Llano County History

The ABC's Why Llano County Is Unique

- A series of articles in The Llano News by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Dates of articles: 2015, March 25, April 1, April 8, April 15, April 22, April 29. Names mentioned

Black History

Cemeteries -

Cemeteries - General Information

1. Picayune; 29 April 2009 - "Tiny Cemetery tells story of some of region's earliest pioneers" by Connie Swinney, Joyce Ricketson, W. M. H. Chapman, Francis M. Bradford, Bill Stewart, Muriel Jackson Barnett, Mr. & Mrs. Leon Bell, Damron, Moss and Duncan Family
2. Highlander 27 May 1993; "Historical marker at Babyhead Cemetery"
3. Lake Country Life 9-15 Sep 2009; "The mysterious Six-Mile Light" by Dale Fry; regarding Six-Mile Cemetery.
4. The Llano News 6 Oct 2010; "Almost Forgotten: The Story of the Oldest Person Buried in Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
5. Lake Country Life 8-14 Aug 2012; "Valley Spring"
6. Lake Country Life 30 May-5 June 2012; "Veterans life here" by Dale Fry. About Historical Board Branch Cemetery
7. Lake Country Life 9 Sep 2008; "History buried in Burnet, Llano cemeteries" by Dale Fry
8. Lake Country Life 9-15 Sep 2009; "The mysterious Six-Mile Light" by Dale Fry
9. Lake Country Life, Vol 5, No. 50; 13 April 2011, Burnet Bulletin. "Grave Decision" by Dale Fry about gravesites moved by LCRA.
10. Llano County Historical Markers compliments of Llano County Historical Commission
11. The Picayune 14 Oct 2015; "Six Mile legend shines light on faded rural community" by Daniel Clifton.
12. The Llano News 9 Nov 2016; "Babyland Cemetery is a reality" by Briley Mitchell.
13. Burnet Bulletin 21 June 2017; "Baby Head Cemetery retains some mysteries" by Lew Cohn
14. Information on Baby Head Cemetery from Internet. Includes picture of marker.
15. Unknown, undated newspaper article entitled "Vandals damage historical school" by Michael Freeman, Six mile cemetery and school house was damaged on Dec 4/5 in the night and several tombstones were knocked over.
16. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 March 2021; Members of the Llano Pioneers Chapter of the DRT held a Medallion Dedication at the graves of Susannah Rouse Scott and Daniel Rouse in Six Mile Cemetery.

Cemeteries - Specific Cemetery Information

Cemeteries - Board Branch

1. Lake Country Life 30 May 2012; "Veterans lie here" by Dale Fry. Includes picture of Dr. Cyrus Reeves tombstone

Cemeteries - Bluffton Cemetery

1. Llano News, 26 Sept 2012; "81st Annual Meeting of the Bluffton Cem. Assoc," with info about graves and dedication of the "Monument to the Unknowns."
2. Llano News, 26 Sept 2012; "Quite the Undertaking!" by Karylon Hallmark Russell about history of the area and Bluffton Cemetery.
3. The Highlander 28 Sep 2012; "Bluffton Cemetery group meeting set"
4. Lake Country Life 13 April 2011; "Grave decision" by Dale Fry (about relocation graves from Old Bluffton Cemetery to New Bluffton Cemetery)
5. Picayune 2 Oct 2013, "Bluffton Cemetery silently tells its history" by Daniel Clifton
6. Bluffton Cemetery Association Newsletter October, 2015; gives history of cemetery.
7. The Llano News, 21 Oct 2015; "How to Get Away with Murder" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Mary Duff, Allen A. Atkison, Caleb A. Davis, Allen Smith, Wade Hampton Blevins, Dan Smith, Hammons Family..
8. Booklet entitled "Former Texas Ranger Biographies of Those Buried at the Bluffton Cemetery Llano County, Texas, Spring, 2017". Includes biographies of Elijah Arnold, William Kuykendall Arnold, Arnold A. Atkison, Seth Monroe Blevins, Hiram Casner, Delavan Chadwick, Alexander V. Chism, Jesse V. Chism, Caleb A. Davis, Edward W. Davis, Thomas Henry Davis, Thomas Gooch, Isaac Byler Maxwell, Doctor James M. Young.
9. "Texas Ranger Memorial Cross Dedication" April 29, 2017, ll am - Program
10. The Picayune (undated); "First Texas Rangers made frontier a little less wild". Bluffton Cemetery honors 12 men who protected state from Indian attacks and Mexico during Civil War.
11. The Llano News 3 May 2017; "Honoring Rangers" - picture of firing of cannon, and Alfred Hallmark, director of the Bluffton Cemetery Association.
12. The Llano News 3 Mar 2017; "At long last" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. About ceremony at Bluffton Cemetery.

Cemeteries - Llano City

1. Llano Buzz 8 Nov 2006; "Llano cemetery gets historical marker" by Dale Fry
2. Llano County Journal; "Cemetery Tour a tale of history, leaders" - Visitors to Historical Llano City Cemetery Tour learn of the beginnings of Llano's Boom Era. Lives featured were Frank Malone, Flavius Josephus and Nora Belle Owen Johnson, Frederick and Ella Douglas Opp, Harry Edward and Adre Hedeman, John Hiram and Minnie Button McLeaning, Clint and Pensylvania Holton Breazeale, and the painted ladies of the evening.
3. Highland Lakes Weekly 16 Oct 2015; picture of Jerry and Cheryl Crabtree playing Confederate veteran John Simpson and wife Elizabeth at the Llano Library's Cemetery Stroll in 2013.
4. The Picayune 18 Oct 2017; "Historical Cemetery Tour examines not-so-haunted past of Llano County" by Daniel Clifton
5. Find-A-Grave information for Edwin Horace Alexander who is buried in Block M Old Section of the Llano City Cemetery; along with copy of letter from E. T. Conley, Major General, US War Department giving Confederate military service for Alexander.

Cemeteries - Putman

1. Llano Journal 3 Sep 2014; "Llano County Cemetery receives DRT Medallions" - DRT Citizen Medallion Markers dedicated for Madison DeKalb Putman and Olivia Davidson Putman.

Cemeteries - Tow

1. List of Confederate States of America and/or Texas Rangers buried in the Tow Cemeteries. List includes two who fought in Mexican War and/or the Texas Revolution.
2. List of Confederate Veterans buried in the cemetery, with birth and death dates
3. The Llano News 15 Mar 2017; "Ranger marker dedication is Saturday.
4. The Llano News 22 Mar 2007; "Rangers honored at Tow Cemetery/The Clendennen Story" by Krylon Hallmark Russell. The men honored were William Tow, William Riley Tow, Matthew B. Clendennen, and Columbus Barton.

Blue Lake Estates - Highland Lakes Weekly, 29 May 2015;"Highland Lakes Hideaway" by John Hallowell. Houston developer William C. Canfield purchased a large ranch on the south side of Lake Granite Shoals owned by Fritz and Annalies (Matern Wenmohs.

Bluffton

1. The Llano News 31 Aug 2011; "Old Bluffton: Out of the Depths" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
2. The Llano News 28 Dec 2011; "No Turning Back - Just Visiting" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
3. 2nd Bluffton Sketch by D Prikryl 5 Jan 2007; site map of Old Bluffton along with photographs
4. Lake map of Old Bluffton - with locations and photos attached.
5. Lake Country Life 20-26 Jan 2010; ""Glimpse vanished hamlet on the Colorado"
6. Lake Country Life magazine section of Burnet Bulletin 7 Mar 2007; "Old Bluffton re-emerges"
7. Lake Country Life magazine section of Burnet Bulletin 7 Mar 2007; "Lake Buchanan reveals it secrets"
8. Newspaper article from unknown newspaper & undated; "A town covered by Waters of Buchanan Lake"
9. The Highlander 7 Sep 1972; "Bluffton-A City Destroyed by Water and Fire" by Jan Ward
10. The Highlander 7 Mar 1974; "Early Days in Bluffton and In Llano County" by Oliver Maxwell
11. The Highlander 5 Aug 1976; "A Corn-y Tale - This Miller grinds Exceeding Fine"- about A. E. Croft and wife Dovie Smith. He was proprietor of store in Bluffton
12. The Highlander 28 July 1977; "Bluffton,, Texas native Johanson traces roots of Lakeside town to Arkansas.
13. The Highlander 22 Oct 1987; "Dam construction scatters families" by Moore Johanson.
14. Highland Lakes Weekly 29 Aug 2014; picture of old town of Bluffton appearing because of low lake levels.
    1. 2018 Newcomers Guide/Highland Lakes Newspapers; "Bluffton: The Atlantis of the Highland Lakes" - Includes pictures of Old Bluffton.
    2. "News from the Associated Press" from Internet. "Depleted Texas lakes expose chost towns, graves" by Michael Graczyk and Angela K. Brown.

Carter-Coggin Feud

1. Llano Buzz 8 Mar 2006; "1882: A wild shootout in downtown Llano" by Dale Fry - about the feud between the Coggins and the Carters
2. The Llano News 1 Feb 2012; "The Carter-Coggin Feud-Part Three"
3. The Llano News 8 Feb 2012; "The Carter-Coggin Feud-Part Four"
4. The Llano News 15 Feb 2012; "The Carter-Coggin Gunfight/Llano, Texas, June, 1882"
5. The Llano News 22 Feb 2012; "The Carter Coggin Feud/Concluding Thoughts"
6. The Llano News 29 Feb 2012; "The Carter-coggin Feud/Documented Epilogue"

Castell

1. Llano News March 2, 2005 “Castell Community celebrates historical marker” article names people who are descendents of the people who settled the Castell community
2. Llano News, 11/23/2005 Castell dedicates veterans memorial
3. Llano Buzz, 11/08/2006 Castell General Store is 108 and still going strong
4. Llano Buzz, 1/10/07 “Methodists have met in Castell since 1852”
5. Llano Buzz, 27 Dec 2006, “Runaway Mules Drag Castell Woman”, by Dale Fry. With photo.
6. Unknown newspaper, 1969, "Discovery of 1919 Program recalls Early-Day Teaching", with photo of pioneer Llano County teacher, Will P. Miller. Program for closing exercises, Lehmberg School, Castell, Texas, 1919, Will P. Miller, teacher.
7. The Llano News, 11 May 2006, "The German Pioneers of Castell" by Patty Schneider Pfister, about history of Castell, established 1847 was the first settlement in Llano County and is the only settlement of the Fisher and Miller Land Grant that survived; also has a list of Texas Historical Markers dedicated in the community of Castell.
8. "German nobleman made peace by living with Indians" Llano Buzz 7 Jun 2006
9. "A Castell Church"; Lake Country Life magazine section of The Burnet Bulletin Vol 6 No 32: St. John Lutheran Church
10. The Picayune 19 June 2013; "Fish fry and auction to benefit old Castell School restoration" by Jared Fields. Includes picture of school.
11. Hill Country Magazine Summer 2006; "Chow in the Hills" by Tom Shires. Includes picture of Castell General Store, and historical marker for the Castell School Haus
12. The Llano News 17 Aug 2016; "Castell honors Sagebiels, Honig with Saturday open house" by Patty Schneider Pfister. About Hatty and Dan Sagebiel and Vera Honig.
13. The Picayune 17 May 2017; Casteel General Store sponsors "No bull" festival.Article written by Daniel Clifton. Marc Leifeste owns the General Store.
14. Highland Lakes Weekly 5 March 2021; Pictures of the Castell General Store during a Chili Cook-Off. Randy Leifeste is owner

Churches

Grace Episcopal Church

1. Newspaper article about the Grace Episcopal Church including pictures (Highlander, August 9, 1973)
2. Llano Buzz, 12/27/2005 Picture of Grace Episcopal Church building

First Baptist Church, Llano

Llano Buzz May 10, 2005 “First Baptist erects building with help from the community”

Bethel Primitive (Lone Grove)

Brief historical note about Primitive Church

Tow Baptist

1. Llano News, 13 Oct 2004, “Tow Baptist celebrates 1854-2004”
2. Citizens Gazette 13 oct 2004 "Tow church to celebrate 150 years
3. Church bulletin for December 2004
4. Llano News 6 July 2005, "FB Church of Tow welcomes new pastor" - Includes picture of James Wilcox and wife Kathy
5. The Picayune Oct 5, 1994; "Tow celebrates heritage through church anniversary" by M. E. Wright. First Baptist Church of Tow Celebrates 140 Anniversary. Early Families and Preachers named.

General

1. The Llano News May 18, 2005 “First Presbyterian Church of Llano will celebrate 124th anniversary on Sunday” with picture of church building
2. The Llano News May 25, 2005 “Christ Lutheran Church set to celebrate 100 years” at Cherry Springs including names of past pastors
3. The Llano News, September 14, 2005 “Walnut United Methodist Church celebrates 150 year anniversary” located at 1153 CR 3347 about 9 miles from Round Mountain
4. Llano News, 11-16-2005 Valley Springs United Methodist Church
5. Woman’s Culture Club of Llano brochure pages (Home Tours of 2005) Valley Spring United Methodist Church and Valley Spring Church of Christ
6. Llano News, 13 May 2009; "First Presbyterian celebrating 128 years of ministry", with picture of church building and short narrative history.
   1. Highland Lakes Weekly 15 Mar 2013; 2 photos of Highland Lakes Church of Christ of Kingsland
7. Highland Lakes Newspapers - "Landmarks" -Dale Fry - Castell Trinity Methodist Church since 1852
8. 1850 Frontier Times January 1930; "The Old Macedonia Baptist Church in Llano County" by Miss Clarinda Loveworth Latham. Early names mentioned are: John Gibson, James Gibson, Ambrose Stone, Reuben Stone, John Robertson, James robertson, Mary Gibson, Margaret Gibson, Sidney Stone, Celia Stone, Mary Davidson, Olivia Catherine Robertson, and Abigail Robertson.
9. Llano County Journal 17 June 2009; "Llano's oldest church has new times" - about United Methodist Church in Castell
10. Llano News 21 Sep 2005; "Gospel music singing set for Castell's Trinity United Methodist Church"
11. Llano Country Life 25 May 2011; "Founding a church" by Dale Fry. About Llano Presbyterian Church
12. Llano News 17 Aug 2011; "Old Time Outdoor Gospel Meetings" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
13. Llano News 11 Nov 2009; Getting Ready to Celebrate" by John Hallowell. Llano County celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 1956. Article gives information on what was happening that year. Includes picture of First christian Church and Lone Grove School.
14. Llano Journal 2 Jan 2008; "Old church had many masters" by Dale Fry. About old Oatman Creek Baptist Church.
15. Llano News 15 May 2013; "First Presbyterian Church Llano Celebrates 132 Years. Church was established 22 May 1881. Charter members were FF & Lizzie J. Brown and their children, Joseph F. Brown, Joseph T. McInnis, Mrs. Nannie W. Haynes, Mrs. L. M. Duglas, Mrs. S. Keese, Mrs. Ida F. Johnson.
16. Llano News 20 Nov 2013; "New Stop on Home Tour: First Christian Church in Llano. Includes picture of old and new churches.
17. Highland Lakes Weekly 18 Aug 2017; "50th Anniversary" of Chapel of Hills Baptist Church, Buchanan Dam. Gives background on the church.

Courthouse

1. "The Laying of the Cornerstone, Llano County Courthouse, October 13, 1892. Picture of the Mason Brass Band + Odd Fellows and Knights of Honor who particiated in ceremony. From unknown and undated newspaper.
2. "The Llano County Courthouse: Steeped in History" by Dale Fry of Highland Lakes Newspaper. Undated , with picture of courthouse.
3. The Highlander 7 Mar 1974; Page 2 of "History Feature" which includes picture of barbershop on south side of square.
4. 1907 photo of east side of courthouse
5. The Picayune 5 June 2002; "Llano courthouse is a work of art" by Linda Ware.
6. San Antonio Express 10 Oct 2004; "Llano County festival." Includes picture of courthouse.
7. Llano Buzz 23 Aug 2005; "Workers with Stoddard Construction began restoration of Llano Courty courthouse cupola"
8. Llano Buzz 20 Sep 2005; "Llano Square says goodbye to cupola" with pictures.
9. Llano News 26 July 2006; "Copper clad cupola...Courthouse project remains on schedule" by Glynis Crawford Smith
10. Lake Country Life 2 Oct 2013; "True grit" by Lance Reaves. About World War I and World War II markers on square.
11. Llano News 26 Nov 2014; "So The Courthouse Burned!" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
12. The Llano County Journal 21 Oct 2015; "Flying high over Llano" - Installation of "Six Flags Over Llano" on Llano County Courthouse Square.
13. The Llano News 9 Dec 2015; "In Recognition of Our Courthouse Square" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
14. The Llano News 14 Aug 2015; "you never know what you will find in the parking lot of the Llano County Courthouse" - airplane parked in parking lot

Crime

1. Llano Buzz 15 Nov 2006; "1929: Man slain on street in downtown Llano." L. C. Callaway was murdered on sideway in front of the old Granite City Hotel by D. K. Ellison.
2. Llano News 20 Oct 2010; "Lingering Llano Spirits, Part one" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Ben F. Beeson, Matthew Roberts, Ben Ligon, James B. O'Bannon.
3. Llano News 27 Oct 2010; "Llano's Lingering Spirits, Part 2" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of the John r. and Polly Ann Null Coggin family. Names mentioned: Robert H. Moseley, Clyde Yoe, Polk Adams, Jeffries brothers, Jack herridge, Ben and Parish Carter, Wyatt and William Perry. Samuel Hatley.
4. Llano News 2 Nov 2011; "Mob rule in Llano County in the 1870's" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Clinton Breazeale.

