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Harper’s ‘Blind Indian Jim’
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LOOKING BACK AT...
Harper’s ‘Blind Indian Jim’
Hindsights Michael Barr 
December 17, 2025
Blind Indian Jim used his walking stick, his remaining senses and his remarkable memory to navigate his world. He couldn’t see his nose, but he knew the town of Harper like the back of his hand. He wasn’t always blind. He could see very well as a child in California where members of his tribe worked...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BESS facility
December 17, 2025
I see the county has finally got on board with trying to block the BESS facility in Harper. I applaud the County Judge and others who are trying to protect the citizens of this county, and the Harper area in particular. What I’d like to know is where were you people in 2019 when Kinder-Morgan rammed...
Crockett, Talarico to face off in primary
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Crockett, Talarico to face off in primary
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS By Gary Borders 
December 17, 2025
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, entered the U.S. Senate race on the final day to file, pitting her against state Rep. James Talarico, D-Round Rock. The Austin American-Statesman reported the difference between the two is more of style than substance, with both raising the issues of income ineq...
Town’s Christmas spirit gets nod from HGTV
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Town’s Christmas spirit gets nod from HGTV
There’s no doubt, Fredericksburg
December 17, 2025
gets the Christmas spirit Every small town marks the Christmas season with some sort of celebration. But HGTV recently gave recognition to Fredericksb...
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Keeping our town clean and pristine
December 17, 2025
O ne thing visitors frequently comment on as to why they find Fredericksburg and Gillespie County attractive is the area’s cleanliness and neatness. M...
Tennis, and a good life, get Dad to age 90
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Tennis, and a good life, get Dad to age 90
Ken Esten Cooke 
December 17, 2025
Texas Type They say inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened. My father turned 90 years old last Friday and I ca...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
December 10, 2025
No more new costs In this day of statewide elected officials waving the banner of, and acting on, Property Tax Relief, here we are at home. In the pas...
Charlie Brown needs to be free
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Charlie Brown needs to be free
December 10, 2025
Guest column By Tom Purcell Good grief. Since 2020, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” has been gone from network television. For 54 years, the special aired...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
December 10, 2025
On December 10, 1690, a failed attack on Quebec and subsequent near-mutiny force the Massachusetts Bay Colony to issue the first paper currency in the...
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SERVICE RECORDS WERE INCOMPLETE
December 10, 2025
Many names of people from this community who served in the armed forces before the Vietnam War were never mentioned in the newspapers, an omission of ...
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