GoFred 2021 Fall/Winter Visitor's Guide

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Fredericksburg’s Historian

Treibs is Steeped in History of our Hill Country Destination Spot. By Samuel Sutton Standard-Radio Post reporter While Fredericksburg may be seen by most people as just a tourist destination now, fifth-generation native GLEN TREIBS can remember its small town history. “What was different was that basically we knew a lot of people,” Treibs said. “When you were standing at the post office in line, you knew most of the people in line.” He remembers a time when he and his wife would go to Andy’s Diner after church in the 1970s and would see people they knew at 10 tables. “Now, I could be at a local restaurant and see maybe two tables where I would know people,” he said. Treibs grew up in Fredericksburg and is the fifth generation on his land. He can recount how one of the main attractions in town at that time was the Palace Theatre on Main Street, which is now the Parts Unknown retail store. “At that time, I would get a quarter to go to the movie,” he said. “I paid nine cents to get into the movie, I’d put a penny for candy in the candy machine, then get a nickel drink, a nickel popcorn and a nickel candy bar. For 25 cents, I could have a big night out on the town.” He also recounted how anyone could just walk into one of the schools at any time.

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“Now you have to sign in, and you have to have a badge and you probably have to be accompanied because culture has changed,” he said.

Changes Treibs can remember specifically when he noticed the influx of people.

Gillespie County Historical Society when he was 15 years old. “It’s my town and it’s my people,” he said. “I was reared here and really knew a lot of people across the county.”

His love of history runs in his deep in his family. As an example, items such as kitchenware, “It was 1969 when I went into the printing blocks and a betty lamp military, and I noticed a change that his family took from their when I came back in 1972,” he said. home in Germany have been He believes the town’s popularity passed on to Treibs and kept in good shape to this day. started to increase with President Lyndon Johnson. Treibs got into the society “Tens of thousands of people came to see the White House in Texas,” he said. “They would come through and think, ‘Oh, what a lovely German town. We’ll come live here someday.’” He said what shocked him the most was when people would quit their jobs, leave their home and move here on a whim. “Germans would’ve never done that,” he said, laughing. But overall, he said he’s not against the change. “Change has been happening since May of 1846 (when the town was founded),” he said. “I’m so glad we’re preserving our buildings now. That’s what I fought for years, too.”

Local Historian Treibs has loved his town’s history since before he joined the

through the three ladies working there at the time: Esther Mueller, Emmie Detjen and Christine Brodie. “I started working with Esther Mueller. She was my English teacher in high school and she could see that I loved all that stuff,” he said.

Since then, he’s taught Texas history at Fredericksburg Middle School, worked for Der Stadt Friedhof for over 30 years and has been involved in many other things related to Fredericksburg’s history. “It’s been a lifetime of work preserving our history,” he said. Over the years, people have asked Treibs if he would consider writing a book detailing his knowledge of Fredericksburg. He said while he has some family commitments keeping him busy at

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Steering Visitors in the Right Direction

3min
pages 142-152

Hill Country Higher Ed

3min
pages 136-141

Library Houses ‘Good Reads’

2min
pages 134-135

Vereins Kirche Keeps Current with Exhibits, Activities

3min
pages 130-133

City Parks Offer Variety of Camping, Day Use Amenities

9min
pages 124-127

Museum Honors Sacrifice Service of WWII Pacific Vets

5min
pages 122-123

Old Tunnel State Park Goes Batty Each Evening

3min
pages 114-117

Roll, Roll, Roll Your Board

1min
pages 128-129

Brewing Up the Hill Country

6min
pages 118-121

36th President Lives on at LBJ National Historical Park

3min
pages 112-113

Living History Found at LBJ State Park

4min
pages 108-111

Wine Me Up

13min
pages 100-107

‘Everbody’s Somebody” When Visiting Luckenbach Texas

2min
pages 96-99

‘Volkssport’ Brings Germany to Your Feet

3min
pages 94-95

The Bright Side of Life

2min
pages 90-93

View the Heavens at Enchanted Rock

2min
pages 86-87

Country Schools

2min
pages 88-89

Texas Rangers Heritage Center

2min
pages 82-85

Pioneer Museum

1min
pages 80-81

Fort Martin Scott

3min
pages 78-79

Lace up for Benefit Runs

1min
pages 74-75

A Hunter’s Paradise

1min
pages 76-77

Die Künstler Art Show & Sale

1min
pages 64-65

Fredericksburg Theater Company

4min
pages 66-69

First Friday Art Walks

4min
pages 70-73

Music Club Hosts Concerts by Global Talents

2min
pages 62-63

German Choirs Keep Tradition Alive

1min
page 61

FISD Band Boosters Turkey Dinner

1min
page 60

Gem & Mineral Shows

1min
pages 58-59

LBJ Christmas Tree Lighting

2min
page 53

Singing Christmas Tree

1min
page 52

Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show

1min
pages 56-57

Fredericksburg’s ‘Second Christmas’

1min
pages 54-55

Kinderfest

1min
pages 50-51

Bethany Christmas Journey

1min
page 49

Christmas Home Tour Tannenbaum Ball

1min
page 48

Santa Day Parade Ahead

1min
page 47

Peddler Show

1min
pages 38-41

Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Nativity Display

1min
page 46

Marktplatz Will Light Up for the Holidays

1min
pages 42-43

Light the Night Christmas Parade

1min
pages 44-45

Indian Artifact Show

1min
page 37

Knights of Columbus’s BestFest

2min
pages 34-35

Finding Sanctuary in the Japanese Peace Garden

6min
pages 22-27

Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest

2min
page 36

Oktoberfest Marks 40 Years

4min
pages 18-21

Historian Reflects on 175 Years

4min
pages 30-31

Introduction from the Editor

5min
pages 4-17

Fredericksburg Farmer’s Market

1min
pages 28-29

Texas Mesquite Arts Festival

2min
pages 32-33
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