Eagles

1. "Eagles re-visited" by Jess and Peggy Thompson
2. Lake Country Life 18-24 Feb 2009; "Our Gathering of Eagles" by George Hart. Includes pictures
3. Highland Lakes Weekly 3 Feb 2012: Pictures of the bald eages as a tourist attraction near Hwy 29.
4. Highland Lakes Weekly 29 Aug 2014; Photo by Jim Baines of eagles nest on Hwy 29.
5. Burnet Bulletin 10 Sep 2014; "Llano eagles will be rebuilding fallen nest" by Emily Hilley-Sierzchula.
6. "The Highlander" 16 Sep 2014; "Eagle Pair will need to rebuild home"
7. The Picayune 28 Dec 2016; "Winter bald eagles have landed in the Highland Lakes"

Early Days in Llano County by Miles Barler - Index to book. Original Book is filed in Library Work Room

Earth Art Fest

1. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Mar 2017; "Spring Around the Lakes!" picture on front page.
2. The Llano News 15 Mar 2017; "Third LEAF fest draws visitors to Llano" by Tracee Beebe. Frontpage article and picture
3. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Mar 2017; "Llano Earth Art Fest!" front page picture. More pictures in issue.

Families & Persons

1. Unknown, undated newspaper picture entitled "Famous Early Texas Pioneers" Includes Grandma Winn, grandmother of John Winn of Llano. Photo from University of Oklahoma Collection.
2. Unknown, undated newspaper article entitled "Harvey (Turkey) Johnson Outsmarts Old Friend David Crockett Walters." Includes picture of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wimberley
3. Burnet Bulletin 10 Mar 1904; under "Naruna Notes" mentins that Mrs. Dr. Mabry of Pontatoc was buried at Naruna. She was the daughter of J. N. James.
4. Unknown newspaper, unknown 1920 date; "Local Men Killed in Rail Collision" Man named Bauman from Llano was killed.
5. Marble Falls Messenger 8 Dec 1932; "W. W. Burton Dies at Llano" - Burton was a civil war vet.
6. Marble Falls Messenger 15 June 1933; "Another Letter from Miss Rin Latham." Talks about Mrs. Harriet Gibson Duncan who was married to Hiram T. Duncan of Honey Creek,
7. Austin Dispatch 9 Feb 1937; obituary for Ben L. Smith. Burial in State Cemetery.
8. Austin American 23 Apr 1938; "E. H. Alexander, Last Confederate Veteran in Llano County, is Buried."
9. Frontier Times May 1941;"Heroines of the Hills/Llano County" by T. U. Taylor. Names mentioned: Mrs. Will Moss, Susan Tate Phillips, Matilda Friend
10. The Highlander 31 Thursday 1990; "Scoggin pleads guilty to murders" by John M. Motter. Timothy Scoggin pleads guilty of murdering of sisters Cordelia and Catherine Norton.
11. The Picayune 17 Mar 1999; "Picayune Letters/Thanks for the memories." Letter to the Editor from Lillie Faye Hershaw Kelly of Naples, Florida. She is the granddaughter of James Taylor and Minnie (Oden) Maxwell of Old Bluffton.
12. Kingsland Current 10 Nov 2004. two separate articles; 1) "Ranger memorial crosses didicated to Tow's three Morgan brothers" who were Joseph Morgan, Hiram Morgan, and Evan Morgan who all served in Capt. Frank Breazeal's Company of Texas Frontier Troops; 2) Many descendants of early Llanoites still live around county."
13. The Llano Buzz 16 Nov 2004; "Theo and Janice Crenwelge to oberve 50th."
14. The Llano News 18 May 2005; "Moore receives promotion to Abilene Assistant Chief of Police." Includes picture of Moore Family...Jerald, Mark, Monte, Barry, and Sandra.
15. The Llano Buzz 31 May 2005; "Johnny Ringo: 'Deadly gunfighter, gentleman outlaw' by Dale Fry. Did this outlaw really become a Llano County constable, as some historians claim?
16. The Llano Buzz 23 Aug 2005; "1933: The Wylie Burton mystery" by Dale Fry
17. The Llano News 7 Dec 2005; "Wrap up a little bit of Llano for christmas/Fain's Honey a tasty tradition" by Glynis Crawford Smith. Keith Fain, a 3rd generation Llano County honey producer. Keith's father Dewey Fain was son of company founder, Horace Edgar Fain.
18. The Llano Buzz 22 Feb 2006; Obituary for Richard Earl Durst plus article entitled "Durst remembered for airport, charity."
19. The Llano Buzz 29 Mar 2006; "A British wedding done Texas style" by cindy Richerson. About the wedding of Barry Everett and Bex Marshall held in the backyard of the Dabb's Hotel.
20. The Picayune 16 Aug 2006; "Sisters share tales of days gone by" by Lyn Odom. About Pat Smith and Imogene Gray who lived in Tow Valley.
21. The Llano News 15 Nov 2006; "Texas Ranger Roberts honored Oct. 29" - Texas Ranger Lt. Alexander Buck Roberts honored at the Roberts-Harden Cemetery.
22. The Llano News 17 June 2009; Article and obit for Lella Lilliam Smith Fowler. Also includes article entitled "Local Leader Found Dead" about Bill Miller.
23. The Llano News 17 Mar 2010; "Llano's greatest athlete" by John Hallowell. About polo legend Cecil Smith. Includes picture of Smith family.
24. The Llano News 12 May 2010; "A Century of Ranching" by John Hallowell. The Holloway family's Black Valley Ranch receives Family Land heritage award. Lists Llano County ranches who have been so honored.
25. Llano C unty Journal 2 June 2010; "Family honors its ancestor's service to Republic of Texas" by Dale Fry. David James Hill, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto is honored at ceremony in the Bluffton Cemetery.
26. The Llano News 16 Jun 2010; "History" by John Hallowell. Article about Darrell Staedtler. Includes Llano happennings in 1983.
27. The Llano News 9 Feb 2011; "Valentine Tribute to Llano Marriages" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Some names mentioned: William A. Freeman, Minnie L. Tow, Merrill Simpson Garrett, Margaret Helen Cowan, Ruben Miller, Elizabeth Lockhart, Samuel Lockhart, Franklin Holden, Luckey A. Oatman, Martha Holden, Frederick Conway, Thomas Haynnie, Elizabeth Redick, Wilburn Oatman, Sr., Benjamin F. Davis, Catherine Johnston, Ike Maxwell, Margaret Davis, William K. Davis, Mary Lucinda Arnold, George W. Morgan, Wilson Tow, Hiram Douglas, Mary Shuman, Evan Morgan, Nancy F. Tow.
28. The Llano News 9 Mar 2011; "Leading up the the Republic of Texas" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Llano County families whose heritages can be traced to the earliest days of Texas include Crownover, Rabb, Castleman, and Phillips. Early members of the Austin's Colony include Benjamin Beeson and the Whites. Other names mentioned were Michael Sessom, Isaac Casner, George Washington Click, the Wills family, the Moss family, and James Johnson.
29. The Llano News 16 Mar 2011; "The Republic of Texas" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names of some men in llano county who fought in the Texas Revolution include Dillard Cooper, Matthew Moss, Machael Sessom, Benjamin Phillips, Arter Crownover,George W. Click, David Hill, Charles Haynes, Abraham Andrew Masters, John Calvin Avery, Arnold Atkison, Joseph Henry Walker, James Finley Barnett, Samuel and james Beeman.
30. The Llano News 7 Sep 2011; "Llano County Connections to Arizona History" by Karylon Hallmark. About Martin Blevins, Arnold Atkison
31. The Llano News 28 Sep 2011; "Blessed Be The Ties That Bind" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned were the families of Cowan, Morgan, Tow, Marr, Watson, Parks, Cornelius, Jackson, Barker, Garrett, Miller, Maxwell.
32. The Llano News 26 Jun 2013; "Overcoming Adversity" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: J.H.L. Behrns, Samantha Johnson, John S. Friend, Tennessee Jane Dancer, Ike Maxwell, Rozetta Chadwick.
33. The Llano News 7 Mar 2012; "Barringer Hill" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. John H. Barringer took title to a small chunk of land in payment for a $50 debt. Inside a mound on the land was some valuable deposits of rare minerals.
34. The Llano News 3 Oct 2012; "Jewish Families in Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Families named are: Isidore Pessell, J. A. goldstein, Louis Fichtenbaum, Moses Lauterstein
35. The Llano News 10 Oct 2012; "In Search of Greener Pastures" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Lemons, Hammons, Parks, Conaway, Holden, Cowan, Williams, Hunter, Arnold, Carter, Mawell, Coffee.
36. The Llano News 22 Aug 2012; "The Best New Neighbors are Old Neighbors" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of David and Elizabeth Thorp Cowan, the Arnold family, William Hudspeth, Charles Garrett, Joseph Shults, John Behrns, Billy Davis family.
37. The Llano News 19 Sep 2012; "The Village Blacksmith...In Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names of blacksmith's were Thomas Gooch, William Sterling Cox, Peter Lorenz, Peter Bader, Gustave Bogusch, Carl Lehmberg, Card Tompkins, James Lawrence, Andrew McNutt, W. K. Arnold, William H. New, William Crisp, John Martin, Joseph Alsup, Isaac Chapman, Alonzo Cone, John Paschal, Allen Kuykendall, Emil Pehl.
38. Highland Lakes Weekly 8 Feb 2013; "From the North Pole to Llano" by John Hallowell. About Retired Rear Admiral Albert Kelin.
39. The Llano News 20 Feb 2013; "Marriage and Remarriage" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Carrie Beveridge and Ben Behrns. Other names mentioned are Melcenia Viola Davis, William W. Saxon, Emma Letha Ake Wills, John Henry Leonard Behrns, Nancy Shumen, Margaret Arnold, Arthur atkison, Thomas Denton, John Ferguson Morgan, Martha Kelsay Shuman, George and William Wolfe, Tow family.
40. The Llano News 8 May 2013; "Mother of Thirteen Children" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of William and Mary Jane Kelsay Town who raised 13 children.
41. The Llano News 19 June 2013; "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of cemetery marker for Colonel Sam Stoudenmier and wife Anna Brown, and a picture of Dallas Stoudenmire, famous gunfighter.
42. The Llano News 7 Aug 2013; "Let Me Know When Older is Better" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Article is about life expectancy and diseases. Includes picture of Clara Holland Maxwell.
43. The Llano News 28 Aug 2013; "More Than A Name" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of James Lafayette Maxwell and his brother William Isaac Maxwell. Article is about naming patterns of Llano residents, and nicknames.
44. The Llano News 26 Mar 2014; "Last Days of the Republic of Texas" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Jack Hallmark, W. K. Arnold, James Knox Polk Box, Richard Hallmark, John Ferguson, Minerva Clymen Morgan, Martha Kelsay Shuman, David Franklin Owen, William Rainbolt.
45. The Llano News 30 Apr 2014; "Remembering County Officials" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Thomas Henry Davis, who was the son of Billy Davis and brother of Caleb and Ned.
46. The Llano News 25 June 2014; "Remembering Men Around Town" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Clinton Breazeale, along with information on the Breazeale's family.
47. The Llano News 6 Aug 2014; "Whatever Happened to Old Time Reunions?" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Hallmark and Davis families, Clendennen family, Templeton family, Allan R. Townsend.
48. Llano County Journal 17 Sep 2014; "2014--Llano high School Hall of Fame inductees." John D Moran, Linda Oestreich Black, Michael Orien Rogers, Judy Winkel Brooks. Article is incomplete.
49. The Llano News 2 Oct 2014; "Two More Roberts Rangers" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Rangers were Charles C. Roberts and Alexander Roberts.
50. Highland Lakes Weekly 3 Oct 2014; "Making History in Llano" by John Hallowell. About Zonia Key (Mrs. Charles Bauman). Includes a picture of Mrs. Bauman and her children.
51. The Llano News 31 Dec 2014; obituary and other information on the passing of Llano Barber Lee Duncan.
52. The Llano News 25 Feb 2015; "Brothers-in-Law That Impacted Llano Town" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes a picture of Miles Barler who marrrrried Jane Buttery. Other families mentioned: Holden, Conaway, Cowan, Billingsley, Wright, Oatman, Wright.
53. The Llano News 4 Mar 2015; "More Llano County Brothers-in-Law" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Garrett, Morgan, Bennet, Tow Davis, Cowan, Riley, Dancer, R=Bedford, Jones, Friend, Slator, Riley, Ricketson, Moss, Ragsdale, Click, Walker.
54. The Llano News 11 Mar 2015; "Brothers-in-Law From Northwestern Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes a picture of Milton B. Dabbs the original owner of the Dabbs Hotel. Names of other families include: Bourland, Overstreet, Templeton, Wright, Morgan, Davis, Cowan, Seth Mabry, Osbourn, Rainbolt, Choat.
55. The Llano News 17 June 2015; "A Proper Tribute For the Month of June" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes a picture of John S. Friend. Other names mentioned include: Rev. Jonas Dancer, Jones.
56. The Llano News 1 July 2015; "Now is the Time to Show Honor" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes wedding photo of Bettye Louise Burnett and Eugene Russell.
57. The Llano News 2 Sep 2015; "More Questionable Assumptions" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Isaac Byler Maxwell and Edward Davis, Other names mentioned include: David Cowan, Edwin T. Edwards, Maggie Davis, Benjamin Davis, Missouri Catherine Johnston, Billy Davis, Davis family, Nelson Family.
58. Newspaper article from unknown newspaper, unknown date entitled "Reminiscence." In August, 1878, the young men from Sandy Mountain, Walnut and Pecan met for a horse race. Men entering contest were G. W. Gibson, Lewis Gibson, Thomps Gibson, Ralph Haynes, Geo. Haynes, John W. Johnson, J. V. Latham, Mart Phillips and Harry Walker, Pierce Smith, Wm. Dunman, . L. Tate, R. L. Tate, J. W. Tate. After the race there was lunch and dancing.
59. One page of Llano County ranchers from unknown book. Includes: William Young Fowler, Jr; Raymond Roberts, and Clif Hewgley.
60. Hill County Magazine Winter 2009; (1)"The man who started the Play." About Llano native Leroy Fenstemaker. (2) "Living the good life in Llano" by John Hallowell. About Kenneth D. Cline.
61. Article from unknown newspaper/unknown date; "Austin Girl's Husband is Moved to Florida." John Rabb of Llano transferred to Boca Ratan, Florida.
62. Obituary for Reeves Jungkind who died 8 Oct 1913
63. Obituary for Donald Murchison who died 26 Nov 2015
64. Lake Country Life 3-9 June 2015; "Former court bailiff led interesting life" by Frank L. Graham. About Luther Rogers.
65. The Llano County Journal 14 Oct 2015; "Marker honors immigrant's impact on granite industry in Llano County" by Erin Green. About Vicenzo Fantozzi Patrick.
66. The Llano News 20 July 2016; "Honoring a Hero/Happy 95th birthday, Joe" by Briley Mitchell. Article honors Joe Randerson who served in World War II the 2nd Fighter Squadron.
67. The Highland Lakes Weekly 19 Aug 2016; "Llano's French 'professor'" by John Hallowell. About N. J. Badu who moved from France to America. He was married to Charlie Carrol Neal.
68. The Llano News 14 Dec 2016; "Olvis Osbourn: Celebrating 95 years" by Karylon Russell.The Llano News
69. The Llano News 11 Jan 2017; "Comforts and Conveniences in 2017" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
70. The Llano News 15 Mar 2017; "Marching on! by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
71. The Llano News 19 Apr 2017; "Family and Friends Unite Again" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Some names mentioned include: Tow, Davis, Riley, Young, Arnold.
72. The Llano News 12 Apr 2017; "Together we stand" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. About Tow and Cowans
73. The Llano News 10 May 2017; "Don't forget grandma" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Sarah McClain Hodges, Richard Edmond Hallmark, Elijah Arnold, Joseph R. Shults, Cynthis Duff Arnold and Eliza Duff Shults, Matilda Duff, Seth Mitchell, Josephine Eastland, John B. Duncank, Joseph Walker, John Duncan, Penelope Wells Duncan, Martha Priestly Nard, Rebecca Nard Walker, Clinton Breazeale, Armstead Blevins, Ruth Campbell Cowan, Delila Shults Blevins.
74. The Llano News 1 Aug 2018; "The man behind the building name" " Remembering John L. Kuykendall, the man whose name adorns the most-mentioned building in Llano" by John Verser. About the John L. Kuykendall Event Center and Arena and the man the building is named after. Includes a picture of John and Patty Kuykendall.
75. Information on the internet entitled "Descendants of William Moore" "Two Cities Join in Honor Loved Citizen; "Funeral of W. J. Moore Attracts Largest Crowd Even Here for Such Occassion." Obituary for William Jefferson Moore who is buried in the San Saba City Cemetery. He was born 17 Feb 1930, and died at Gilmer, Texas, 17 Feb 1930. Moore was the founder of the Moore State
    1. Citizens Gazette 29 Jan 2020; "Llano County ranch recognized by LCRA for land stewardship." Llano County rancher Helen Miles, owner of the Oxford Ranch, recognized for exemplary stewardship efforts and continuing participation in the LCRA Creekside Conservation Program.
    2. The Daily Tribune (unknown date); Obituary for J. D. "Jake" Ross who was born in Llano County. He was buried in the Llano City Cemetery.

