We sat around at the small activity hall this morning to stay out of the cool weather. There is great camaraderie here. After visiting for a while, some of us ladies went out to the VF mall to do some shopping.
After our shopping, we had several other more couples arrive so we made plans to go have lunch. Janet and George had scouted the area the day before and we all went to Bevers Kitchen in Chappell Hill, TX. We are the first to arrive of the 22 people present.
As Manuel, Janet and George went in to get some tables, I stayed behind to take pictures of the group.
Everyone is seated and making their meal selections.
George and Janet...
Manuel and I.....
Then we just decided to take group pictures of each table....
This restaurant is on the National Register of Historic Places as is the church....
All these homes are also registered with the Historic Society. This is a beautiful place.
Chappell Hill is known at the Birthplace of Texas....
One of the shops....
Nice old historic homes...love those picket fences.
This is an Inn.....very nice Inn.
This is a very old cemetery....
This was between the fire house and the cemetery so we were not sure if this was the incinerator where they cremated bodies or if it was the firemen's BBQ pit....
The Town Saloon..... they have a Mule Crossing sign..
George and Janet said this was a Packer but not sure what year...Anyone know?
We did not know what kind of car this is but it is nice looking...
This is a Russian Church....St. Stanislaus Church. Beautiful church.
More really old buildings....
Back to Red Oak Ranch RV Park....
We will be heading to the activity hall for some blogging classes....there are a few people that want to learn to blog so I will take some time to teach them a little of what I know. Until then.
2 comments:
Nice pictures . Looks like a 1957 Packard ??? I LOVE the old homes.I alway wanted to know where the birth of Texas was and now I know . Love Mama
With all due respect, I appreciate your blog and promoting Chappell Hill, however, St. Stanislaus Catholic Church was established and built in 1889 by Polish immigrants. Originally, the Polish immigrants attended St. Mary's in Brenham established in 1870, but the population grew to over 2,000 and there was a need for a second Catholic Church for the Polish Texans. The first Polish baby born in Chappell Hill, Texas was Martin Piwonka on May 1,1854 and he was baptized a few weeks later by a "Saddle Bag" priest from St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Frelsburg, Texas. Before there were enough people to establish a parish, "Saddle Bag" priests would travel throughout early Texas by horse to meet the spiritual needs of the faithful. There were over 10 Polish families living in the Chappell Hill, Bellville, Industry, Frelsburg region of Texas that came with Czech and German families to Texas. The Piwonka's were listed as Moravian/Bohemian, but they were a Polish minority that immigrated from Moravian that originally came from the Galacia region of Poland. With this said, Poland did not exist on the map from 1792 to 1918 and people listed the region they came from and not their original ethnic nationality. Many Chappell Hill immigrants listed Germany on their immigration papers because Germany occupied 1/3 of Poland during the 19th century. The history is complicated, but the immigrants to Chappell Hill and East of Brenham (Washington County) were Polish and not Russian.
https://www.columbustexaslibrary.net/local-history-and-genealogy-material/church-records/sts-peter-and-paul-catholic-church
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