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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Nichols School on the Austin to Burnet "Mountain Road"
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1936 Defender (click to enlarge) In 1936 Travis County celebrated the Texas Centennial by publishing The Defender 1936 , a yearbook of Tra...
Friday, August 29, 2025
The Globe Hotel, Manor, Texas
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Under the headline, “ TRAVELING SALESMAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ”, the Austin Statesman newspaper carried this story on July 3, 1906. “W. W. Sesa...
Saturday, August 16, 2025
THE BLOOR HOUSE, Alfred Sutton Bloor and Martha Wainwright Bloor
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Who were Alfred and Martha Bloor and how could they build such an expensive home in Manor? Bloor house - 709 Lexington Street, Manor, TX Al...
Saturday, July 12, 2025
James B. Manor - Founder of Manor, Texas - The Early Years - 1804-1838
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James B. Manor Although he was born in North Carolina on November 17, 1804, his family moved to Murfreesborough, Rutherfor...
James B. Manor - Founder of Manor, Texas - Family Years - 1824 -1881
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James Manor was born November 17, 1804 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Not long after, his family moved to Murfreesborough, Rutherford ...
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