Geology

1. Unknown, undated newspaper; "Rolling the Granite Block from the Six Mile Quarry to the railroad at Llano in 1906 to be shipped on to Austin to become the base of the Terry Ranger monument..." People in picture in article include Fay Seiter, Earl McRay, George Grantham, Lee Free, Sid Daniels.
2. Austin American 9 May 1952; "Llano Shoe Repair Shop Owner Discovers Real Hobby in Study of Central Texas Mineral Rocks" by Kathleen Maxwell. About A. C. Brantley.
3. The Highlander 6 Apr 1967; "Modern Equipment Used by Raesener Granite Works" - Includes picture of Monroe Raesener and Harry Marshall.
4. The Highlander 13 May 1976; "Llano County Granite: Winning Studen Essay." Includes a picture of Llano's largest block of granite ever quarried.
5. Llano Buzz 16 Aug 2006; "Rare stone found only in Llano County" by Dale Fry. About Llanite.
6. Lake Country Life 14 May 2008; "Mountain Puzzle: Dog or lookout" by Dale Fry. About hill located on the Ranch in southwest Llano County called Watch Mountain.
7. Lake Country Life 24 Sep 2008; "Lost mines, buried treasures in the Hill Country" by W. C. Jameson.
8. Texas Co-op Power Nov 2010; "All that Glitters is Sometimes Yttrium" by Clay Coppedge.
9. The Llano News 6 Apr 2011; "Up a Creek" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
10. Highland Lakes Weekly 6 Apr 2012; "Minerals helped shape Highland Lakes history" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of prospectors Kevin Green, Ron Carroll and Earl Theiss while searching the area around a mine in the Riley Mounty area.
11. The Llano News 20 Jun 2012; "The Hills are Alive....With Granite" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: David Stewart, Z. A. Blodgett, T. W. Norton, F. M. Cassaday, J. K. Finley, Frank Teich.
12. Lake Country Life 4 July 2012; "Llano Uplift is backbone of Highland Lakes" by Dale Fry.
13. The Llano News 28 Nov 2012; "Landmarks in Southern Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Sites mentioned: Packsaddle Mountain, Riley Mountain, Dancer Peak, Enchanted Rock, House Peak, Putman Mountain.
14. The Llano News 5 Dec 2012; "Landmarks North of the Llano River" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
15. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Oct 2013; "Who ya gonna call?" Picture of Kenny Hare posing in front of Joe's Bar.
16. Texas Co-op Power Sep 2014; "Mining Los Almagres" by Clay Coppedge.
17. The Picayune 7 Oct 2015; "Marker honors immigrant who broke ground on granite industry" by Daniel Clifton About Texas historical merker at the roadside park at Texas 261 and Texas 29.
18. The Picayune 14 Jan 2015; "Highland Lakes is a hot bed for gem, mineral enthusiasts" by Daniel Clifton.
19. The Llano News 1 Feb 2017; "Always ask why" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. (Also includes information on the Iron Boom.). Some names mentioned include: Matthew Moss, Martha J. and Willis C. Chaudoin, George Washington Hensley, Rueben Estes Levingston, Daniel Murchison, Francis Marion Waits

Germans

1. The Highlander 26 Apr 1973; "Germans Led Immigration Movement in Llano County" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry.
2. Kingsland Current 22 Dec 2004; "Rare 1855 map of Central Texas donated to GLO." The map, printed in Germany, shows all the surveyed land in Fisher and Miller's Colony as of July 1855.
3. The Llano News 14 Nov 2012; "Early German Notables at Bettina" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Gustav Schleicher.
4. Llano County Journal 15 July 2015; "Utopia failed to take root on frontier" by Bartee Haile.
   1. The Llano News 10 May 2017; "About the Castell Germans..." by Patty Schneider Pfister

Heritage Day (now Wild West Weekend)

1. The Llano News 10 Oct 1991; "Heritage Day action-packed"
2. The Llano News 17 Oct 1991; Editorial/Opinion column entitled "Special Saturday"
3. Llano Heritage Da - Oct 19 Schedule of Events
4. The Llano News 24 Oct 1991; "Heritage Day: 'A Country Fair'" - includes many pictures
5. Llano County Journal 14 Oct 2015; "Wild in Llano" by Erin Green. Llano's Wild West Weekend (formerly known as Heritage Days" to be held Oct 16-18.
6. Llano County Journal 21 Oct 2015; "Llano gets Wild Over the weekend" by Erin Green. Includes pictures of the event.
7. Front page of The Llano News 14 Oct 2016; "Wild West Weekend in Llano!"
8. Highland Lakes Weekly 21 Oct 2016; "Wild West Weekend in Llano" - pictures of event

Historic Buildings, Homes, and Businesses

1. Lake Country Life (Vol 4 #17, pg 10) "Dry goods store back to roots" by Dale Fry. About the building housing the Ruby Cowgirl business.
2. "Llano building well-preserved" by Dale Fry. About the Acme Building.
3. Picture from Hill Country magazine" Fall 2004, of the Old Southern Hotel, now Buttery's.
4. "Second Home on Holiday Home Tour" from unknown, undated newspaper. About home owned by Ashley and Peggy Cunningham, originally owned by Mrs. S. V. Oatman.
5. "Woman's Culture Club Announces Annual Home Tour" from unknown, undated newspaper. Includes picture of home located at 908 Elm Street. Home was built in 1908 by The Tribble Family.
6. Unknown & undated newspaper article entitled "Charlie's Store building gets a facelift" by Sarah Franklin
7. Lake Country Life (Vol 3 No. 29, pg 14); "103-year-old Victorian house once held concerts" by Dale Fry. Home located at 504 W. Ellis in North Llano. It is also known as the Kothmann House.
8. Brochure for The Badu House
9. Lake Country Life (Vol 3 No. 33, pg 6); "A library, first" by Dale Fry. picture of rock building on southwest corner of the courthouse square, now housing the offices of the Llalno Country Clerk".
10. Lake Country Life (Vol 4 No. 42, pg 10); "Local lore claims home was 'kit' house" by Dale Fry. About historical home located at 807 Wright Street
11. The Highlander 14 Oct 1972; "Llano's Oldest Drug Store Gets Face Lift." Includes picture of Newt Jackson, the builder of the original Corner Drug Store.
12. The Highlander Magazine 23 Sep 1982; "Llano 'college' given new look" by Chris Kosewick. Also includes article named "Similarities noted in two old schools". Includes pictures.; "Hotel at Llano
13. Unnamed newspaper dated Llano, Texas, February 13, 1969; "Hotel at Llano" picture taken about 1916, of hotel varioously known as the Algona, Franklin, and Don Carlos Hotel.
14. The Highlander 28 Sep 1972; "A House with A Past - Llano's Norton Mansion" by Jan Ward. Includes two pictures of the house.
15. The Llano News 24 Nov 2004; "Tour to include Robinson House" - built by israel and Nannie Ratliff Robinson in 1913.
16. The Llano Buzz 26 Jan 2005; "Dabbs Hotel"
17. The Llano Buzz 1 Mar 2005; "The Little Guest House" located on 604 E. Sandstone
18. The Llano Buzz 26 Apr 2005; "Breathing New Life into 100-Year-Old Relic" by Dale Fry. Tere Huton and daughter Heather Lehmberg restoring building known as the Watkins Building.
19. The Llano Buzz 11 Jan 2005; "Llaneaux Seafood House" by Mark Atwood.
20. The Llano Buzz 24 May 2005; "Lantex Theater opens to overflow crowd in 1927" by Dale Fry. Includes photo of building.
21. The Llano Buzz 2 Aug 2005; "Restoring a celebrated historic Llano landmark" by Dale Fry. About the Badu House.
22. The Llano Buzz 13 Sep 2005; "This old house on Cedar Mountain: A sturdy bit of history" - stone building built by John Martin.
23. The Llano News 16 Nov 2005; picture of article on the home of Tim and Teresa Bauman.
24. The Llano Buzz 25 Jan 2006; "Lantex Theater is personal project for the Griffiths in Llano.
25. The Llano News 14 Jun 14 2006; "Badu House: Lone Star Elegance" by Glynis Crawford Smith
26. The Llano Buzz 5 July 2006; "The Badu: Down-home elegance in the Hill Country" by Cindy Richerson
27. Burnet Bulletin 4-11 Apr 2007; "Llano's first historic structure" by Dale Fry. The building is known today as Grace episcopal Church. The building was originally constructed as an academy of learning.
28. Llano Journal 9 Jan 2008; "Old theater hosts Country Oprys" by Dale Fry.
29. Lake Country Life 13-19 Aug 2008; "Unused stack looms over Llano" - Smokestack built in 1918 in connection with the city's waterworks system.
30. Llano Country Life 15 Oct 2008; "Spanish-style architecture in Llano" by Dale Fry. Building located at 501 Bessemer, was built by T. Y. Hill to house the office of his wholesale granite company.
31. Lake Country Life 3 Dec 2008; "122-year-old bildng has housed many drug stores" by Dale Fry. About Llano's Corner Drug Store
32. Lake Country Life 4 Mar 2009; "A wildcat fracas" by Dale Fry. Building at 608 Public Square in North Llano was the site of an event involving a young man under the influence of alcohol and a caged wildcat.
33. Lake Country Life 27 May 2009; "The unusual case of rattling windows" by Dale Fry. Home located at 401 E. Main. Its windows rattled only when the nearby river reached a certain height when it was flooding.
34. Lake Country Life 16 Feb 2011; "Early-day mall" by Dale Fry. About Haynie Building.
35. The Llano News 30 Nov 2011; "Women's Culture Club 2011 Holiday Home Tour This Weekend" by Patty Schneider Pfister. Includes photo of Castell School, St. John Lutheran Church, Vasterling, Trinity United Methodist Church.
36. Lake Country Life 28 Dec 2011; "If these walls could talk" by Dale Fry. Home located at the corner of Ford and Green Streets, built by August Zincke.
37. Lake Country Life 22 Feb 2012; "Built with red Llano County granite" by Dale Fry. Business building built by E. D. Hasse.
38. The Llano News 11 Apr 2012; "Remembering The Algona Hotel" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
39. Lake Country Life 20-26 June 2012; "Historical Llano jewel turns 130" by Dale Fry. Home built by R. A. McInnis
40. Lake Country Life 26 J"Whune 2012; "Still smoking at Inman's" Includes picture of Myrtle and Horace Oestreich.
41. The Llano News 29 Aug 2012; "Upstairs Around Town" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
42. Highland Lakes Weekly 2 Nov 2012; "Sandstone Street B&B" by John Hallowell. About home at 508 East Sandstone.
43. The Llano News 12 Dec 2012; "Historic Homes: Here today, But How Long?" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of The Granite cliff ranch house, and the home of Robert F. Rowntree near Prairie Mountain. Other names mentioned include: Robert Mosley, P.F.P. Franklin, John Henry Leonard Behrns, Lehmbert/Hasse, Dancer, O.C.J. Phillips, John B. Duncan, William B. Moss, E.D. Harrington, C.S. Smith.
44. Lake Country Life 18-24 Dec 2013; "rock on" by Lance Reaves. About the old Southern hotel.
45. Highland lakes Weekly 8 Nov 2013; picture of drum-and-bagpipe band honoring the Presbyterian church's Celtic traditions.
46. Lake Country Life 31 Jul 2013; "Old building reveals hidden treasure" by Lance Reaves. Lot cabin located behind the Llano Museum
47. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 Jan 2014; "The Juan Burrito" by John Hallowell. Patrick and Becky Clark own business.
48. The Llano News 18 June 2014; "Only a Few Remnants of the Past" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Byfield, John Henry Leonard Behrns, Dr. C. C. Smith, F. J. Smith, J. K. Findlay, Bogusch family.
49. Highland Lakes Weekly 12 Dec 2014; picture of the Farris home.
50. Llano County Journal 31 Dec 2014; Lantex Renovations
51. The Llano News 18 Nov 2015; "Restoration of the Rowntree Home" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes before and after picture of home built by Robert F. Rowntree.
52. Highland Lakes Weekly 11 Dec 2015; Holiday Home Tour pictures 1) Etheridge's College Street home; 2) Todd and Dana Wright's storefront on For Street, originally Watkins Hardware.
53. The Picayune 12 Oct 2016; "Flushing toilets, flashing lights, and baking cookies" by Daniel Clifton. Includes picturs of The Red Top Jail.
54. The Picayune 26 Oct 2016; "Ghostly guests remain at Llano's The Dabbs hotel" by Daniel Clifton
55. The Llano News 26 Oct 2016; "Getting to know: Charles Wendt" "Local artist to appear on TV show Friday" by Briley Mitchell. About Charles Wendt owner and artist at Rocking W Spurs.
56. Llano County Spring Guide (insert in Llano News) April 2017; picture of home originally owned by the Watkins, now occupied by Women's Culture Club. Located at 210 W. Sandstone.
57. Highland Lakes Weekly 20 Oct 2017; "Prairie Mountain Ranch" - 2 pictures of the home which has been restored by Scott and Brandi Hollingshead, taken at open house and dedication. Also includes picture of Robert F. Rowntree, who built the home.
58. Llano New Spring Guide, 2018 Edition, article entitled "The Legends of Llano, BBQ at its Best" by Terry Schroth. Gives history of Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que, Inmans Kitchen BBQ and Catering, Llairds BBQ and Catering, Castell General Store. Also article entitled "A Walking Tour of Llano."
59. Highland Lakes Weekly 1 June 2018; front page picture "Llano's Badu House Re-Opens". Includes 2nd picture of the recently renovated historic house.

History - The Highlander Newspaper Articles

1. "Llano" by Fred Taylor, dated 16 Sep 1971
2. "White Civilization Takes Root in Llano As Indians Driven Out" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 3 May 1973
3. "Development of Llano Gets Into High Gear" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 10 May 1973
4. "Germans Led Immigration Movement in Llano County" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 26 April 1973
5. "More on Llano County's Heritage of Ranching" by Mrs. Tilllie Badu Moss Fry dated 31 May 1973. Includes picture" of Jim Moss Home and Matthew Moss
6. "Early Days In Bluffton and In Llano County" by Oliver Maxwell dated 7 Mar 1974.
7. "General Johnson In Llano County" by Mrs. Ella Woodward dated 30 Mar 1972. General Johnson lived on Honey Creek. Includes pictures of homes.
8. "Old Timer Recalls Life on Colorado Before Buchanan Dam Was Built" by Moore Johanson, dated 12 April 1973. Includes picture of Mr. and mrs. John Johanson, and Moore Johnson with his grandchildren, Lyndon Boyd Johanson and Lesle Johanson.
9. "A House with a Past - Llano's Norton Mansion" by Jan Ward dated 28 Sep 1972. Includes pictures of the house.
10. "Gold or Silver at Baby Head?" by Jan Ward dated 6 July 1972
11. "81-Year-Old Llano County Courthouse Outlasts Fires" by Mrs. Orville Buttery dated 21 Mar 1974.
12. "Llano's Badu House" by Nanette Eventide unknown date.
13. "Ranching Long has Been The Top Llano County Industry" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 24 May 1973
14. "Mining Industry of Llano County" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 7 June 1973
15. "Diamonds, Iron and Stone Dug From Llano Mines" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 14 June 1973
16. "Social Development in Llano County" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 28 Jun3 1973, article #?. Includes picture of the Gainesville School, and the Confederate Monument.
17. "Social Development in Llano County" by Mrs. Tillie Badu Moss Fry dated 21 June 21 1973, article #8.
18. "Packsaddle Mountain Indian Fight Happened 100 Years Ago" by Mrs. Orville Buttery dated 2 Aug 1973. Includes picture of Will Moss, dedication of memorial, and Dun Ranch house.
19. "Grace Episcopal Church Longtime Llano Landmark by Greg Olds dated 9 Aug 1973
20. "Llano May Lose A Historical Treasure" by Greg Olds dated 16 Aug 1973. About the old Southern Hotel. (2 pgs)
21. Pictures of Grace Episcopal Church dated 9 Aug 1973
22. "Geo. W. Click and the Indians" by Frank C. Rigler dated 30 Aug 1973. Includes picture of Malachi Click and Mrs. and Mrs. George W. Click.
23. "Malachi and Martha Click Raided - Honey Creek Indian Fight of 1868 Also Reported" by Frank C. Rigler dated 6 Sep 1973
24. "Joe Walker Killed Near Enchanted Rock in 1860" "Bride, Sarah Annie, Was With Him and Tells the Tragic Story" by Frank C. Rigler dated 13 Sep 1973.
25. "Henry Morgan Smith and Family" by Frank C. Rigler dated 20 Sep 1973.
26. "Llano's Southern hotel Facing A Bleak Future" by Greg Olds dated 14 Mar 1974
27. "A cedarchopper remembers Lone Grove" by C. W. Wimberley dated 25 Jan 1979
28. "Frank Teich, Sculptor of the Hill Country" by Joyce Taylor dated 11 Oct 1973. Includes picture of Frank Teich, Mrs. Linden Foster, the Lasalle Monument

