BetterMENt: Ask That Girl To Dance

Couples two-stepping and dancing at a Hill Country summer dance

There’s a place, west of Kendall County, where boots clack on concrete, and necks sweat from the heat of dancing. Every summer, at Garner State Park, up the bending hill and past the stretch of construction, there’s a dance at the CCC Pavilion. The pavilion is older than anyone dancing in it. Limestone and bald … Read more

Ernst Beseler (1841–1862): A Young Life, A Lasting Legacy

Treue der Union Monument in Comfort Texas honoring German Unionists including Ernst Beseler who died in the 1862 Battle of the Nueces

In the quiet folds of the Texas Hill Country, where limestone bluffs rise above clear creeks, and the breeze carries the scent of cedar and wild grass, history often hides in plain sight. It lingers in the names of old families, in the weathered stones of pioneer cemeteries, and in the stories passed down through … Read more