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A History of the Pedernales Falls Area, 1850–1970 Acknowledgments Researching history is always collaborative work, but for this project I have been even more fortunate than usual in finding people who have been willing and able to help me understand my subject. Many others have worked, in ways large and small, to encourage me to begin this study and to complete it. I’m particularly indebted to Bobby, Maude and Cheryl Wilson; Dena, Loma and Jerry Wenmohs; Joyce Brock; Sherill East, and his granddaughters Diana L. Cooper and Candace Sandefur; Lila Jean Hobbs; Bill Casparis; and Polly Miller. Bobby Wilson spent many hours with me graciously sharing his extensive knowledge of the early settlers in the Pedernales Falls area, especially the Wilson, Raines and Trammell families. Bobby and his daughter Cheryl walked me around the area their ancestors settled, and Bobby and Maude very kindly shared family materials, including an old family Bible, that informed and enriched my understanding of the people who first settled in the Pedernales Falls area. Joyce Brock generously shared genealogical knowledge she had acquired over the years. Dena, Loma and Jerry Wenmohs also spent hours of their time helping me to understand the Cypress Mill/Pedernales Falls area, and shared documents and research materials that were very helpful. Sherill East talked with me for several hours about his experiences with the Wheatleys and the Circle Bar ranch, and shared many photographs documenting them; his granddaughters, particularly Diana Cooper, very graciously and patiently volunteered old photographs and family knowledge. I will never forget their generosity in troubled times. Lila Jean Hobbs talked with me about Herman Reiner and her own life near the Pedernales Falls, and Bill Casparis and Polly Miller also helped me to understand. Even a brief look at the endnotes attached to this study will show how important these people have been: without them, this history could never have been written. Thanks also to several people at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. I did most of the research and writing for this study back in 1995 and 1996, when Dr. Cynthia Brandimarte was TPWD’s Cultural Resources program director (currently the Historic Sites and Structures program director). Cindy and Clay Brewer, then regional resource coordinator, provided support for my work then, and Cindy was an able and sympathetic administrator. Most recently, in 2010, Dr. Brandimarte asked me to revisit the project and to work up the iii
Farmers, Ranchers, the Land and the Falls present history. This would not have been written without her help and support. Particular thanks to Bill McDaniel, then and now the superindent at Pedernales Falls State Park, who spent hours sharing his historical knowledge and materials with me. Also many thanks to Aina Dodge, Margaret Howard and Logan McNatt at TPWD’s Archeology Lab. This time around Aina found for me old photographs and documents central to the study. Diane Dismukes, currently the Region 7 cultural resource coordinator, helped me, too. I’d also like to thank C.A. Cowsert, who in 1996 was the range management specialist at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service office in Johnson City, Texas. John Cotter, who back in 1996 was teaching and playing pool at Southwestern University, did a great job on the maps. Many thanks also to the librarians and staff at the Texas State Library and Archives, the Texas General Land Office, the Blanco County Courthouse, the Texas Historical Commission, the Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin, and the Johnson City Public Library, Johnson City, Texas. My wife Vivian, and my sons Ben, Jamie, Danny and David, all know how they helped. John J. Leffler July 2010 iv
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