Shooting Club Road is off of Sisterdale Road on the Northside of Boerne that runs behind the Ebensberger-Fisher Funeral Home, and ends on Pfeiffer. The story of the oldest Shooting Club in Texas right after this.

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In 1864, a group of German settlers formed the Boerne Schuetzen Verein. The first rifle range was on property owned by William Kuhfuss on North Main Street. The range moved to a pasture behind the Phillip Manor House on South Main. Charter Members included Kuhfuss, Phillip, and E.A.F. Toepperwein.

Other members a generation later include Karl and Joe Dienger, Helwig Zoeller, and Adolf Luckenbach.

A couple of changes in the 20th century, the Boerne Schuetzen Verein moved again in 1913 to the present-day Shooting Club Road…and in 1934 they changed the name of their club into English…. Boerne Shooting Club. It’s rumored that A.G. Vogt then coined the phrase “Boerne Gone Forever”.

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

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In Boerne’s Main Plaza a Texas Historical Marker honors German Music in Boerne. The story of the Boerne Village Band right after this.

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The Boerne Village Band was organized in 1860 by Dr. Karl Dienger who also organized the Boerne Gesang Verein, a singing group. Until 1885 he was in charge of both groups, and he combined singing fests with the German band music throughout the Texas Hill Country. The Band has been recognized by the German government and the State of Texas as the oldest continuous German Band in the World outside of Germany.

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

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