More than 190 fourth-grade Wimberley students time traveled to the mid- and late-1800s during their trip to the Wimberley Valley Museum’s annual historic tour. At the museum, they learned about W. C. Winters, a wounded veteran from the Battle of San Jacinto and well-known furniture maker. Looking for a less secluded place to locate his family, Winters founded the Glendale trading post on the site of a creek in 1853. The post eventually became the town of Wimberley.
Volunteers from the Wimberley Institute of Cultures shared stories about the town’s early days, and students viewed the museum’s new mural, visited the Wimberley-Hughes house and Ozona bank, the site of Winter’s successful mill. For more information about WIC, visit wimwic.org.
KATHY BURNETTE TALKS TO A CLASS OF FOURTH GRADERS ABOUT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKER AT THE WIMBERLEY VALLEY MUSEUM.
SCOTT JOHNSON EXPLAINS TO A GROUP OF HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS HOW THE MILL RACE WORKED TO FLOAT LOGS DOWN CYPRESS CREEK TO THE MILL WHICH WAS LOCATED WHERE OZONA BANK CURRENTLY STANDS.
MARTHA BARCHFELD EXPLAINS THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF WIMBERLEY INSTITUTE OF CULTURE’S NEW MURAL. THE MURAL, “WIMBERLEY STARTS HERE!” PORTRAYS SIGNIFICANT PLACES AROUND WIMBERLEY FOR THE PAST 167 YEARS.
