15-22

  • Walter Cronkite in Fredericksburg 11-8-22

  • Making Deer Sausage the Old-Fashioned Way 11-1-22

  • Beer Wars 10-15-22

  • Ludwig Vorauer - Winemaker and Nurseryman 10-1-22

  • The Turn Verein 9-15-22

  • A Disturbance on Creek Street 9-5-22

  • The Casino Club 8-15-22

  • Early Radio - Window to the World 8-1-22

  • Making House Calls with Dr. Keidel 7-15-22

  • The Johnson Treatment 7-1-22

  • Robert Penniger: Early Editor of the Fredericksburg Standard 6-15-22

  • Checking In With John Ostrow 5-29-22

  • The Nimitz Hotel - Amazing Hospitality 5-10-22

  • Frank Van der Stucken - Tenderly Poetic 5-1-22

  • Female Athletes Confound Experts 4-15-22

  • The Willow City Loop 4-1-22

  • Freedom for Millie Tinker 3-16-22

  • Fredericksburg's Tourist Park 3-1-22

  • Strolling Through the Gillespie County Fair 2-15-22

  • Teamsters were Fredericksburg's Lifeline 2-2-22

  • A Jail Without Walls 1-15-22

  • August Seimering and the Forty-Eighters 1-2-22
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  • Anhalt - A Stopping Place 12-28-21

  • Christmas in Fredericksburg - a Community Celebration 12-22-21

  • Vaudeville - Not Just a Naughty French Word 12-15-21

  • Making Out at the 87 Drive-In 11-15 21

  • Football Comes to Fredericksburg 11-1-21

  • Lost in Fredonia 10-15-21

  • A Couch Potato's Guide to Climbing Enchanted 10-1-21

  • Standing in line at Dietz Bakery 9-15-21

  • Priceless Memories of Bob Hope 9-1-21

  • Lt. Earl Garrett - A Hero Who Never Came Home 8-15-21

  • Pontotoc - Land of Hanging Grapes 8-1-21

  • Polar Bear Bites Rancher 7-15-21

  • July 4 in Fredericksburg 7-1-21

  • A Hidden Message in Fredericksburg Street Names 6-15-21

  • Making Leather at Itz Tannery 6-1-21

  • Lyndon's Little Brother 5-15-21

  • Another Slow Night at the Blanco County Jail 5-1-21

  • Sheriff Klaerner, Dan Hoerster's Hat and the Blind Horse 4-15-21

  • In and Out of the Old Gillespie County Jail 4-1-21

  • Hardin Ranch Rodeo - Early Rodeos Were Thrilling and Dangerous 3-15-21

  • Kerrville Bus Company: Moving People Across the Hill Country 3-1-21

  • Hal and Charlie Peterson - Big Dreams 2-15-21

  • The World Needs Gemütlichkeit 2-1-21

  • The Antlers Hotel in Kingsland 1-15-21

  • Spanish Flu Didn't Play Fair 1-1-21
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  • Alter Stolz Solves an Image Problem at FHS 12-18-20

  • Saving the Pearl in Johnson City 12-1-20

  • The News in 1920 11-15-20

  • The Tower Drive-In 11-1-20

  • The Domino Parlor 10-15-20

  • Sunny Side Hut 10-1-20

  • Stonewall's Button Factory 9-15-20

  • The Location of Fredericksburg a Twist of Fate 9-1-20

  • A Traffic Jam in Bankersmith 8-15-20

  • Vereins Kirche: The Symbol of Fredericksburg 8-1-20

  • Celebrating the Vereins Kirche 7-15-20

  • 70 Miles of Bad Road 7-1-20

  • Armadillo Shell Baskets were Big Business in Comfort 6-15-20

  • Ad Toepperwein, Trick Shot Artist 6-1-20

  • Crazy Local Politics 5-15-20

  • Peter's Hall 5-1-20

  • Deer Hunting with JFK and LBJ 4-15-20

  • Healthy Harper 4-1-20

  • Coke Stevenson, LBJ and Box 13 3-15-20

  • The Mud Daubers Return to Luckenbach 3-1-20

  • Gillespie County Goat Becomes Navy Mascot 2-15-20

  • The Hypnotic Power of Television 2-1-20

  • The Magic of Radio 1-15-20

  • Drama at the Tax Office 1-1-20
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  • The Mysteries of Buffalo Cave 12-15-19