History

1. Brochure on Llano County Historical Markers
2. Llano County Map from "Llano Area Real Estate Digest"
3. Reconstruction Appointed Officials in Llano County
4. "Llano Wrecked by Cyclone" reprinted from "Austin Tribune" July 16, 1900
5. Llano News 28 Mar 1996; "History Lives in Small Towns"
6. "Llano Remains Land of Legend and Lure" by Mrs. Fred Foster from unknown, undated newspaper.
7. Picture of Dr. and Mrs. D. Livingston riding in Llano's first car titled "Heading for the Llano Homecoming." From unknown, undated newspaper.
8. The Austin 22 May 1952; "Frontier Trappings Plentiful as Llano Prepares for Its Annual Homecoming Event Next Week" by Kathleen Maxwell.
9. The Llano News 4 June 1953; reprint of early picture of town gathering with the following: "Twas a Gala Day in Llano -- That day in 1916, when the Confederate monument...unveiled. The momentous event marked the successful end of the long campaign of the Llano chaptger of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to raise funds to pay for the monument."
10. Letter from Joe B. Frantz, Director, The Texas State Historical Association dated 12 Oct 1966. Enclosures include 1) Guide for Writers, 2) Pg 69 & 70 from Volume II of the Handbook as examples of topics Llano, Texas, Llano County, Llano River
11. The Highlander 7 Mar 1974; "Early Days in Bluffton and In Llano county" by Oliver Maxwell.
12. The Highlander 19 April 1979; "Hill Country history remembered" by C. W. Wimberly. Includes picture of Dollie Scott and Clara Scott, the Scott tribe, Llano Public School class of 1900.
13. Highlander 27 Oct 1988; "Llano Fine Arts Guild set to celebrate 25th Anniversary" by Dorothy Book. Include picture of some members taken in 1969.
14. Special edition to The Llano News; "Llano County Heritage Day, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006; "Llano County Heritage Day"
15. The Llano Buzz 21 June 2006; "Llano county celebrates its 150th birthday. Photos of the event.
16. Hill Country Magazine Fall 2006; "Hill CountryTraditions" by John Hallowell. About Cooper's Barbeque.
17. Hill Country Magazine Fall 2008; "Adventures in Llano" from "Pittsburgh of the West to Deer Capital of Texas" by John Hallowell
18. Lake Country Life 15 Aug 2008: "Unused Stack looms over Llano" by Dale Fry
19. The Llano News 29 July 2009; "Treasurer collects history" by Kay Herring. Includes picture of Sandra Overstreet.
20. The Llano News 18 Nov 2009; "Celebrating Llano's Centennial" by John Hallowell.
21. The Highlander 3 Nov 2010; "Hunting in Early Llano County". Names mentioned include: Jim Meador, Will Maxwell, Ross Holland, Clyde Maxwell, Ern Maxwell, Mary Elzira Davis Maxwell.
22. The Llano News 17 Nov 2010; "Census Taking time for Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
23. The Llano News 16 Feb 2011; "Hail to the Chiefs" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
24. The Llano News 23 Mar 2011; "Last Days of the Republic of Texas" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Families mentioned include: Hallmark, Box , Riley, Putman, Morgan, Rainbolt, Chew, Schneider, Cowan, Tow, Dalrymple
25. Texas Hill Country Magazine Spring 2011; "A Look at Llano History" by Sheryl Smith-Rogers
26. The Llano News 13 April 2011; "Early Vocations in Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
27. The Llano News 27 April 2011; "In the Shadow of the Civil Ark" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: James Henry Miller, William Hudspeth, Matilda Morgan Miller, Jesse Austin Moore, Agrippa Atkison, T. M. Ward, J. M. Smith, Samuel Richards, J. H. Brantly, W. A. Hadly, S. Backus, T. J. Bedford, Sam Cox, James Tate, L. A. Moore, Frank Breazeale, James S. Bourland, John M. Smith, C. Haynes, W. W. Dorsey, J. W. Johnson, R. S. Coon, Dr. Hardin Oatman.
28. The Llano News 18 May 2011; "Llano County Rise of Communities" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Communities mentioned include: Bluffton, Tow Valley, Castell, The Cove, Sandy Mountain, San Fernando, House Mountain and the Town of Llano.
29. The Llano News 10 July 2011; "One Dip or Two?" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Llano's first ice factory
30. The Llano News 31 Oct 2012; "Time for Decisions" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Clement Oaatman. Other names mentioned include: John Oatman, Cowan, Edwards, Tate, Lockhart, Murchison, Morgan, Hail, Riley, Holden
31. The Llano News 1 Aug 2012; "Earliest Llano County Commissioners Continued" by Karylon Hallmark Russell, Names mentioned include: Isaac Sampson Haile, Richard Franklin Holden, John F. Morgan, James C. Riley, Sarah Garner, Francis Marion Whitlock, Calvin & Sarah Cooper, Jacob Long, L. S. Hageler.
32. The Llano News 8 Aug 2012; "Place your Bets!" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. About horse racing in Llano County.
33. The Llano News 9 Jan 2013; "Beginning of a New Era" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
34. The Llano News 30 Jan 2013; "Rounding Out the Tumultuous Years" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Texas Ranger Major John B. Jones. About the Civil War era and the Outlaw Era.
35. The Llano News 20 Mar 2013; "Packsaddle Mountain: The Proud Sentinel. Includes picture of Joseph Porter Turner and wife Jemima Williams Turner.
36. The Llano News 4 Sep 2013; "Bon Appetite in Old Llano" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
37. Highland Lakes Weekly 6 Sep 2013; "Old news from Llano" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned: M.M. Hargis, W. S. Maxwell, J. R. Decker, W. T. Moore, W. S. Chesser
38. 2015 Lake Country Newcomers' Guide; "Llano County" Quick Facts
39. The Llano News 11 Sep 2013; "Dining Out in Early Twentieth Century" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
40. The Llano News 13 Aug 2014; "Top Ranked and World Class" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
41. The Llano News 17 Sep 2014; "Things I Miss In Llano.......County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
42. The Llano News 8 Oct 2014; "Impact of Christopher Columbus" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
43. The Llano News 29 Oct 2014; "Forgotten Spirits Refound" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Delila Shults Blevins, Samuel Blevins, Commodore Pery Owens, Armstead Blevins, Arnold Atkison.
44. The Llano News 5 Nov 2014; "Let's Go Hunting" by Karylon Hall Mark Russell
45. The Llano News3 Dec 2014; "Researching Your Llano County Ancestors" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
46. "Welcome to Llano from The Llano News April 2015
47. Highland Lakes Weekly 19 June 2015; "Mpact 2015" by John Hallowell. About MPACT Missions
48. The Llano News 26 Aug 2015; "Questionable Assumptions" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned; Alex E. Croft, William Earl Holland, David Cowan, Margaret Thorp, Alvis D. Hamlin, Rev. Jonas Dancer.
49. The Llano News 13 Jan 2016; "2016: 18 Decades of Llano County History (Part 1)" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
50. The Llano News 20 Jan 2016; "2016: 18 Decades of Llano County History (Part 2)" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
51. Unknown, undated newspaper; "Old building reveals hidden treasure " by Lance Reaves of Highland Lakes Newspaper. About log cabine located behind the Llano Museum.
52. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Mar 2016; "Llano county in 1985" by John Hallowell.
53. Map showing location of old Tow bridge, Bluffton bridge and Council Creek Cemetery.
54. The Llano News 4 Nov 2015; "Hogging The Pasture" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
55. The Llano News 2 Dec 2015; "Living High on the Hog" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
56. The Llano News 27 Jan 2016; "2016: 18 Decades of Llano County History Part 3" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
57. The Llano News 10 Feb 2016; "2016; 18 Decades of Llano County History: Part 4" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
58. Highland Lakes Weekly 11 Nov 2016: "History" by John Hallowell. February 23, 1916 was the unveiling of a new Confederate Monument on the Llano square.
59. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 Dec 2016, "Llano in May 1935" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Roy Inks, Malcolm Chism, Malcolm Walters, W. P. Ray, Lee B. Smith, Wallace Hazlewood, J. E. Lindsey, Ernest Schuessler, Henry Buttery, Bobby Keyser, Harold Buttery, Owen V. Hall.
60. Highland Lakes Weekly, 6 Jan 2017; "Llano in June 1935" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: C. L. Gunderman, A. E. Crenwelge, Roy Inks
61. Highland Lakes Weekly 13 Jan 2017; "Llano in July, 1935" by John Hallowell
62. Highland Lakes Weekly; 20 Jan 2017; "Llano in August, 1935" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of Roy Inks.
63. Highland Lakes Weekly 27 Jan 2017; "Early Days in Llano"
64. The Llano News 8 Feb 2017; "Why they came" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Thomas J. Hainey, William Hainey, Elizabeth Hainey, Pessels, Smalenskys, Lautersteins, Fitchenbaums, Samuel Cox, Mary Duff, Eliza Shultz, Cynthis Arnold, Elizabeth Lewis, Susan Cooper, Pernulia Ward, Penelope Duncan, Martha Norred.
65. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Feb 2017; "A New Bridge in Llano" by John Hallowell.
66. The Llano News 15 Feb 2017; "A new slant on early Llano County events" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Some names mentioned include: Joseph Porter Turner, Delana Washington and Amanda January Turner, Allen George Turner, Dave Harwell, Constantine F. Foster, George W. Wolfe. Further, gives information on Whitlock Massacre.
67. The Llano News 22 Feb 2017; "Llano County dates to know" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
68. Highland Lakes Weekly 17 Feb 2017; "60 Years ago in Llano" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: A. P. Box, Sam Rabb, C. D. McDonald, Lester Inman, Dr. Dan Hoerster, H. H. McLean, Dottie Kern, James Stanley.
69. Highland Lakes Weekly 3 Mar 3 2017; "Llano's Centennial" by John Hallowell.
70. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 Mar 2017; "Llano's Centennial--Part 2" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned: Vernell Ross, H. H. McLean, Rev. Ed Haffner, George Watkins, Lucile Stolz, John Thomas, J. M. Virdell, J. T. Eliason, Eugene and Mildred Fishcer, Pinkie Crenwelge, F. C. Cassell, A. R. Haynes, A. Oliver, A. L. Hammons, Leniol Smith.T
71. The Llano News 1 Mar 2017; "Why certain dates matter" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
72. The Llano News 8 Mar 2017; "Don't Forget About 1956" by Karylon Hallmark Russell." The Centennial was celebrated in 1956. Some names mentioned include: Robert Kassell, Cliff Martin, A. W. Warden, Honerhea Hallmark, Jeuel Haines, Norvelle Clawson, Otis J. Light.
73. Highland Lakes Weekly 31 Mar 2017; "After Llano's Centennial" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Herman Raesener Jr. Raymond Winkel, R. V. Derick, Orville Buttery, Adm H.H. McLean, Rev Robert A Jackson, Shirley Williams.
74. The Llano News 26 Apr 2017; "Remembering county officials" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Some names mentioned include Murchison, Davis, Cowan, Maxwell.
75. The Llano News 14 June 2017; "Only a few remnants of the past" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Historical landmarks that are no longer in existance.
76. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 June 2017; "One hundred years ago in Llano." Names mentioned include: Roy B. Inks, O.K. McDonald, W.H. Hill, Thomas G. Cowley, Bessie Chism, J.M.Reynolds, Julian Lauterstein, Abe Wernberg, Lewis Lauterstein. Mollie Thornton, Frank Kothmann, J. B. Buie, Obe McClary, George Johnson.
77. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 July 2017; "Llano in 1917-Part Two" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of the 1916 Overland Model 86 Touring Car. Some names mentioned include: Mrs. A. A. Knowles (died Jan. 9), A. N. Box, W. Hoerster, Geo Schuessler, Jas. Wyckoff, R. S. Schneider, J. M. Wilson, Dees & Moss, A. J. Zilker, A. Z. Fuston, Mrs. George Watkins, W. F. Gray, A. Vander Stucken, C. E. Schultz, F. K. Lange, Grady Faubion, Clinton Breazeale.
78. Highland Lakes Weekly 28 July 2017; "Llano in 1917 - Part Three" by John Hallowell. Some Names mentioned include: C.E. Shults, S.B. Zittle, A.G. Bradley, J.P. Collier, Lee Jernigan, T.O. Riley, McCarty Moore, M.C. Barnett, Herbert Marschall.
    1. Highland Lakes Weekly 18 Aug 2017; "Llano in 1917 - Part 4" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: G. A. Coulson, H.L. Gray, Ray Buie, A. J. Noble, T. S. Parker, E.H. Qualls, Dr. R.V. Bingham, O.E. Metcalfe.
    2. Highland Lakes Weekly 25 Aug 2017; "Llano in 1917 - Part 5" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: E.H. Qualls, I.C. Callaway, A.H. Willbern, John W. Davis, D.I. Carl, Roy Inks, Shirley Williams. Includes picture of The Don Carlos Hotel burning to the ground.
    3. Highland Lakes Weekly 22 Sep 2017; "Llano in 1917 - Part 7" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include S.D. Rainier, Ross Dean (killing), Mrs. Louis Deats, Martin Jacobs, L.C. Callaway, A. C. Chism, J.E. Hodgson, H.M. Dunson of Oxford.
    4. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Nov 2017; "Llano in 1917 - Part 9" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Joe McGinnis, Elmer Crockett, Raymond Hargroves, Frank Flack, Frank Wallace, Foster Breazeale, Louis Foster, H. C. Cone, Lester Moore, Jerry Alred, F.P. Smith
79. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 Nov 2017; "October 1917 in Llano" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Willie Atchison, John Borden, Carl Rabb, Benton Ligon, Theo Schorlemmer, Othello Shults.
80. Highland Lakes Weekly 1 Dec 2017; "November 1917 in Llano" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Mrs. Warren May, Mrs. C. E. Shultx, Mrs. A. G. Barrit, J. M. Haywood, T. R. Dabbs, T. S. Parker, Maxie Fichtenbaum, Harold McLean, Mrs. Hubert Cone, John A. Cone, A. F. Moss, Joe McInnis, Aaron E. Crenwelge.
81. Highland Lakes Weekly 5 Jan 2018; "Christmas 1917 (1964 correct year) in Llano" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: W. G. Alexander, William Smith, G. A. Weaks, W. F. Bowman, Louise Foster, Quantrell Cone, Emil Pehl, Ed McClary
82. Highland Lakes Weekly 19 Jan 2018; "Llano in 1954" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: John Hudson, Don Bauer, Berford Vest, Carrie Beveridge, Mrs. Zella Vest, R.P. McWilliams, David Stewart, J. Moore Johanson, Will Collins, Leroy Fenstemaker, Arlene Otto, Bobby Fain, Frances Brown, Nelleta Schneider, Patty Whigham, Millie Jean Pechacek, Patsye Rogers, Virginia Massey, Sylvia Kothmann, Emma Lou Willmann, Willeda Cox, Patsy Harlow, Benton Cassaday.
83. Highland Lakes Weekly 9 Feb 2018; "Llano in 1954 - Part Two" - by John Hallowell.
    1. Highland Lakes Weekly, 23 Feb 2018; "Llano in 1954 - Part 3" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: P. M. Rossberg. John C. Reagor, roy Crenwelge, Carroll Osbourn, John Cummins, Henry Hoerster, Emma Lou Willmann, Dale Fry, Taylor Virdell, Sam Rabb, Buck Clendennen, Ben Alton Wallis.
    2. Highland Lakes Weekly 16 Mar 2018; "Llano in 1954 - Part Four" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Gerry Fox, Franke Lange,Floyd Hazeldon, Weldon/Carroll/Donald Osbourn, Curtis Carter, Kenneth Gray, Jarald Willman, Ben Alton Wallis, Frances Brown, Virginia Massey, Patty Whigham, Arlene Leifeste,High Kenneth Gray, Jimmy Watkins, Charles Morris.
    3. Highland Lakes Weekly 23 Mar 2018; "Llano in 1954 - Part Five" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Julius Flint,Roe Stearns, Gray Fowler, John B. Sampley, C. E. Brown. Also mentions the court case" The Southwestern Talc Company against two railroad companies.
    4. Highland Lakes Weekly 20 Apr 2018; "Llano in 1954 - Part Six" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Elgin Hasse, Chas. Sagebiel, Harold E. Fehler, Ronald Davis
    5. Highland Lakes Weekly 25 May 2018; "Llano in 1954 - Part 8" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Donald Ricketson, Mayme Colson, Bob Hanna, Will Conley, Martin Hoy, Elwood Raines, Frank Clendennen, C. V. Robinson, Hudson Fowler, T. D. Tankersly.
    6. Highland Lakes Weekly 15 June 2018; "Llano in 1954 - Part 9" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: E. J. Christian, Alton Kincaid, Clarke Templeton, Hiram Templeton, Bob Young, Charles Beene, Devon Floyd, Patty Whigham, Kenneth Gray, Dale Fry, Jack Talley, J. C. Moore, Kenneth Wells, Bobby Banner
    7. Highland Lakes Weekly 27 July 2018; "Llano in December, 1954" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: W. H. Uhlman, Mrs. Hudson Fowler, A. P. Box Albert Banks, Jr., H. H. McLean, Allen Johnson, J. C. Moore.
    8. Highland Lakes Weekly 13 July 2018; "October 1954 in Llano" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: A. Sagebiel, J. C. Stribling Sr. H. J. Hoester, Monroe Raesener, C. E. Brown, George Gray, Dr. Dan Hoerster, W. G. * Gale Kolb, Ben Donop, G. K. Beach, Frank Overstreet.
    9. Highland Lakes Weekly 20 July 2018; "Llano i November, 1954" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Bryant Ratliff, Dexter Safebiel, Gladys Box, Andy Smith, Barbara Overstreet, Elwood Raines.
    10. Highland Lakes Weekly 27 July 2018; "Llano in December, 1954" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: W. H. Uhlman, Lillian Fowler, Thomas A. Harrod, A. P. BoxAlbert Banks, Jr., H. H. McLean, Allen Johnson, J. C. Moore, Robert A. Jackson.
    11. Marble Falls Messenger/Dedication Issue; "Llano Wrecked by Cyclone" - Reprint from "Austin Tribune July 16, 1900.

