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Category Archives: Texas Dance Halls Kendalia, Texas is located about 25 miles northeast of Boene off FM Raod 473. The town was named after George Wilkins Kenall who established a sheep ranch in the area in the 1840s. In 1883, Kendalia was first surveyed by D. W. Grady for an early settler, Carl Vogel, who built a gristmill there. In […]  Twin Sisters, Texas is located in southern Blanco County. It is named after a pair of hills that can be seen for miles that served as a landmark for early settlers in the area. In 1854, Joel Cherry homesteaded in the area. Cherry was from Tennessee (we Texans consider Tennessee a very important ally – […]  Coupland Texas was founded in 1887 by Major Theodore Van Buren Coupland on land that he had inherited from his uncle A.J. Hamilton. After the Civil War Hamilton had been appointed provisional Governor of the State of Texas by Andrew Johnson. Coupland, Texas is located on highway 95 between Elgin and Taylor. Like many […]  The only two things in life that make it worth liven’….Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women…..Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys – these lyrics written in 1977 written by Bobby Emmons and Chips Moman were recorded by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson. Luckenbach Texas (Back to the […]  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries German and Czech immigrants built numerous dance halls throughout Texas. These halls served as community centers, providing folks a place to meet with others who shared the same language, customs, and interest. These halls were meeting places where the community conducted business. More importantly the halls were […] |
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