  • O. Henry in Fredericksburg 12-1-19

  • The Nimitz: Hotel with a History 11-15-19

  • Emil Sauer - Diplomat and Adventurer 11-1-19

  • J. L. Yarborough - A Passion for Baseball 10-15-19

  • Basse Block 10-1-19

  • Those Crazy Flying Machines 9-17-19

  • Last Dance at Pat's Hall 9-3-19

  • Lange's Mill 8-16-19

  • Krauskopf's Gun Cap Factory 8-1-19

  • Superior Hospital Care Didn't Happen Overnight 7-15-19

  • Drinking Beer Under the Trees at Albert 7-1-19

  • Fischer Store - Prime Real Estate 6-14-19

  • A Valentines Gift From Arthur Godfrey 6-1-19

  • Atlee Ayres, Architect 3-1-19

  • Post Office Murals 2-15-19

  • Katemcy - No Town Without a Post Office 1-30-19

  • The White Elephant Saloon 1-15-19


  • Mary Evans: Cowgirl Icon 12-30-18

  • Stonewall Bar-B-Que Honors LBJ 12-15-18

  • Saloons - Symbols of Frontier Culture 12-1-18

  • A German Love Story 11-15-18

  • The Haengerbande 11-1-18

  • San Antonio's Majestic Theater 10-15-18

  • Rube Waddell - Oddball with a Fastball 10-1-18

  • Getting Social at Pampell's in Kerrville 9-15-18

  • Cross Mountain - Ageless Sentinel 9-1-18

  • Balanced Rock 8-16-18

  • Bear Mountain 8-1-18

  • Frank Teich: Sculptor of the Hills 7-15-18

  • Colorful Judge Cooley 7-10-18

  • Sister Elaine's Music 7-1-18

  • Peter Berg Hermit of the Hills 6-15-18

  • A War Hero Comes Home 5-29-18

  • Robbing the Fredericksburg Stage 5-15-18

  • Broccoli Sign Stops Bush Motorcade 5-1-18

  • Banker Smith 4-15-18

  • Ace Reid's Cowpokes 4-1-18

  • Fred Gipson's Treasures 3-15-18

  • Hoodwinked by Hollywood 3-1-18

  • Marking Time at the Palace Theatre 2-15-18

  • Louis Jordan - American Hero 2-1-18

  • HEB - A Lesson in the Grocery Business 1-15-18

  • Professor Badu of Llano County 1-1-18
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  • Willow City 12-15-17

  • The Luckenbach World's Fair 12-1-17

  • Legends and Giants 11-15-17

  • Everything Changed Except Lady Bird 11-1-17

  • Celebrating the Fire Ant 10-15-17

  • Zodiac 10-1-17

  • Babe Ruth of Polo 9-17-17

  • Early Days of Texas Polo 9-1-17

  • A Mustang at The Polo Club 8-15-17

  • The Popularity of Polo 8-1-17

  • Spanish Pass 7-15-17

  • A Bitter Election in Blanco County 7-1-17

  • Mount Alamo -The City That Never Was 4-15-17

  • Waring 4-1-17

  • Bettina 3-15-17

  • Buck Taylor, King of the Cowboys 3-2-17

  • Wind Chargers 2-15-17

  • The Lost Spanish Mine 2-1-17

  • Anna Martin, Frontier Banker 1-15-17

  • The Martin House on Hedwig's Hill 1-1-17



  • Hedwig's Hill 12-15-16

  • The Pinta Trail 12-1-16

  • The Outlaw Johnny Ringo Rode the Hill Country 11-14-16

  • A History of Halloween Pranks 10-30-16

  • Meusebach's Nursery in Loyal Valley 10-15-16

  • Pioneer Mills 10-1-16

  • The Big Bang at Blowout 9-15-16

  • Sophisticated Sisterdale 9-1-16

  • The Fredericksburg Railroad 8-15-16

  • Cain City 8-1-16

  • The View From Tivy Mountain 7-19-16

  • Adolph Stieler - The Goat King 7-1-16

  • Willie Molter: An Eye for Horses 6-15-16

  • Alfred Giles, Texas Architect 6-1-16

  • The Ghosts of Morris Ranch 5-16-16

  • Max Hirsch - Wizard of the Race Track 5-1-16

  • The West Texas Wind 4-15-16

  • Cherry Spring Dance Hall 4-2-16

  • Hye Society 3-14-16

  • Old Bill the Menger Alligator 3-1-16

  • Elm Mott's Eccentric Airman 2-15-16

  • Coach Bible's Outrageous Salary 2-2-16

  • Bob Hope Meets Hondo Crouch 1-18-16

  • The Cowboys' Christmas Ball 1-1-16


  • Will Rogers in Kerrville 12-19-15

  • Blue Yodeler's Paradise 12-1-15

  • Nine Pin Bowling 11-16-15

  • Pearl, Texas – The Sound of Music 11-3-15

  • Perceptions of West Texas 10-21-15

  • When Broadway Came to Waco 10-5-15

  • The Rise and Fall of the Texas Club 9-21-15

  • Lyndon's Law 9-7-15

  • Spindletop: Selling Wind and Hot Air 8-19-15

  • The Great International Menagerie 8-3-15

  • Langtry: A West Texas Love Story 7-20-15

  • Sarah Bernhardt's Texas Tent 7-6-15

  • J. S. Torbett: He Sang his Way to Heaven 6-15-15

  • LBJ and the Politics of Barbeque 6-1-15

    Column beginning June 1, 2015



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