Indians

1. List of men killed at the last indian fight at Packsaddle Mountain
2. San Angelo Standard-Times 24 May 1970; "Story of Last Llano County Indian Fight" by Janice Clayton. Includes picture of William B. Moss and wife Charlotte.
3. Frontier Times July 1926; "Days of Peril on the Frontier" p. 396
4. Frontier Times Boys Fight Indians in Llano County" by Mary Malisa Haynes, San Antonio. Includes picture of "Gum" Phillips
5. Front page of Indian Depredation No. 6608, Miles Barler and Comanche Indians.
6. Unknown, undated newspaper; "Indian Fighters' Likenesses Preserved" - Includes picture of reunion of indian fighters: J. E. Masters, Riley Gregg, J. C. Leverett, Gabe Choat, Shults, Lewis Sullivan, Carter Miller, Wiley Longbottom, John Walker, J. T. Simpson, J. M. Moss, J. C. Coggins, William Clendennen.
7. True West magazine dated February 1962. on Page 38 article entitled "Death Wore Buckskin and Braids" by Dick Balmos and David Nevin. Names mentioned: John Friend, Matilda Dancer, Jonas Dancer, Lee Temple Friend, Mrs. Samantha Johnson, Mrs. Rebecca Johnson.
8. Llano Buzz 15 Feb 2005; "The worst Indian atrocity in Llano County's history" - includes a picture of Malinda Caudel.. Names mentioned include: John Friend, Frank & Boyd Johnson, Matilda Jane Friend, Lee Temple Friend, Rebecca Johnson, Amanda Townsend.
9. Burnet Bulletin 14 Sep 2005; "This old fort: A sturdy bit of history" by Dale Fry. Includes picture of stone building located on Cedar Mountain as a fort, or shelter, from Indian attacks. Built by John and Elitha Martin.
10. The Llano News 13 Oct 2010; "Serving the Comanche Moon: Settlers Prepare for Indian Raids. Includes picture of Ike Maxwell family in front of their Bluffton home.
11. The Llano News 24 Nov 2010; "The Spirit of Thankgiving in Early Central Texas" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of David Cowan and John F. Morgan.
12. The Llano News 26 Oct 2011; "Spirits Crying Out in the Wilderness" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of marked grave of Lee Temple Friend, and another of John S. Friend.
13. The Llano News 23 Nov 2011; "The Kindness of Strangers" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. About the Indians in Llano County. Includes picture of Herman Lehmann of Loyal Valley, and picture of the front of the book by Scott Zesch titled "The Captured". Other names mentioned include Malinda Caudel, Amanda Townsend, Washington Wolfe, L.V. Arnold, Annie Victoria McDonald.
14. The Llano News 10 Oct 2012; "In Search of Greener Pastures" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Hiram Casner and another of Jesse and Kellus Carter, Lone Grove-Baby Head ranchers. Names mentioned: Henry Parks and wife Nancy Ann, John H. Parks, John Williams, Wiley Conaway, Adolph Reichenau, George Washington & Melissa Holden, Gideon P. Cowan, Richard Coffey, Solomon G. Maxwell,Daniel Arnold, Napoleon hammons, Rich Coffey, W. A. Beddoe, Buck Johnson, Levi Arnols Scott Johes, Charlie Cox. Tom Gamel.
15. The Llano News 23 Jan 2013; "A Closer Look at the Indian Era" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
16. The Llano News 6 Feb 2013; "Getting Acquainted With the Comanche Indians" by Karylon Hallmark.
17. The Llano News 28 Oct 2015; Chronology of Violence" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of State Historical Marker acknowledging the last major Indian encounter in Llano County.
18. The Picayune 6 Jan 2016; "Battle of Packsaddle Mountain" by Daniel Clifton. Names mentioned include: Bill Moss, Steve Moss, Jim Moss, E.D. Harrington, Arch Martin, Eli Loyd, Robert Brown, Pink Aires.
19. The Llano News 10 Aug 2016; "Ranger readiness" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
20. The Llano News 17 Aug 2016; "Setting the record straight" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
21. The Picayune 5 Oct 2016; "How did Baby Head gets its name?" by Daniel Clifton. Includes picture of Historical Marker. Some names mentioned include: John E. Conner, Bill Buster, Jodie May McKneely.
22. The Llano News 12 Oct 2016; "On the trail and ready to ride" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Parson Jonas Dancer, Isaac Maxwell, Robert Adams, Parson Isaac Hoover, Miles Barler, Charles Roberts, Frank Breazeale, Wash Holden, Frank Holden, Dick Duncan, Carter Dalton.
23. The Llano News 18 Jan 2017; "Political Correctness in Early Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Mary Phillips, Benjamin and Malissa Crownover Phillips, John Bunyon Crownover, Amos C. Hardin, JOhn James Haynes, Malinda Caudel.
24. The Llano News 25 Jan 2017; "From Boys Fight Indians in Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Mary Malissa Phillips, Benjamin and Malissa Crownover Phillips, John James Haynes, Gum Phillips, Ben Gibson, Amos Hardin, Mrs Charles Haynes, Willie Haynes Shirley.

Iron Boom

1. Austin American-Statesman 18 Sep 1976; "Llano iron brought boom, then fizzle" . Names mentioned: F. P. Malone, T. W. Norton, Frank Teich.
2. Lake Country Life Vol 3 No. 32, pg 13; "Close your eyes, picture 1894 Llano" by Dale Fry.
3. The Llano News 3 Feb 2010; "The Algona: Llano's magnificent hotel" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned: w. C. Wallace, C.E. Schultz, Charles and Sandra Slocum, Earnest Marshall, T. J. Moore.

Jail

1. The Highlander 10 Aug 1972; "Llano Jail-Rich in History, Poor in Practicality" by Jan Ward
2. The Highlander 20 May 1976; "Jumpin' at the Llano Jail" by John Moore.
3. UnknowThen, undated newspaper; "Red Top Jail has lots of stories" by Dale Fry of Highland Lakes Newspapers
4. The Llano News 24 Jun 2009; "Red Top shines again" b y John Hallowell
5. The Picayune 10 Feb 2010; "Residents working to save the 'Red Top'" by Daniel Clifton
6. The Llano News 10 Feb 2010; 'History" by Wanda Blackburn. About Red Top Jail.
7. Hill Country Magazine Winter 2006; "Oldest Bed & Breakfast in Llano" by Wanda Blackburn
8. The Llano News 5 May 2010; "Growing up in the Llano Jail" by Charles Baldwin. Includes picture of Charles Baldwin, his mother Lois Baldwin, and his grandfather, Sid Smith.
9. Llano County Journal 9 Apr 2014; "Read oral history about historic jail"
10. The Picayune 1 May 2013; "capturing the Past" by Connie Swinney. About the Red Top Jail. Includes picture of Janie Prew.
11. Llano County Journal 16 Apr 2014; "Show nets $1,500 for Red Top Jail" by Lance Reaves. Includes picture of Cheryl Crabtree
12. Highland Lakes Weekly 20 Jun 2014; "Things are loking up for Llano's historic Red top Jail"
13. Llano Journal 25 June 2014; "New life for old Llano County building" by Erin Green
14. Llano County Journal 23 July 2014; "Friends of the Red Top Jail annual meeting set" by Erin Green
15. Llano County Journal 8 Oct 2014; "Townsfolk invited to join in during Red Top Jail benefit" by Erin Green
16. Llano County Journal 31 Dec 2014; "Pier'ing at the Red Top Jail's future" by Erin Green
17. Highland Lakes Weekly 2 Jan 2015; Picture of Llano's old Red Top Jail.
18. The Picayune 22 July 2015; "Red Top Jail Stabilized but more work needed" by Jennifer Fierro
19. The Highlander 24 Nov 2015; "Visitation resumes at Red Top Jail" by Jennifer Fierro
20. The Llano News 25 Nov 2015; "Red Top Jail Open Doors for Birthday Celebration" + "Red Top to celebrate birthday with reopening"
21. The Picayune 2 Dec 2015; "Visitation resumes at Red Top Jail"
22. Highland Lakes Weekly 11 Dec 2015; "The Red Top Jail turns 120!" - includes pictures of jail.
23. Highland Lakes Weekly 8 July 2016; 2 picture of jail.
24. Llano County Spring Guide insert in Llano News April 2017; "The historic Red Top Jail - Oldest B&B in town!" by Wanda Blackburn, with picture
25. The Picayune 7 June 2017; "Red Top meeting focuses on past, present, and future" by Jennifer Fierro. Tells about the Friends of the Llano Red Top Jail.
26. The Llano News 31 Jan 2018; "Less than a tree hour tour" - Don Van Amam leads a tour at Llano's Red Top Jail photo.
27. The Llano News 2018 Spring Guide; "The historic Red Top Jail - Oldest B&B in town!" by Wanda Blackburn.
28. The Picayune 8 Aug 2018; "Writing is on the wall for Red Top, but that's a good thing for old jail." About renovations.
29. Highland Lakes Weekly 17 Aug 2018; picture of old jail, and one of Kim Webb presiding over the annual meeting of the Friends of the Llano Red Top Jail. Two additional pictures show the historical plaque, and former mayor Mike Reagor giving a tour of the jail.

Judges

1. The Llano News 13 July 2011; "Early Llano County Judges" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of David Calvin Cowan and wife Elizabeth Thorp. Early judges were: Clement Oaatman, David Calvin Cowan, Abner Luce, DeLafayette Luce, Peyton R. Smith, Seth Mabry, David Owen, James Spears Bourland, A. W. Morrow.

