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In reply to Gunny456 • 9:52a, 3/6/26
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Gunny456 said:
My mom and dad went on their first date to a place in San Antonio called the Lone Star Tavern. (1946 I believe) Dad had been back from WWII about a year.
The original location of the old tavern was just around what is now the threshold of Runway 13R of the San Antonio International Airport…..just east of now San Pedro ( Hwy 281). At that time that was in the sticks and was not in SA's city limits…believe it or not.
The date must have went well as they got married a year or so later and stayed married until my dad's passing in 1992.
They went to many dances where Bob Wills played and as a kid growing up I remember they were always playing his songs.
My mom had them play San Antonio Rose at my dad's funeral.
Truly he was the King of Western swing.

If you like that music, then come on over to Anhalt on Saturday March 21st and dance to the Texas Playboys with Jason Roberts, and Jake Hooker and the Outsiders

Date: Saturday March 21st, 2026
Location: Historic Anhalt Dancehall Spring Branch, TX
Doors Open: 6:00 PM
Dance: 7:00 11:00 PM
All proceeds from this event will go toward purchasing materials to reroof the Bob Wills Center in Turkey, Texas, home of Bob Wills, the King Of Western Swing, and the legendary Bob Wills Day celebration held each April. The roof is in extremely poor condition and must be replaced soon to prevent further damage to the building. Texas Roofing will be donating all the labor to make it happen.
Supporting a true Texas landmark and preserving Bob Wills' legacy and our Texas heritage

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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 10:26a, 3/6/26
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I went to Anhalt as a kid with my grandparents and parents. The family homesteaded along the Guadalupe in the late 1800's.
Thanks for the info.
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 3:14p, 3/6/26
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The Bob Wills center is the old Turkey high school. So probably built in the 1930s and has a flat roof
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 4:18p, 3/6/26
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I would attend the annual "Anhalt" gathering at the Anhalt Barn that was located just north of Highway 46 about 12 miles or so west of the intersection of Hwy 281 and Hwy 46.
Like clockwork every year we would attend the gathering.
In German anhalten means to stop. It became a place for the German families to stop and gather as they made the treks to and from Fredericksburg, Bergheim, Boerne etc to New Braunfels…..and the annual " Anhalt" was born.
Did they move the old barn/ gathering hall to Spring Branch? or is that just the location they call it now? The old actual "Anhalt" location was originally considered just outside Bergheim there just north of Hwy 46.
We also held our annual German family reunions there as well.
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In reply to Gunny456 • 8:13p, 3/6/26
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Gunny456 said:
I would attend the annual "Anhalt" gathering at the Anhalt Barn that was located just north of Highway 46 about 12 miles or so west of the intersection of Hwy 281 and Hwy 46.
Like clockwork every year we would attend the gathering.
In German anhalten means to stop. It became a place for the German families to stop and gather as they made the treks to and from Fredericksburg, Bergheim, Boerne etc to New Braunfels…..and the annual " Anhalt" was born.
Did they move the old barn/ gathering hall to Spring Branch? or is that just the location they call it now? The old actual "Anhalt" location was originally considered just outside Bergheim there just north of Hwy 46.
We also held our annual German family reunions there as well.

It's still west of the 281/46 intersection, down an old gravel road, and then cross a cattle guard with parking in a field.

I go to dances there on the 3rd Saturday of each month except for summer months when they are closed, and December.

Jody Nox, Billy Mata, Jason Roberts, Jake Hooker, all good music
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 8:56p, 3/6/26
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Yep. We actually had a deer lease next to it for years.
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