Travel Photography - Old San Antonio Road
Gruene Dance Hall, just north of New Braunfels. From their home page—Gruene Hall, built in 1878, is Texas’ oldest continually operating and most famous dance hall. By design, not much has physically changed since the Hall was first built. The 6,000 square foot dance hall with a high pitched tin roof still has the original layout with side flaps for open air dancing, a bar in the front, a small lighted stage in the back and a huge outdoor garden. Advertisement signs from the 1930s and 40s still hang in the old hall and around the stage.
Gruene Hall. A little history — Henry D. Gruene, the town's founder, originally bought land for a cotton farm in 1872 with his father and brothers. He built his first home in 1872 and modified it over the years. It still stands proudly with its Victoria galleries today as the Gruene Mansion Inn. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Texas Historic Landmark.
Back road in Caldwell Texas, not far from Texas 21. This part of Texas 21 was part of the Old San Antonio Road (sometimes called "El Camino Real" or "King's Highway").
South of Calvert Texas and north of Hearne, along Hwy 6.
Gruene Hall, near New Braunfels Texas- the “oldest dance hall” in Texas. A cigarette machine, not generally seen since the 1970’s.
Gruene Hall, near New Braunfels Texas-
Calvert Texas —Calvert is at the intersection of State Highway 6 and Farm roads 1644 and 979, on the Southern Pacific line nine miles north of Hearne in west central Robertson County. The earliest white settler in the area was Joseph Harlan, whose 1837 land grant lay five miles south of what is now the site of Calvert. In 1850 Robert Calvert, for whom the town was named, established a plantation west of the townsite. Calvert and other area farmers urged the Houston and Texas Central Railway to build through the area; the railroad arrived in 1868.
Hwy 6 in Calvert
“La Mision Bautista,” translates to “The Baptist Mission.” This church is located a couple miles south of Calvert on hwy 6
Old downtown Calvert. The Masonic Hall on the right was being repaired that day.
Old downtown Calvert on hwy 6. Around 1871, the town claimed to have the largest cotton gin in the world
Calvert Texas. Around 1871, the town claimed to have the largest cotton gin in the world
Gruene Texas, between the Guadalupe river and the Grist Mill. Gruene is near New Braunfels Texas-
In Calvert Texas.
Calvert Texas