Kingsland - Community

1. Marble Falls Messenger 6 July 1967; Obituary for Mrs. Minnie Mae Ricketson (nee Weeaks). She died 1 July 1967, and was buried in the Kingsland Cemetery.
2. The Highlander 12 Mar 1981; Kingsland natural place to live - Lake formation gave second life to town" by Fred Taylor and Kay Craig.
3. The Picayune 1 Oct 1991; "Early Kingsland History/How Kingsland was settled" by Muriel Jackson
4. The Picayune 8 Oct 1991; "Early Kingsland History/1st Kingsland Post Office" by Muriel Jackson. Includes picture of John Banks whittling on the front porch of the post office.
5. The Picayune 22 Oct 1991; "Early Kingsland History/The Colorado River Dams" by Muriel Jackson
6. The Picayune 12 Jan 1994; "Happy 100th Kingsland" by Mike Beuershausen
7. Kingsland, Texas! 2013 issue
8. "Welcome to Kingsland Texas" brochure
9. Unknown, undated newspaper, 2 pictures: "LBJ Bridge Nearing completion" and "Old and New" (about ferry)
10. Unknown, undated newspaper; "Where rivers meet" by Dale Fry. Names mentioned include: Martin D. King and J M Trussell
11. Highland Lakes Weekly 9 Sep 2011; "The Kingsland/Lake LBJ Chamber News/Leeper addresses Chamber Luncheon"
12. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 Dec 2011; Lake town with a past" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of tombstone of Martin Daniel King.
13. Highland Lakes Weekly "Memories of Kingsland before the dam" by John Hallowell.
14. Highland Lakes Weekly 3 Feb 2012; "KIngsland in the 1950s" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of Bill and Dolphia Bransford fishing camp
15. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Feb 2012; "Kingsland in the 1960s and 1970s"
16. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 Feb 2012; "Kingsland in the Early '60s"
17. Highland Lakes Weekly 2 Mar 2012; "Books and a whole lot more for Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Includes a picture of a group of "Friends of the Kingsland Library" posed with members of the library staff.
18. Highland Lakes Weekly 7 Sep 2012; "Highland Lakes heroes" by John Hallowell. About Bill and Willie Reynolds
19. Highland Lakes Weekly 16 Nov 2012; "The way Kingsland used to be" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Malcolm Long, Jim Long
20. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Jan 2013; "The beginnings of Kingsland's Aqua Boom" by John Hallowell.
21. Highland Lakes Weekly 25 Jan 2013; picture taken by Bill Bransford shows railroad bridge back when it had the overhead steel structure.
22. Highland Lakes Weekly 15 Feb 2013; "Aqua Boom in the 1970s" by John Hallowell. Includes a picture of the Land Parade at Aqua Boom in 1972, picture includes Aubrey Hester and Cliff Leek.
23. Highland Lakes Weekly 22 Feb 2013; "Back in the Day" - pictures of (1) Randy Taylor won 2st prize in the Walkers division, (2) Randy Taylor 40 years later, 3) Grand Opening of new Highland Lakes Senior Center in Lions Park, (4) A group of 28 residents meet to form a steering committee for new community center, (5) Sign proclaiming status of property (pictured Marie Carlsson, Sarah Belle Parker, Laura Murray, Del Fuhrman, Judy Berry, and Thelma Gorke.
24. Highland Lakes Weekly 8 Mar 2013: "Aqua Boom and Kingsland in the 1980s" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Milton Davis, Dave Enloe, Melissa Merkel, R. P. Scripps, L.A. Robertson.
25. Highland Lakes Weekly 28 Mar 2014; "Kingsland in 1963 - Part 2" by John Hallowell
26. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 May 2013; "A Blast from Kingsland's Past" - 2 pictures, one of some of Kingsland's most influential citizens in the spring of 19963, and one of H. A. Barnett and Robin Sindorf
27. Highland Lakes Weekly 31 May 2013; "Growing up in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of Robin Sindorf, Robin and husband, Gerald Kaspar, and a 3rd picture of Gene Bilberry and Gede Sindorf. Gina Sindorf, Woody and Sylvia McCasland, Dennis Kaspar, Ray and Mimi Smith, Kathy Smith
28. Highland Lakes Weekly 8 Nov 2013; "The Banks family in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of Donald Banks
29. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Jan 2014; "The Early 1960s in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Tex Wright, Mildred Overstreet, G. R. Waldrope, Claude Whitehead, Ada & Mayo Tanner, Royce O. Smith Bill and Dolphia Bransford, Leslie Bedford, Bill Wilson, Ben Owens, Don Bridges, Malcolm Long
30. Highland Lakes Weekly 17 Jan 2014; "Kingsland in 1961" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Neal Wood, Shirley Williams, Mac Drace, James Childs, Roscoe Sides, Ed Hoover, Gene Bilberry, Dr. Mason E. Brock, Tex Wright, Odie Ainsworth.
31. Highland Lakes Weekly 31 Jan 2014; "Kingsland heroes" by John Hallowell. Includes a picture of Shirley Williams as a rancher and county commissioner, another of Shirley and Ellen Williams, and a 3rd picture of Shirley Williams and his siblings.
32. Highland Lakes Weekly 21 Feb 2014; picture taken from the old one-lane bridge across the Colorado in the late 1950s.
33. Highland Lakes Weekly 28 Feb 2014; "Kingsland in 1962" by John Hallowell
34. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Apr 2014; "Kingsland in 1963 - Part 3" by John Hallowell
35. Highland Lakes Weekly 6 Jun 2014; Kingsland in 1964--Part 2" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned: Bill McGee, Shirley Williams, Minna Bel Oland, Tex Wright, Martin Daniel King, Lester Inman, M. L. Liles, Kit Carson, Jeadeanne Ross, Mildred McLean, Edward Polvado, Gede Sindorf, Roscoe Newton.
36. Highland Lakes Weekly 27 June 2014; "Kingsland in 1965 - Part 1" by John Hallowell.
37. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 July 2014; "Enloe's Outlaws" by John Hallowell,
38. Highland Lakes Weekly 18 July 2014; "Kingsland in 1965 - Part 2" by John Hallowell.
39. Highland Lakes Weekly 25 July 2014; "The same building?" - two artist drawings of buildings.
40. Highland Lakes Weekly 1 Aug 2014; "Kingsland in 1966" by John Hallowell
41. Highland Lakes Weekly 15 Aug 2014; "Filling in come blanks" by John Hallowell
42. Highland Lakes Weekly 15 Aug 2014; "Scatterthought" by John Hallowell. Includes information and a picture of the massive central fireplace at the home of Dr. Mason Brock. It reportedly was built from stones salvaged from the historic Dancer home in Honey Creek Cove.
43. Highland Lakes Weekly 22 Aug 2014; "Filling in Blanks - Part 2" by John Hallowell
44. Highland Lakes Weekly 22 Aug 2014; Front page picture of Kingsland area taken from "Air Cam" airplane
45. Highland Lakes Weekly 29 Aug 2014; "Kingsland in 1967 - Part 1" by John Hallowell
46. Highland Lakes Weekly 5 Sep 2014; "Kingsland history - back to 1961 by John Hallowell
47. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 Sep 2014; "Kingsland in 1961 - revisited" by John Hallowell
48. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Oct 2014; "More history from 1962" by John Hallowell
49. Highland Lakes Weekly 7 Nov 2014; "Browing up in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of Sheree Kaspar speaking to the Kinsland Community Church Men's Breakfast, and a picture Speck Smith showing off his cathch in front of the Lake Side Cafe.
50. Highland Lakes Weekly 12 Dec 2014; "Fall 1962 in Kingsland" by John Hallowell
51. Highland Lakes Weekly , undated, "Kingsland in 1963 - Part 1" by John Hallowell
52. Highland Lakes Weekly 9 Jan 2015; "Highland Lakes transformation" by John Hallowell
53. Highland Lakes Weekly 2 Jan 2015; "Kingsland history - back to 1963" by John Hallowell
54. Highland Lakes Weekly 6 Feb 2015; "1964 Boomtown" by John Hallowell
55. Highland Lakes Weekly 20 Feb 2015; "Back to 1964 in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Includes a picture of the new bridge across the Colorado River.
56. Highland Lakes Weekly 6 Mar 2015; "Fifty years ago in Kingsland" by John Hallowell
57. Highland Lakes Weekly13 Mar 2015; "Back to 1964 (again) in Kingsland" by John Hallowell.
58. Highland Lakes Weekly 20 Mar 2015; "Floormaster's 50 Anniversary" by John Hallowell. About John and Lynda Davis.
59. Highland Lakes Weekly 27 Mar 2015; "Presidential playground" by John Hallowell. About the changing of the name of Lake Granite Shoals to Lake LBJ.
60. Highland Lakes Weekly 3 Apr 2015; "50 years ago - Part 3" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Bruce and Jean Dines, Joe and Nona Cozby, Creed Smith, Toby Mendenhall, Frank Weise.
61. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 Apr 2015; "Kingsland in 1965 (once more) by John Hallowell.
62. Highland Lakes Weekly 15 May 2015; "Kingsland in 1966" by John Hallowell
63. Highland Lakes Weekly 5 June 2015; "Kingsland in 1966 - Part 3" by John Hallowell
64. Highland Lakes Weekly 12 June 2015; "Kingsland in 1966 - Part 4" by John Hallowell
65. Highland Lakes Weekly 19 Jun 2015; "Watching Kingsland grow" by John Hallowell. About Barbara Kolb who started work in Kingsland for Dr. Mason E. Brock.
66. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 Jun 2015; "Back to 1966 in Kingsland" by John Hallowell.
67. Highland Lakes Weekly 17 July 2015; "Kingsland in 1967-Part 1" by John Hallowell
68. Highland Lakes Weekly 7 Aug 2015; "Kingsland in 1967 - Part 2" by John Hallowell
69. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Aug 2015; "Kingsland Winter 1967-68" by John Hallowell
70. Highland Lakes Weekly 28 Aug 2015; "Kingsland in 1968" by John Hallowell
71. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 Oct 2015; "Kingsland in 1970-Part 1" by John Hallowell
72. Highland Lakes Weekly 11 Sep 2015; "Kingsland's Golden Age" by John Hallowell. "Excerpted from a 1901 brochure published by the Austin & Northwest Rail Road"
73. Highland Lakes Weekly 18 Sep 2015; "Kingsland in 1969" by John Hallowell
74. Highland Lakes Weekly 2 Oct 2015; "Kingsland in 1969 -- Part 2" by John Hallowell
75. Highland Lakes Weekly 9 Oct 2015; "Kingsland in 1969 - Part 3" by John Hallowell
76. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 Oct 2015; "Kingsland in 1970 - Part 1" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned: Leroy Kasper, Odie & Trudie Ainsworth, J. C. Price, Jimmy Craig, Don Liscum
77. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Dec 2015; "Kingsland in 1970 - Part Two" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned: Mike Ainsworth, Sandra Gross, Charlene Sigler, Gale Ligon, Edalee Handley Weter, W. W. Hitchcock
78. Highland Lakes Weekly 1 Jan 2016; "Changes come to Kingsland." The old Highland Lakes Bank building to be torn down, Huynh family building a new home for their Elegant Nails
79. Highland Lakes Weekly 3 Jun 2016; "Picture of the slab covered with water"
80. Highland Lakes Weekly 15 July 2016; Frontpage picture of Colorado River running through Kingsland.
81. Highland Lakes Weekly 5 Aug 2016; picture of old Highland Lakes National Bank with mosaic map of area.
82. Highland Lakes Weekly 12 Aug 2016; "New bank design will preserve wall and map from 1965 building" by John Hallowell. About Prosperity Bank new bank building.
83. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Feb 2017; picture of addition to Grand Central Cafe next to Antlers Hotel.
84. Highland Lakes Weekly 28 Apr 2017; "Leveling a Landmark!" - picture and article on demolition at Highland Lakes Shopping Center in Kingsland. for new Prosperity Bank.
85. Highland Lakes Weekly 12 May, 2017; pg 5- 2 pictures of demolition of Highland Lakes Shopping Center, pg 6-1 picture of the historic map wall, includes Louis Metzler, Karl Piehl, George Pangborn. Also inciludes 2 pictures of the retirement of Charlie Bowen from Kingsland Healthmart Pharmacy.
86. Highland Lakes Weekly 19 May 2017; "Historic Preservation!" - picture of iconic map wall
87. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 May 2017; more pictures of the demolition of the Highland Lakes Shopping Center.
88. The Picayune 31 May 2017; "This wall brought Kingsland together" "As it builds a new facility, Prosperity Bank is looking to preserve an iconic map of the Highland Lakes" by Jennifer Rierro
89. Highland Lakes Weekly 2 June 2017; "Kingsland in 1971-Part 1" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Jerry Don Ivy, C. H. Chastain, Forrest Ross, Ona Bedford, Kit Carson, Gene Bilberry, Truman Thurman, Weldon Osbourn, Morris Steen, Ray Dillard, Gil Cross, Garland Diggs
90. Highland Lakes Weekly (front page) 25 Aug 2017; picture of new construction of Prosperity Bank
91. Highland Lakes Weekly 8 Sep 2017; picture of Packsaddle Mountain & lake.
92. Highland Lakes Weekly 12 Jan 2018; "Kingsland in 1964 - Part 2" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Tex Wright, M.L. Liles, Mildred McLean, Jadeanne Ross, Bill McGee. Includes picture of the old First Christian Church building that was removed to Chamberlain Street and now serves as the Highland Lakes Senior Center.
93. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 Jan 2018; 3 pictures of the 1904 Christian Church which was moved to Chamberlain. Picture #1 is of original church; picture #2 was taken at end of January 1984, with Woody McCasland and Vera Honig + 2 others; picture #3 is 1987 photo of the Senior Center.
94. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Sep 2018; "Kingsland in Winter 1971-1972" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Joe Cox, C. R. McGraw, W. R. Poage, Dr. Mason Brock, Woody McCasland.
95. Highland Lakes Weekly 16, 2016; "The summer of 1972 in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of Malcolm Long. Other names mentioned include: Ray Berry, Howard Raab, Joe Cox, David Boone, Keri Delz, James Harvey, Felix Richardson, W.D. Benson, Roy Mosely, Rev. Fred Brucks, Don Dean, Don Liscum, Henry Hill.
96. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Jan 2019; copy of photo of sketch depicting the then-just-proposed lake when the dam was built.
97. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Jan 2019; "The Summer of 1972 in Kingsland" by John Hollowell. Includes information and floor plan of homes in Comanche Rancherias. Also gives information on KMUD.
98. The Picayune, Favorite First Responder Kingsland Area; "Danny Stone, Kingsland Volunteer Fire Department."
    1. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 May 2019; "Kingsland in December, 1972." Some names mentioned include:Beth "Bess" Halm, Mrs. Robert Veach, Judy Berry, Haravey Raab, Dwight Reagan, Cal Skaggs.
    2. Highland Lakes Weekly 11 Jan 2019; Picture of Lake LBJ showing huge sand bar. Picture taken from Kingsland overlook.
    3. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 July 2019; "American Legion Post #437 in Kingsland" Includes pictures of nall, and Shirley Williams.
    4. Highland Lakes Weekly 16 Aug 2019; "Kingsland in January 1973" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Garland Diggs, death of LBJ
    5. Highland Lakes Weekly 27 Mar 2020; "Kingsland in the Spring of 1973" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Roy Holt, July Berry, Helen Akers, the Haywood family, Larry & Grace Stevens, Dot Golightly, Betty Oats, Tennie Wingo.
    6. Highland Lakes Weekly 3 Apr 2020; "May 1973 in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Mrs. J. B. Mooney, John Lochaby, Jane Yates, Joe Cos, Charles Bowen, Dr. John Johnson, Marge Jewett, Betty Oats, Gary & Sharon Vick, Ken & Jan McCoryk R. H. Coe, Sue Collins, Susie Kay Jones.
    7. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 Apr 2020; "Kingsland in the Summer of 1973" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: John Davis, Bobby Lou Gray, Fred Brucks, Tom Hartley, John Weter, L. I Dean, Dorella Schlagal.
    8. The Picayune April 2020; "Life in the Kingdom of Kingsland" by Suzanne Freeman. Carol Smith and Anita Aaron reminisce about Kingsland over the past 40 years.
    9. Highland Lakes Weekly 25 Sep 2020; picture of the Bedford House, which is being torn down. Located just off Chamberlain St
    10. Highland Lakes Weekly 8 Jan 2021; picture of home built for Henry Benson more than 100 years ago is being torn down.
    11. Picture taken at Kingsland School during the 1944-45 school year. Roland Lang is one of the 1st graders..
    12. Highland Lakes Weekly 12 March 2021; "Kingsland Community Center Re-Opens!" Includes front page picture & interior pictures..

Kingsland - Antlers Hotel

1. Unnamed, undated newspaper; "Antlers Hotel receives historical designation"
2. Unnamed, undated newspaper; "Kingsland's historic resort" by Dale Fry, Highland Lakes Newspapers
3. Highlander 2 Apr 1970; "LBJ Lakes Makes Kingsland Fast-Growing Trade Center". Includes a picture of The Antlers Hotel. At time of article, hotel was owned by Mrs. Erick Lappe. Article seems to be incomplete Mrs. Orville Buttery. Includes picture of the hotel. Copy also includes article "Haynes Family to Dedicate Marker" with .
4. The Highlander 13 June 1974; "The Antlers at Kingsland--Once A Hotel, Now a Home" bpicture of Charles Haynes, early settler in area. Marker unveiled when the Haynes Family Association gathers at Pecan Cemetery.
5. The Highlander 5 Oct 1989; "Famous Kingsland landmark for sale/Antlers Hotel - where time stood still" by Dale Fry. Hotel owned by Barrow Family.
6. The Picayune 30 Nov 1993; "Kingsland's grand old lady begins second hundred years" by Mike Beuershausen.
7. Lake Country Life 17 May 2008; "Junction House brings variety to Kingsland"
8. Highland Lakes Weekly 17 Feb 2012; "An oasis of history" by John Hallowell
9. Highland Lakes Weekly 7 Nov 2014; "The cast and crew of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre hel a 40-year reunion at Grand Central Cafe"
10. "Antlers Hotel Historic Markers" by Kingsland Garden Club, 1976.
11. "Kingsland Old Town Grill = The white house at the Antler."
12. Highland Lakes Weekly 29 May 2016; 2 picture of old hotel during Kingsland/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce mixer.
13. Highland Lakes Weekly 17 July 2015; "Keeping up with Kingsland" - picture of Antlers Inn
14. Highland Lakes Weekly 7 Aug 2018; "Kingsland in the early 1970s" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Mike & Odie Ainsworth, Drace Williams, Gale Ligon, Edalee Handley, Johnny & Jackie Veteto, Sandra Gross, Ray & Judy Berry, Ed Hartin, Charlene Frances Sigler, C. M. Hatfield, Nick Jones, O. D. Ainsworth.
15. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 Aug 2018; "Kingsland in 1971" by John Hallowell; Some names mentioned include: Ray Dillard, Drace Williams.
16. Highland Lakes Weekly 31 Aug 2018; "Kingsland in 1971--Part 2" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: John Moursund, Bill Anderson, Don (Dan) Laughter, Lillian Hill, Dot Golightly, Mary Dean, Archie Tharp
17. Highland Lakes Weekly 28 Sep 2018; "Spring 1972 in Kingsland" by John Hallowell. Names mentioned include: Lee Smith, Dorothy Morgan, Mildred Bizzell, Hazel Spencer, Marie McCullough, Carol Dodson, Jerry Allred, Lillian Hill, Dot Golightly, Dr. Mason Brock.
18. Highland Lakes Weekly 29 Mar 2019; "November of 1972 in Kingsland". Some names mentioned include: Hazel Cook, Blanche Hobson, Walter Jones, Joe Cox, Joe Carothers, Roy Holt, Jack Whyburn, Jon Schroeder. Also included is an article from the old "Llano News" of 20 Nov 1964 entitled "LBJ bridge Puts End to Ferry Era."
19. Burnet Bulletin 23 Oct 2019; "Burnet County remembers flood anniversary" with pictures, by Lew K. Cohn.
20. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 Jan 2020; "Kingsland in 1973--Part 1" by John Hallowell. Some names mentioned include: Wenmohs Ranch, Judge Moore Johanson, Gale Ligon, Drace Williams, Bart Fuller, Garland Diggs, Jim Kelly, Benny Cornelius, John Davis, D. O, Boone, R. H. Coe, Frank Strmie, Ken Gray.

Kingsland - Hwy 2900 Bridge "Enloe Memorial Bridge"

1. Highland Lakes Weekly 9 Nov 2018; Picture of Work that has begun on the replace for the RR 29000 Bridge.
2. Highland Lakes Weekly 16 Nov 2018; pictures of the construction of new bridge; also includes pictures of the old bridge.
3. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Dec 2018; picture of workers making progress on new bridge
4. Highland Lakes Weekly 21 Dec 2018; picture of new construction
5. Highland Lakes Weekly 28 Dec 2018; pictures of new construction plus panoramic view of old bridge.
6. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Jan 2019; front page picture entitled "New Bridge takes shape in Kingsland!"
7. Highland Lakes Weekly 1 Feb 2019; 4 pictures of new bridge construction.
8. Highland Lakes Weekly 8 Feb 2019; 2 pictures of new bridge construction.
9. Highland Lakes Weekly (no date); 3 additional pictures of new bridge construction.
10. Highland Lakes Weekly, front pages of Feb 15 and Jan 25, 2019 issues; pictures of bridge construction
11. Highland Lakes Weekly 29 Mar 2014; Picture of construction of new 2900 bridge on front page of Section B.
12. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 Apr 2019; "Honoring David and Pat Enloe" - The Highway 2900 bridge has been named "The Enloe Memorial Bridge."
13. Highland Lakes Weekly 17 May 2019; Section B Extra - several articles on completion of bridge. Includes information on book entitled "Stories of the Flood."
14. Highland Lakes Weekly 24 May 2019; "Upcoming Events" with picture of new bridge, announcing the ribbon-cutting event.
15. Highland Lakes Weekly 31 May 2019; front-page picture of the ribbon-cutting of the new bridge in Kingsland. Includes several pictures of the opening of the bridge inside the paper.
16. The Highlander 14 June 2019; Obituary for Patsy Sue Enloe; 22 Feb 1937-6 June 2019
17. Highland Lakes Weekly 27 Dec 2019; 2019 update on the new 2900 bridge, entire Section B has pictures.

Kingsland - Businesses

1. Highland Lakes Weekly 21 Oct 2011; Kingsland House of Arts & Crafts (a nonprofit organization)
2. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Sep 2012; "Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center opening a second shop in Kingsland"
3. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Sep 2012; "Dr. Bill Blose, of Ol'Timers Computers held his monthly "Wannabe Computer Wizards" class"
4. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Sep 2012; "Adam Garcia poses with some of his new line of leather crafting supplies"
5. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Sep 2012; "Kingsland Entrepreneur" by John Hallowell. About Robert Davis or Cornerstone Builder Supply
6. Highland Lakes Weekly 16 Nov 2012; Grand Central Cafe

Kingsland Genealogical Society (Now known as Highland Lakes Genealogical Society)

1. River City Tribune 15 Apr 2005; "Kingsland genealogy seminar set for this Saturday at library"
2. KGS Chronicles, December 2005; copy of newsletter. Includes Gillespie County Land Records Reverse Index.
3. Highland Lakes Weekly; Sons of Confederacy present program at Feb. 12th meeting. With picture.

