Located about a mile due east of the junction of Texas Highway 163 and Farm Road 189 in Val Verde County, Beaver Lake had been a source of water for Native Americans,...

1933 Santa Claus will not miss the poor children of Ozona this year if the plan of the Ozona Lions Club for their annual Christmas Cheer program...

  1933 Sheriff W. S. Willis has been lenient with violators of the new traffic code invoked for the downtown section recently. A "good talking...

Ozona—Located in the Nueces Canyon where the southern edge of the Edwards Plateau is marked by the rugged and pristine Balcones Escarpment, Camp Wood offers abundant...

Ozona—In the summer of 1867, the Pecos River provided the backdrop of the serene setting of a Navaho village nestled along its banks. Unbeknownst to the villagers, a war...

1933 Crockett County hunters who go out after that buck this year will have more than the sport and the meat to urge them on. Joe Oberkampf has...

Ozona History 1933 Halloween has come and gone and a sigh of relief has gone up from the many different quarters. The spooks and goblins were out...

Following, are the words of Mrs. Mary Kate Cruze of San Antonio, Texas (circa 1928): “In 1860 we moved from Cannonville to Jacob's Well on Cypress Creek, where Father...

1933 Mr. and Mrs. Boyer, a Sheffield couple were much attached to a parrot, their household pet, until somebody lifted the bird from his roost....

Following are the words of Mrs. Mary Kate Cruze, RFD Box 178, San Antonio, Texas (circa 1928): “I was born October 21, 1849, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, daughter of Peyton...

Ozona—Amid a neatly manicured backyard, stood an old, weathered gazebo with a wooden lawn swing. Heinrich Klaerner sat with his grandson among potted plants and clipped...

1933 By a vote of the Commissioner’s Court, all county employees were placed on the N.R.A. schedule of hours and wages. Hereafter, labor in the...

Don’t touch that hot stove! Don’t pull the dog’s tail! Don’t say bad words! Tell a kid that they can’t do something and what’s the normal response? Do it. Why? Because your...

Ozona History 1943 The kindergarten class was closed for three weeks after a polio outbreak. Ten children were in attendance when the class...

Ozona—Folks in Sonora lay claim to the fact that their little town and sheriff’s office is responsible for having ended the nefarious career of the notorious outlaw,...