Your Guide To Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland, Llano, Spicewood, Horseshoe Bay, and ALL of the Highland Lakes.
JOHNSON CITY — Along a stretch of U.S. 281 south of Johnson City toward Blanco, a car rockets along. The driver, nodding his head along with a song on the radio, keeps his eyes on the highway as the sun Read more…
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MARBLE FALLS — ’Tis the season for frights, and one of our favorites is a good scary story. The timing is perfect to gather everyone around the camp fire, get in close on the hayride or hunker down on the Read more…
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LLANO — One night more than 100 years ago, a man traveling between Llano and Fredericksburg on one of the old byways looked to the east of the Six Mile community. With few trees at that time to impede the Read more…
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FREDERICKSBURG — Jack C. Hays probably thought the legends of Enchanted Rock were true one fall day in 1841 as he did his best to hold off a band of Comanche warriors hunting him among the granite outcropping. Earlier that Read more…
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Vincenzo Fantozzi Petrick epitomized the entrepreneurial immigrant who helped build a community. The Italian arrived in Llano County in the early 1900s and quickly saw a need and a resource to meet it. Not one to shun hard work, he Read more…
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Blake and Karen DeBerry never set off to create a boutique winery overlooking Inks Lake on their Burnet County property. They bought the land with the idea of building their retirement home. But life sometimes makes you ask, “What if?” Read more…
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There’s a popular saying that goes something like this: “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.” Jesse Burnam, a Kentucky native, never heard those words, but after arriving in the Texas territory in 1812, Read more…
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For around 200 years, the Indian Marker Tree watched over the banks of Hamilton Creek in Burnet, serving as a marker for the Comanche people in its youth and growing into a beloved part of today’s community. Now, the tree Read more…
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You’ve spent some time in the Highland Lakes, and you’ve thought to yourself, “Wouldn’t it be nice to settle down here?” Well, enough thinking; make the move. Whether you’re looking for a place to call home, a summer or weekend Read more…
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Highland Lakes history is still present in the area’s venerable courthouses. The buildings are often the centerpieces of the downtowns in which they stand. One local county even boasts two courthouses. The Old Blanco County Courthouse hasn’t been used as Read more…
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