Llano in 1917 and 1918 (Highland Lakes Weeky articles by John Hallowell)

• Part 1/1917 (20 Nov 2020). Some names mentioned include:Roy Inks, O K McDonald, W H Hill, B F Mccollum, Thomas Cowley, Bessie Chism, Emma West, Julian Lauterstein, Abe Wernberg, Mollie Thornton, George M Willis
• Part 2/1917 (27 Nov 2020) . Includes pictures of Algona Hotel, Don Carlos Hotel, and WWI statue. Some names mentioned include C. E. Shults, Clay Fowler, August Evers, Charles McCall, Hiram Templeton, T. S. Mitchell, Terrell Parker, George Watkins.ttery, Will & Homer Lord.
• Part 3/1917 (4 Dec 2020) . Some names mentioned include Frank Flack, Lester Moore, Jim Smith, tom Martin, Foster Breazeale, Louis Foster, H. C. Conn, John Borden, Carl Rabb, Benton Ligon.
• Part 1 (1918) (25 Dec 2020). the war years.
• Llano in February of 1918 (8 Jan 2021) - Some names mentioned: Othello Shults, Charlie Peacock, Charles Elbert Moore, R H Summers, Lee B. Smith, Hubert Smith, Eddie Hallmark
• Llano in March, 1918 (22 Jan 2021) - Some names mentioned: H.S. Selman, Hugh Miller, Frank Kendrick, M. C. Wilkes, Mrs. Lon Mosely, Mrs. Herman Schuessler, Wm G. Bell, J.H. McLean, W.C. Wallace, W.H. Rogers, Will,iam Spurlin, Johnnie Spurlin, Owen Barnett, Lark McClary
• Llano in April, 1918 (5 Feb 2021). Some names mentioned: B.L. Lang, C.H. John Roundtree.Brame
• Llano in April & May of 1918 (22 Feb 2021). Some names mentioned: Roscoe Smith, G.H. Daugherty, Ed Murchison, Marion Clifton Scott, Eddie Jacob Hoffman, Benjamin Fred Hallford, Joe Kuhn, Fred Preston, Rudolph Grenwelge, Oscar Ideus, Edgar Brown, Aaron Grenwelge, Gabriel Choate, Mrs. M.M. Moss, Abner Ricketson. A picture of a group of World War 1 Veterans was included in the article.
• Llano in June of 1918 (12 Mar 2021). Some names mentioned: Mrs. L.M. Mayes, Rev J.R Spann, H.L. Delevan, R.B. Ratliff, Joe Tompkins, J.N. Cain, Will Gray, Lynn C. Ward, Chas F. Tow. Included is a picture of an advertiesment for The Woman's Land Army
• Llano in July of 1918 (19 Mar 2021). Some names mentioned; Henry Raesener, Oscar Ideus, Sam Robinson, Albert Grenwelge, Rolle Weaks, Jackson Ropgers, Nolan Talley, Calvin Leverett, William Franklin, Sidney Dees, Eddie Lindsey, John C. Buttery. Lewis Knowles

Llano River, Dams, Bridges

1. Hill Country Magazine, Winter 2005 & Summer 2006; picture of the Llano River
2. Copy of picture of the Llano River & bridge taken in 1958.
3. Llano Buzz 9 Nov 2004; "The record breaking flood of 1925" by Dale Fry Part 1. Part 2 dated 16 Nov 2004.
4. The Llano News 24 Nov 2004; "Flash Flood Alley swells once again"
5. The Llano News 25 May 2005; picture of the Llano Bridge as it appeared in LCRA ad.
6. Llano Buzz 5 July 2005; "Two dams, water works and power in early Llano" by Dale Fry
7. Llano News 19 Oct 2005; "Contract awarded for bridge rehab"
8. Llano Buzz 10 Jan 2006; "Bridge rehabilitation not a popular topic with Llano residents"
9. The Llano News 11 Jan 2006; "Residents, merchants concerned about bridge rehab project"
10. Llano Buzz 25 Jan 2006; "TxDot finds 'Bridge over Troubled Llano River': by Chuck LicataH
11. Llano Journal 13 Jun 2007; "Llano dam nears centennial" by Dale Fry
12. Lake Country Life Mar 2007; "No water over this bridge" by Dale Fry.
13. Lake Country Life 13-19 June 2007; "Llano dam nears centennial" by Dale Fry
14. Lake Country Life 28 Jan 2009; "A name as winding as its course" by Dale Fry
15. The Llano News 9 Sep 2009; "The flood of 1935". Pictures of flood taken by James Stockham
16. The Llano News 16 Sep 2009; "Back to the Flood" by John Hallowell
17. Highland Lakes Weekly 31 Aug 2012; picture of Llano River Dam at Llano
18. The Llano News 20 Feb 2013. Picture of the Llano River and Bridge taken from 2000 feet up in the air looking west, by Briley Mitchell
19. Lake Country Life 6-12 Aug 2014; picture of the Llano River bridge taken by Jim Wreyford.
20. Highland Lakes Weekly 29 May 2015; "The Flood of 2015"
21. Highland Lakes Weekly 25 Mary 2016; Photo of the Week - photo of Llano River.
22. The Llano News 29 June 2016; Picture of bridge over Llano River.
23. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 Mar 2018; Picture of 1903 railroad bridge off CR 321 near Malcolm Long's Fishing Camp.
24. Llano News 15 Aug 2018; picture of Dam at Llano after recent rains.
25. Picture of Kingsland slab over Llano River from unknown/undated newspaper.
26. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 Oct 2020; "Llano in 1935 & 1936" by John Hallowell. Includes lots of informatio on the many bridges that were washed out during the flood of 1935.

Lone Grove

1. The Highlander 10 June 1976; "Memories of Lone Grove Include Blacksmithing"
2. The Highlander 14 July 1977; "A cedar chopper's journal (of sorts)" by C. W. Wimberley
3. The Llano News 9 June 2010; history article on Lone Grove
4. Lake Country Life 22-25 Oct 2010; "A century in Llano" by Dale Fry. Includes picture of Lone Grove Schoolhouse
5. The Llano News 10 June 2015; "Lone Grove Rising" - Names mentioned include: Isaiah Clark, James E. Hughes, John Loving, James Riley McNutt, John R. Coggin, Andrew Jackson Coggin, Margaret Null, Archibald Murray, Elizabeth Pavey, Wyatt and William Perry, Includes picture of five Templeton brothers.
6. The Llano News 25 Nov 2015; picture of Overstreet reunion at Lone Grove
7. Highland Lakes Weekly 10 May 2019; 3 pictures of the Llano County Historical Commission visiting the old Templeton Store from Lone Grove, now preserved on a private ranch in Llano County.

Long Mountain

1. Highland Lakes Weekly 1 Aug 2014; Long Mountain Views

Loyal Valley

1. The Llano News 14 Sep 2011; "Llano County Sister Communities" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
2. The Llano News "Herr Baron --- Or El Sol Colorado?" by V. H. Torrance

Maps

1. 1999-2000 Llano County Map by Texas Trails
2. General Land Office Plat Map of Llano County
3. Map of Lake Buchanan showing location of Tow Bridge, Bluffton Bridge, Council Creek Cemetery
4. Evans-Giesecke Cattle Drive, 1882/Llano County, Texas to Ogallala, Nebraska Map

Masons

1. Unknown, undated newspaper; "Llano Schools Promoted Masonry" by Mrs. Orville Buttery
2. The Llano News 19 May 2010; "Masons celebrate 150 years" by John Hallowell

Military

1. The Llano News, 2005 Independence Day Special; Include name of military veterans from Llano County, veterans who now live in Llano County. Names mentioned include: Mike Cates, Arden Drake, Lawrence James, Jeff Moore, Larry Jordan, James Clements, John Bauman, Wilbrun Heyen, Victor Thum, William Galayda, Derek Almond, Bradley Belford, Brian D. Harper, Bryan Harrington, Sean Higgs, Bradley Hoy, Cody Inman, Jason J.R. Smith, Jared Staats, Michelle Marie Medrano, Roper A. Mikulenka, Eric Caropeppe, Matthew Strosnider, Tom Bostic, Steven Wiley, Kenneth Wittekiend, Thomas Wiley, William Burns, Garrett Wooten, Leland Kenneth Denning, Chad Amick, George M. Dove, Brian Hackney, Matthew Harden, Jennifer Harris, Stephanie McClintock, Nelson oldham, Richard D. Mosley, Richard Inman, Lyle Gordon, Dustin Isbell, Austin Walker.
2. Llano Buzz 27 Dec 2005; "Llano vets honored and remembered on Dec. 7" - Includes group picture of World War II veterans Eugen Russell, Emmie Rusche, Clara Thomas, Everette Travis, Edwin Urban, Len Rainwater, Jesse Scott, B. H. Kendrick, Lee Duncan, Bob Cohen, Olvis Osbourn. And separate photo of veterans Vera Honig and Don Ewing.
3. The Llano News 25 Jan 2006; "Case of the missing bayonette." Include picture of World War I soldier statue with missing Bayonette and picture of bayonette.
4. Lake Country LIfe 25 May 2007; "Enduring honor" by Dale Fry. About the World War I statue, designed by Frank Teich.
5. Hill Country magazine Winter 2007; Celebrating Rebel roots. About Confederate Heritage Reunion held at Badu Park.
6. Lake Country Life 22-28 Aug 2007; "Preserving Confederate heritage" by George Hatt. About Confederate Heritage Reunion. Second article by Nick Talbot entitled "Re-enacting history"
7. Lake Country Life 21 Jan 2009; "A tribute to their father" by Dale Fry. About the statue of the Confederate soldier gracing the northeast corner of the courthouse square. Sculpter was James K. Finlay and sons.
8. The Llano News 19 Aug 2009; "Honoring the Fallen in 1930" by John Hallowell. About World War I statue with plaque naming 17 young men from Llano who lost their lives during conflict.
9. The Llano News 26 Aug 2009; "Llano in 1927" by John Hallowell.
10. The Llano News 7 Oct 2009; "War comes to Llano" by John Hallowell. About World War II in Llano County. And article entitled "Veteran's Day Tribute to the World War I Doughboy" by Sarah O. Franklin.
11. The Llano News 14 Oct 2009; "History In January 1942" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of the World War II Memorial on the courthouse lawn.
12. The Llano News 9 Dec 2009; " History Still in 1916" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of the Confederate Monument which was unveiled on 22 Feb 1916.
13. Llano County Journal 10 Nov 2010; "Early Llano aimed high in honoring its soldiers" by Dale Fry. About the military monuments on the courthouse square.
14. The Llano News 25 May 2011; "In Recognition of Memorial Day" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
15. The Llano News 10 Aug 2011; "Llano County's Native Military Hero" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. About four-star General Ira C. Eaker, who was born at Field Creek.
16. The Llano News 9 Nov 2011; "A Tribute to Veteran's Day" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Isaac and Caleb A. Davis.
17. The Llano News 30 May 2012; "Memorializing Llano County's Civil War Casualties" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
18. The Llano News 10 Apr 2013; "The Civil War: The Good, Bad, and Ugly (Part Two) by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of tombstone of James Taylor Maxwell
19. The Llano News 15 May 2013; "The Home Front During World War II" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Liz Mitchell, Bettye Russell, Verna Osbourn, Gene Russell
20. The Llano News 22 May 2013; "The Home Front During World War II -- Part II" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Gene Russell, Verna Hallmark Osbourn, Liz Mitchell, Olvis Osbourn.
21. The Llano News 29 May 2013; "The Home Front During World War II -- Part III" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
22. The Llano News 28 May 2014; "Those They Left Behind" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes names of Llano men who died in various wars.
23. The Llano News 18 June 2014: "Durst Graduates with Master's Degree". Captain Dustin Durst has graduated from George Washington University in Washington D.C.
24. The Llano News 9 July 2014; "Men Around Town: Post World War II" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
25. The Llano News 6 May 2015; "150th Anniversary of Ending of the Civil War (1865-2015) by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
26. The Llano News 11 Nov 2015; "Anchors Aweigh" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. About Vice Admiral Heber H. McLean and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, both growing up in Central Texas.
27. The Llano News 16 Dec 2015; "Llano County and The Civil War: A Recap" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Elzira Davis, Elizabeth Anderson, Thomas Ward, John Martin, O.C.J. Phillips, David Cowan, James K. Finley, Seth Mabry, Franklin Breazeale, R. W. Riley, C. W. Dorsey
28. The Llano News 17 Feb 2016; "February 22, 1916 to February 22, 2016 -- 100 Years of Pride" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Confederate monument celebrates 100th anniversary. Includes picture of tombstone of John K. Finlay, who was contracted to build monument.
29. The Llano News 24 Feb 2016; "Almost Forgotten" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. First in a series of articles about young men of Llano County who served in Seth Mabry's Company E, 17th Texas Infantry, Allen's Regiment, McCullouch's Brigade, Walker's Division, Confederate States Army.
30. The Llano News 2 Mar 2016; "Because It Happened" by Karylon Halmark Russell. Second in series.
31. The Llano News 9 Mar 2017; "Action at Last" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Third in series.
32. The Llano News 16 Mar 2016; "Captured - March 14, 1864" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Fourth in series.
33. The Llano News 23 Mar 2016; "Who were the men from Company E?" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Fifth in series.
34. The Llano News 30 Mar 2016; "Company E roll call" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Sixth in series.
35. The Llano News 6 Apr 2016; "Company E Roll Call continued" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Seventh in series. Includes picture of tombstone for Dr. J. M. Young.
36. The Llano News 20 Apr 2016; "Rounding out the tumultuous years" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
37. The Llano News 27 Apr 2016; "17th Texas Infantry, Co. E continued" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
38. The Llano News 4 May 2016; "17th Texas Infantry, Co. E, a continuation" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
39. The Llano News 11 May 2016; "More on the Llano County men of Co. E" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
40. The Llano News 25 May 2016; "Famous, Infamous, and Ordinary Soldiers of Co. E" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
41. The Llano News 15 Jun 2016; "The town of Llano and Company E" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
42. The Llano News 22 Jun 2016; "The residents and Company E" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
43. The Llano News 29 Jun 2016; "More Company E men from Llano" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
44. The Llano News 13 Jul 2016; "Confederate Company E soldiers continued" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
45. The Llano News 20 July 2016; "Rounding out a Co. E study" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
46. The Llano News 27 July 2016; "Tying up loose ends" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Continuation of series.
47. The Llano News 3 Aug 2016; "The need for frontier battalions" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Gideon and David Cowan, Rev. Jonas Dances, Capt. R. W. Riley, Capt. C. W. Dorsey
48. Llano County Spring Guide (insert in Llano News) April 2017; "Honoring Those Who Served" - pictures of the World War II Monument, World War I Doughboy (designed by sculptor Frank Teich), and Desert Storm Troops Memorial.
49. The Llano News 24 May 2017; "Honoring those who paid the ultimate sacrifice." In honor of Memorial Day the names of those soldiers from Llano County who died during World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the War on Terror are listed. Also gives a brief history of Memorial Day.
50. Highland Lakes Weekly 1 May 2020; "WW I and the Spanish Flu in Llano" by John Hallowell. Includes pictures of the WW I monument and a post card printed about 1920 of the Don Carlos Hotel (originally the Algona). The hotel burned to the ground in 1923.

Mines

1. Llano Buzz 18 Jan 2005; "A most mysterious mine" by Dale Fry
2. The The Llano News13 Oct 2004; "Llano County: Nature's handiwork" by Dale Fry
3. Kingsland Current 5 Jan 2005; "The elusive Spanish mines of Packsaddle Mountain" by Dale Fry
4. The Llano News 28 Mar 2012; "In Search of Riches" by Karylon Hallmark Russell
5. The Highland Lakes Weekly 6 Apr 2012; "Minerals helped shape Highland Lakes history" by John Hallowell

Museum, Llano County Historical

1. The Highlander 25 Dec 2015; "Llano County Museum to host cowboy exhibit" - museum presents a traveling exhibit entitled The Vaqueros, Origin of the Texas Cowboy.
2. Llano County Journal 10 Dec 2014; "Moss demonstrates patience in art" - Includes picture of Jack Moss.
3. Highland Lakes Weekly 13 Oct 2017; "Western Trappings on the Llano" - art exhibit
4. Highland Lakes Weekly 22 Mar 2019; picture of the museum
5. Highland Lakes Weekly 23 Aug 2019; "Upcoming Events" - "The Llano County Historical Museum will host exhibit to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote.
6. Highland Lakes Weekly 30 Aug 2019; front page picture of exhibit of the 200th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constutution. Also includes 3 more pictures of the event.
7. Highland Lakes Weekly 6 Mar 2020; Pictures of open house. Includes front of museum, one of oldest cabins in Llano, original marble soda fountain and furniture from the old Southern Hotel. Museum has special display this month for Women's History.

Oxford

1. Burnet Bulletin 7 Mar 2007; "Oxford once a stagecoach watering hole" by Dale Fry. Names mentioned include: A. J. Johnson, C. T. Moss, Frank and Nancy Byfield, the Gilliland brothers, Drs. Williamson and Booth, Edgar Johnson, John Moss, Bob Wilson, Link Byfield, James Arthur Riley, Etta Ricketson, Lucky Thompson.
2. Highland Lakes Newspapers 4 Feb 2009; "Tiny structure has big story" by Dale Fry.

Packsaddle (Gainesville) Community

• Packsaddle (Gainesville) Community by Muriel Barnett Jackson. Located on FM 3404 and east from SH 71 on Llano CR 307.

Physicians

1. The Llano News 29 Dec 2004; "The history of Llano Memorial Hospital" by Mary Rhodes.
2. The Llano News 15 Aug 2012; "Early Known Doctors of Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Dr. Hardin Oatman who tended to Matilda Friend following the injuries she received during the Legion Valley Massacre in 1868. Other names mentnioned include: GT.W.P. Bedford, D.B. Anderson, William Miller McCraw, Robert Adams, Martin Schultz, TGhomas J. Bedford.
3. The Llano News 12 Sep 2012; "Llano County Doctors 1870 to 1885" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentnioned include: William Miller McCraw, Hardin Oatman, D. B. Anderson, Joseph R. Shultz, J. M. Young, Charles Gatliff, Calvin Wells, John Duff Brown, James Miller, C.S. Smith, Ishmael David Owen, James Miller, C.S. Smith, Valsain Gaylough Latham. Includes a picture of Dr. C.S. Smith.

