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THE MASON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION OFFERS THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE---POB 524, Mason, TX 76856
 The Communities of Mason County $25.00

Contains histories of Art, Bauer, Brockman, Fredonia, Fly Gap, Grossville/Simonsville, Hedwig Hill, HildalBeaver

Creek, Long Mountain, Lower Willow Creek, Loyal Valley, Mason-Fort Mason, Pontotoc, Ranch Branch,

Streeter/Bluff Creek and Wagram/Blue Stretch Communities in Mason County, 1985, 190 pp. hardbound.

 Mason County Historical Supplement No. 1…………. $10.00

Bios of George Freeman Hurley, James Wright Butler, Henry Julius Behrens, Daniel Hoerster, Henry Conrad

Pluenneke, Henry Marcus Holmes, Albert Lee McGehee, Willima James Bolt, Friedrick A. Ellebracht, Jr., Ludewig (Louis) Martin, August Wilhelm Hofmann. Soft bound. 87pages

 Mason County Historical Supplement No. 2………. $10.00

Cotains histories of the Grit Community, Crosby Cemetery and biographies on William Hoerster, Fritz Thumm,

Anna Martin, Alf and Charicie Blair Reeves, Hamilton and James Biddy, Some Fort Mason Personnel, The Mason County Cattle Industry and two articles on the Mason County War. 1996, 96pp., softbound.

Mason County Historical Supplement No. 3 $10.00

Bios of Robert & Mary (Hamby)Cavaness, John W. Light, Zack Light, Alfred McWilliams Family, Allie

McWillams Burton Family, Mary Barbara Fink Mueller, William W. Parker, John Warren Hunter, Whitmill M.

Holland, Margaret B. Bierschwale, Articles-A Feudist By any other Name, The Mason County or Hoo Doo War,

Soft bound, 74 pages

 Mason County Historical Supplement No. 4 …………..$10.00

Contains a history of Blue Mountain Community, an article on the "HooDoo" War. Biographies on Adolph Korn, Johanna Heinrich Gottfried Leifeste, Harry Bierschwale Family, The Hamiltons of Texas & Mason County, Lee Gideon Smart Family, The Kensing Family of Mason & Gillespie Counties, Titus James Buckbee, William

Mogford, John Marvin Hunter & The Boguschs. 2002, 62 pp., softbound.

 The Lucia Holmes Diary 1875-1876, The Hoo Doo War Years …………$10.00

Contains transcriptions of Holmes eyewitness account of the Mason County Hoo Doo War. Holmes was a

seamstress for men and women in Mason. She notes travels of her attorney Husband, Hal Holmes, visitors to their home, clients, weather and her feelings about the Hoo Doo War. 1985, now in its 6th addition with an index, 127 pp., soft bound.

 Life of Thomas W. Gamel………. $15.00

1930's Recollections of Tom Gamel about early event of Mason County in the 1850;s to the 1880's. Many

contemporary authors refer to this book, which has been out of print for many years. Mason County Historical

Society is please to reissue this with annotations from Dave Johnson. Revised in 2003, 59pp., softbound.

 Mason County Graves and Cemeteries…………….. $30.00

Contains names, dates, epitaphs from grave markers and cemetery records, arranged alphabetically, bought upthrough the year 2006+,242 pp., looseleaf notebook.

 Mason County World War II Veterans Softcover…..$25.00; Hardcover….. $35.00

Alphabetical military history, section of personal experiences and news items. 2003,278 pp.

 

Mason County Veterans VoI.II .....Softcover…$18.00

Texas War of  Independence to World War 1- 1835-1920

 History of Mason County by Margaret Bierschwale…….$50.00

Contains the story of Fort Mason and the history of Mason County from pre-settlement to 1960. Indexed,

hardbound, 702 pp.

 The Hoo Doo War: Portraits of a Lawless Time (Western Writers)……… $20.00

2003, 130 pp., softback.

 Mason County's First Settlers 1840-1900(Reprint) Soft Cover……. $18.00

Compiled by Jerry Ponder. Contains 1840 Bastrop & Bexar CO.Land Certificates, 1850 Gillespie

Co. Census, Mason Co. Census and Civil War Veterans Census & Survey

 A Tour of the Sites of the Hoo Doo War Soft Cover….. $ 5.00
 

The Anthology of the Hoo Doo War……$20.00

Bios of participants of the war-Hardcover

 Mason County Perspectives……..$15.00

by Mason Writer's Group, Soft Cover, 99 pages, pictures

 

20 Years a Buckaroo…..$10.00

by Eugene Banta, Soft Cover, 59pages, pictures

The Kettner Letters…..$15.00
A firsthand account of a German Immigrant in the Texas Hill
Country (1950-1875) Ilse Wurster, Edited by CharlesKettner,Ph.D
Mason County Historical Book…..Soft Cover…$25.00; Hard Cover…$35.00
Compiled by the Commission & Society, a reprint
of the 1976 book; families histories were supplied by family members; includes
communities, schools, churches & etc
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Contact Information

Jan Appleby, Chairperson
Mason County Historical Commission
3491 Franks Road
Mason, Texas 76856
Phone: 325-347-6583
Email: janell@ctesc.net

or

Jane Hoerster, Historian Emeritus
Mason County Historical Commission
POB 524
Mason, Texas 76856
Phone:  325-347-5446
Email:  janehoerster@yahoo.com