The first two-room schoolhouse in Boerne opened in 1874 and served all grades.

In 1909, they dreamed bigger — opening the doors to the first real high school in Boerne on East Blanco. The story of Boerne High…right after this.

Before it was City Hall, Boerne High School opened in 1910 when students rode in on horseback, learned by lantern light, and graduated with calloused hands and big ambitions.

In 1951, the school moved to a larger campus on Johns Road, and by 1971, Boerne High School as we know it today was born.

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Where championships were won, futures were formed, and Boerne pride was passed from one class to the next.

And though the buildings have changed, the spirit never has.

Because in Boerne, education isn’t just about books.

It’s about roots.

And now you know…more BoerneTexas History…I’m Tom Allred, and this is Boerne Radio 103.9FM

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At the corner of Main Street and Rosewood is the home of Texas Treasures Fine Art Gallery. But back in the 80’s…the 1880’s…Mr. William Kuhlmann opened Kuhlmann’s Apothecary…one of the first drug stores in Boerne.

More on this historic Boerne corner…right after this.

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William Kuhlmann was a druggist by trade, and built his home on the hill behind the old high school on Blanco Road known as the Kuhlmann-King House.

His drugstore was purchased by William J. Wilke shortly after 1900. Willie was the son of a Berghiem farmer, and earned his high school diploma by correspondence after finishing the 7th grade at the one-teacher Bergheim school.

He then graduated from pharmacy school at the University of Maryland. In 1909, William Wilke was to become Boerne’s first Mayor.

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Behind the old City Hall Building is The Kuhlmann-King House, sitting on what is known as Boerne’s Historic Hill…So who was William Kuhlmann and who was Selina King? The answer…and tragic story…right after this.

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In 1885 William Kuhlmann and his bride Marie immigrated from Germany to Boerne for a better life. He built that home, and the building next door for their kitchen and washroom. They lived there until Marie died during childbirth along with their infant in 1896. Selina King with her 8 children rented the house for 5 years, and purchased it from Mr. Kuhlmann. Selina King was not from Germany. She came to Boerne in 1882 from England with her husband Edmund King as the family leased The Boerne Hotel before it was called the Kendall Inn. Edmund King was killed behind the hotel in an accident while cleaning his gun. Widow King continued to raise her kids in Boerne and died in 1910 at the age of 78.

I’m Tom Allred with Boerne Texas History and this is Boerne Radio 103.9FM.

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