Pioneer Women

1. The Llano News 27 Feb 2013; "Early Llano County Matriarchs" by Karylon Hallmerk Russell. Names mentioned: Mary Duff, Ruth Campbell Cowan, Susan Cooper, Elizabeth Priestly Nard, Elizabeth Margraye Breazeale, Elizabeth Lewis, Pernilla Ward, Elizabeth Turner, Elizabeth W. Anderson.
2. The Llano News 6 Mar 2013; "The Tragedy of Widowhood" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes a picture of Amanda January Turner and her 2nd husband Constantine Foster. Other names mentioned include: Mary Duff, Elizabeth Hartcher, Maryh Flint, Penelope Wells duncan, Martha Nard, Sarah Jane Tow Miller, Rebecca Walker, Sarah Chastain Lockhart, Elizabeth Reddick Hainey, Meleenia Viola Davis Saxon, Mary Moore.
3. The Llano News 7 May 2014; Motherhood is What I do" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Mary Elzira Davis Maxwell, Mary Kelsey Tow, Abigail C. Garrett, Honerhea Maxwell Hallmark.
4. The Llano News 16 July 2014; "Women Around Town" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Jane Edwards, Penelope Duncan, Mary E. Hensley, Sarah Leyland, Benton Harriet Wyte, Jane Larremore Nelson, Mary E. Reams, Elizabeth Haynie, Louisa E. Hart.
5. The Llano News 23 July 2014; "Women Around Town: After 1900" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Esther Dalchau.
6. The Llano News 30 July 2014; "More About "Around Town" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.

Pontotoc

1. Hill Country magazine Winter 2005; two pictures of Pontotoc.
2. The Highlander 22 Mar 1973; "Part of Pontotoc History Reclaimed" by Mrs. Ben Polk. Includes picture of the old Pontotoc Cemetery and of the grave marker of Nellie Dawn Gartman

Prairie Mountain

1. The Llano News 27 Jan 2010; "History" by John Hallowell. Includes picture of first school, and school built in 1924, which is now used as community center. Names mentioned include R. F. Rountree, Ernst Marschall, Stanley Keese, Billy Bob Schneider, Clara Schorlemmer, Martha Ann and E. J. Staedtler, Joe Miller.
2. Hill Country magazine Fall 2010; "Prairie Mountain School" by John Hallowell.

Queen Bee

1. A series of articles on "L. V. Arnold's 1925 Memoir, 'Queen Bee'" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. From the Llano News dated: 9 Oct 2013 (with picure of Francis Marion Shultz), 16 Oct 2013, 23 Oct 2013,30 Oct 2013 (with picture of Richard Coffey), 6 Nov 2013 (with picture of Sul Ross), 27 Nov 2013 (with picture of Grundy Gaines Arnold), 4 Dec 2013, 11 Dec 2013, 18 Dec 2013, 1 Jan 2014, 8 Jan 2014, 15 Jan 2014, 22 Jan 2014 (with picure of William Richard Arnold), 29 Jan 2014 (with picture of Creed Taylor, 5 Feb 2014, 12 Feb 2014, 19 Feb 2014, 26 Feb 2014 (with picture of Lee Arnold), 5 Mar 2014, 12 Mar 2014, 19 Mar 2014
2. Index of names mentioned in "Queen Bee"

Railroad

1. Unknown, undated newspaper; "Fatal Collision on the Santa Fe" "Four Prominent Stockmen Killed Instantly--Others Injured." Llano resident Harold Harris killed.
2. The Austin American 20 Sep 1962; "First Railroad Boosted Llano" by Lucile Larremore.
3. Kingsland Current 2 Feb 2005; "HC Railroaders clear tracks to Scoby" by Brian Shenk
4. Llano Buzz 6 Dec 2005; "Development of Llano's historical trainyard begins" by Dale Fry. Includes architectural rendering of the Llano Passenger Depot and Museum.
5. Llano Buzz 10 Jan 2006; "Train depot work progresses."
6. Llano Buzz 1 Feb 2006; "Llano Rail Yard 'going's-on' by Cindy Richerson. And "Saving a railroad line and building a depot" by Dale Fry
7. Lake Country Life 18 Feb 2009; "Llano's bustling freight yard" by Dale Fry

Sandy Mountain

1. Unknown newspaper, unknown date; "Reminiscence" signed Old Timer. From an article submitted by Mrs. John Thompson. About a tournament with young men from Sandy Mountain, Walnut, and Pecan participating. Names mentioned include: G. W. Gibson, Lewis Gibson, Thomps Gibson, Ralph Haynes, Geo. Haynes, John W. Johnson, J. V. Latham, Mart Phillips and Harry Walker of Pecan; Pierce Smith, Wm. Dunman from Walnut; H. L. Tate, R. L. Tate, J. W. Tate from Sandy Mt.

Schools

1. The Llano News 4 Oct 2006; "2006 LHS Hall of Fame celebrates induction." Includes pictures of Mildred Inks-Dalrymple, Darrel A. Davis, Joe Bill Watkins, Dr. Jim Roberson, and Eugene Russell.
2. Unknown newspaper, unknown date, "Museum Musings" by Lena Schorlemmer. Recalls events of 1901-1902.
3. The Highlander 11 Mar 1976; "Bicentennial School" About Oatman Creek School building.
4. Lake Country Life undated; " Schoolhouse shelter" by Dale Fry. About the one-room building that served as a school for the children who lived on the old Wenmohs ranch (now Horseshoe Bay West.
5. River Cities Tribune 24 Sep 2004; "Llano Co., school officials develop school lands plan
6. The Llano News 18 May 2005; "Meador captures gold and silver - Sets new school records. About Leroy Meador.
7. The Llano Buzz 14 June 2005; "North Llano protests school board discrimination in 1935" by Dale Fry.
8. The Llano Buzz 11 Oct 2005; "1925: Llano ISD erects imposing new high school"
9. The Llano News 19 Oct 2005; "Llano High School Class of 1965 celebrates 40th reunion" - Includes picture.
10. The LlanoNews 2 Nov 2005; "Llano County could be first to harness wind power for school fund.
11. The Llano Buzz 22 Nov 2005; "1927: LISD comes up with an ingenious plan" by Dale Fry.
12. The Llano News/Kingsland Chronicle 23 July 2008; picture of the Llano High School Class of 1953.
13. The Llano News 1 Oct 2008; "Hill recognized in top five" - LISD Superintendent, Dennis Hill receives honor.
14. Lake Country Life 18 Feb 2009; "Educators make an impact" 0 about Dennis Hill.
15. The Llano News 24 Aug 2011; "Up in the Morning and Off to School" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of a typpical rural school in early Llano County and a picture of Miss Lyde Davis, later Mrs. Willial P. Higdon, one of Llano's earliest teachers.
16. The Llano News 21 Sep 2011; "Football Fifty Years Ago" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of LHS Varsity Football Team 1958-1959
17. The Llano News 14 May 2014; "A Senior Moment..." by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes a picture of students of early Llano County school at Old Bluffton.
18. The Llano News 7 Oct 2015; "L.H.S. Forever!" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.

Sheriffs

1. The Llano News 20 Apr 2011; "Early Sheriffs of Llano County" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: David C. Cowan, Edwin T. Edwards, Samuel W. Tate, K. B. Murchison, James C. Riley, J. F. Morgan, Isaac Haile, Franklin Holden, Peyton R. Smith, G. P. Cowan, J. W. Lockhart, J. B. Murchison, Samuel L. Lockhart, Samuel L Lockhart, Joseph Warren Lockart, Sarah and Mary Chastain, Peter Banta, Thomas Morton Allen, Iva Everett, Ike Maxwell, Melcena Viola and William Johnston.
1. The Llano News 14 Mar 2012; "Llano County Sheriffs After the Civil War" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Marshall Sexton and Charrles Pendleton Hoskins, and another of Miles Barler. Other names mentioned include: Samuel Lockhart, William Taylor, Joseph M. Allen, B. F. Davis, Seth Mabry, John M. Smith, Hugh Leverett, William w. Saxon, Alvis D. Hamlin, John Ringo, Scott Cooley, Charles Gatliff, M. B. Clendennen, Alvis D. Hamlin, William W. Saxon.
2. The Llano News 21 Mar 2012; Llano County Sheriffs 1876-1884" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names entioned: Jonathan J. Bozarth, George W. Shaw, William P. Hoskins, R. A. McInnis, Ben F. Beeson, Miles Barler, J. J. Strickland, Joe Olney, Samuel Martin, Walter Wadsworth, Bob Rowntree, Dan Trent, Francis Taylor, George W. Gladden, John Ringo, Samuel Stoudenmier.
3. The Llano News 17 Oct 2012; "Llano County Sheriffs 1884 to 1888" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include Benjamin F. Beason, Matthew Caldwell Roberts, George W. Shaw, Abraham Roberts, J. F. Banks.
4. Highland Lakes Weekly 4 Oct 2013; "Who ya gonna call?" Kenny Hare of the Llano Historical Ghost Society poses in front of Joe's Bar. Group does paranormal investigations.

Texas Rangers Connected to Llano County

1. The Llano News 25 Sep 2013; "The Roberts Rangers" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Among the names mentioned were: Charles C. Roberts, Douglas Ricketson, Joyce Ann Roberts, James S. Bourland, , Jonas Dancer, Riley A. Walker, Daniel E. Moore, Gray Fowler, Abraham Roberts, Alexander Roberts, Matthew Caldwell, Matilda Lockhart.
2. The Llano News 2 Oct 2013; "Two More Roberts Rangers" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of Daniel Webster Roberts, and Alexander Roberts.
3. The Llano News 24 Aug 2017; "Early Llano County Ranger Activity" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. McCullough's Station, and Jackson Massacre are mentioned.
4. The Llano News 7 Sep 2016; "Citizen Rangers" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: McCullough's Statieon, Samuel Ely Holland, William B. Covington, Fort Croghan, Bowser Bend, Isaac Byler, Margaret Melcenis Davis Maxwell. Capt John Williams, Moses Jackson, Lyman Wight.
5. The Llano News 14 Sep 2016; "Increased need for Citizen Rangers" by Karylon Halmark Russell. Names mentioned include: Capt. C. W. Dorsey, Franklin Breazeale, Capt James S. Bourland,
6. The Llano News 26 Oct 2016; "Need for Rangers on the rise" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Some names mentioned include: Seth Mabry, R. W. Riley, Miles Barler, Hugh Monroe Tow, William and Mary Kelsay Tow, James Tow, William Riley Tow, Caleb A. Davis, Sarah Tow, Jim Cox, Telitha Tow, A. K. Erwin, Cal Calvert.
7. The Llano News 2 Nov 2016; "When in doubt, send Rangers out" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned include: William Tow, Alexander Roberts, Peter and Alex Shelley, John Crownover, A. Hardin, C. H. Roberts.
8. The Llano News 9 Nov 2016; "Rangers and rustlers" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Some names mentioned include: Miles Barler, Allen G. Roberts, Marshall B. Thomas, John Clark, Ranald S. Mackenzie. Article includes a picture of Mackenzie.

Tow

1. Hill Country Magazine Fall 2006; "Memories of O. K. McDonald." Includes picture of O. K. and Zula McDonald. Parts of McDonald's journal of memories.
2. Tow Times July 2007; picture of Fall Creek Falls.
3. Tow Community Center Ass'n Newsletter, Dec. 2014. Two Baptist Church celebrates 160 years.
4. Tow Community Center Ass'n Newsletter, Dec. 2014; "For These Reasons We Salute All" - celebrating Memorial Day with services. Names mentioned include Zaquariah Forrest Holland whose grandfather, Major Don Holland is buried at Tow Cemetery.
5. Highland Lakes Weekly 26 Dec 2014; "Time Capsule in Tow." Includes picture of Clayton D. Bean, Eddie May, Fred Chappell, H. R. Bingham, Paul and Carole Freeman.
6. Tow Community Center Ass'n Newsletter (undated); "Bids for Building Being Taken!" Includes picture of Tow Community Center.
7. American Statesman 23 Feb (unknown year); "Tow Rancher Has Many Descendants." Includes picture of H. S. Hereford, Sr. and son H. S. Jr., S. R. and Billy Hereford.
8. "Tow -- worth its salt in tranquility" by Viva Scott and Dana Delgado; dated 22 May 2012 from unknown newspaper. About Bluffton-Tow Salt Works.
9. Copy of picture entitled "Tow Work Group" 14 Feb 1916
10. Copy of picture entitled "Tow Valley Reunion." Includes partial list of people in photo.
11. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Nov 2014; Veterans Day celebration at Tow Community Center.
12. The Picayune 17 Feb 2016; "Tow Community Center houses history of tiny town" by Daniel Clifton Includes picture of board of directors. "Board and volunteers renovate historic structure to again make it central to community events."
13. Highland Lakes Weekly 18 Mar 2016; "Saturday in Tow, Texas" - pictures of happenings in Tow
14. Tow Community Center Ass'n brochure, Aug 2016 - pictures of work completed on Center.
15. 2018 Newcomers' Gide/Highland Lakes Newspapers; "Settled in 1852, Tow boasts fertile soil"

Town of Llano

1. Llano brochure
2. Early picture of the town of Llano from undated, unknown newspaper. From Llano Trades Day.
3. The Llano News 28 Mar 1996; "Walking tour of Historic Llano"
4. The Llano Buzz 7 June 2005; "December 1929: The 'Talkies' come to Llano" by Dale Fry
5. Llano Buzz 11 Jan 2005; "Changes in water system are on tap for City of Llano residential consumers"
6. Llano Buzz 3 May 2005; "Llano Main Street receives $150k grant" by Sarah O. Franklin. Also includes article entitled "Antique mall to open in old Buttery Hardward building.
7. Llano Buzz 16 Aug 2005; "1935: Llano plans for a new city hall and fire station" by Dale Fry.
8. The Llano News 26 Aug 2009; "Llano in 1927" "Veteran's Day Tribute to the World War I Doughboy" by John Hallowell. Bronze plaque on monument includes the names of the 17 Llano boys who lost their lives in the war: Lee Anderson, Otto Click Elmer Lee Crockett, William F. Griggs, Harry Hedeman, Claude Maxwell, Albert Ratliff, Jacob Thompson, William Britton, Oscar Paehler, Jackson Rogers, Walter Watkins, and Boyd McCutcheon Williams.
9. The Llano News 24 Mar 2010; "Cecil Smith's exploits brightened Llano's Depression" by John Hallowell.
10. The Llano News 4 Apr 2012; "The Other Llano Townsquare" by Karylon Hallmark Russell.
11. Highland Lakes Weekly 20 July 2012; bird's-eye view of Llano
12. The Llano News 24 Oct 2012; "Livery Stables & Wagon Yards. Names mentioned include: Cal Wright, George Schuessler, Sam Stoudenmier R. L. Bourland, Milton B. Dabbs, W. C. Barker, Tom Simpson, Olin Hillman, App Garrett, F. M. Cassaday, J. B. Barker, Jim Long, A. O. Duty.
13. Lake Country Life 23 Jan 2013; "Buck points way" - about metal signs erected on every highway coming into Llano.
14. Highland Lakes Weekly 21 Feb 2014; "Signs of the Times in Llano" - pictures of The Country Fryer, Circle Your Wagons B&B, the Phunky Phoenix and Roots, Dixie Lane.
15. The Llano News 27 Aug 2014; "Things I Miss in Llano" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Includes picture of soda fountain located inside the original Corner Drug Store.
16. The Llano News 3 Sep 2014; "Things I Don't Miss in Llano" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. About things that used to be present in Llano in earlier times, but which are no longer a reality today.
17. The Llano Buzz, unknown date; "Marking 110 years" - Commemorating its 110th year the Main Street Crew promotes Llano's sesquicentennial calendar.
18. Llano County Spring Guide (insert in Llano News) April 2017; "Looking at Llano's parks". Parks mentioned: Badu, Robinson, Tom & Mary Phema Moore Memorial, Grenwelge, and Moore Recreational Facility.
19. Undated Highland Lakes Weekly; Pictures of the Llano Visitor Center (3)

Valley Springs

1. The Llano News 2 Apr 1979; "News from Valley Spring" by Mrs. Abbye Sessom.
2. Highland Lakes Weekly 14 Sep 2012; "Bob Smith of Busy Bee Apiary poses near cloud of buzzing bees." Smith is 4th generation native of Llano County.
3. The Llano News 22 July 2015; "Prelude to Valley Spring-Field Creek" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: O.C.J. Phillips, James Epperson, William O. Phillips,, David Franklin Owen, Gabriel Choate, Jacob Wykoff, Benjamin F. Davis, Daniel Taylor, James Kindred Hays, Adaline Owens Coulter.
4. The Llano News 5 Aug 2015; "Valley Spring-Field Creek Rising" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: O.C.J. Phillips, Seth Mabry, Daniel Beveridge, Louisa Ragland, D. B. Anderson, John Adam Coon, Martha Stevens, Allen G. Roberts, Ezkiel Hairston, Parker Presley, Elizabeth Matilda Gray, D. W. Turner, William Rainbolt, Benjamin F. Davis, R. C. Kirkpatrick.
5. The Llano News 12 Aug 2015; "Valley Spring--Field Creek Risen (Cont)" by Karylon Hallmark Russell. Names mentioned: Herman Bauman, James Spears Bourland, Mary Naomi Magill, Milton B. Dabb, James S. Huffman, Martha Larremore, O.C.J. Phillips, the widow Chaudoin, L. Epperson, Moses Fisher, Addison Faires, John McLoed
6. Picture from unknown, undated newspaper; "The first house to be built in the Valley Spring area, in the early1850's by O. C. J. Philllips. The home was originally of logs and has since been remodeled and modernized."
7. The Llano News 27 Apr 2016; "Texas Rangers honor Sessom, Owen in Valley Springs. Michael David Sessom and David Franklin Owen honored with Texas Ranger markers.