I went to school at Katy Elementary, Katy Junior High and Katy High School because that's all there were. They are working on Elementary 43, Junior High 16 and High School 9 right now for a total of 68 schools in KISD. I could go on and on about how it used to be.
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Originally posted by CabezaBlanca View PostI went to school at Katy Elementary, Katy Junior High and Katy High School because that's all there were. They are working on Elementary 43, Junior High 16 and High School 9 right now for a total of 68 schools in KISD. I could go on and on about how it used to be.
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Originally posted by Pullersboy View PostYep, Jamie and I were friends and were in the youth group together at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. D-Mo, every time stuff comes up about the Keller area, you and I end up knowing lots of the same folks. I bet if we were to get together for a cold one, we'd figure out alot of folks we have in common.
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Originally posted by Mexico View PostYup those geese used to pile up along I-10 at Beltway 8. I've seen so many geese the ground was white where the Igloo plant is now.... them geese gotta swing way right when coming down now just to see a patch of green
I also remember...
Arrows were cedar with turkey fletchings and hand sharpened broadheads.
"Releases" did not exist.
Shotgun shell cases were made of paper.
A trophy deer was judged by the number of points, and nobody looked down on you for shooting a young deer. Folks hunted for the meat...not the horns.
Hunting land was almost unlimited and pretty much free for the asking.
No bag limits on fish.
Kids could make a lot of money selling furs, and many did.
Soda water bottles were returned for a 5 cent deposit.
I could go on...
I would give anything to be able to go back to those simpler times.
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Originally posted by Mexico View PostYup those geese used to pile up along I-10 at Beltway 8. I've seen so many geese the ground was white where the Igloo plant is now.... them geese gotta swing way right when coming down now just to see a patch of green
Freaking neighborhood nowOriginally posted by Man View PostThats where I grew up and still remember those Gallery tents as well...and much later on the beanbag tower down the road. My great grandparents had a grocery store and were told to pack it up and move...building a new freeway right on top your place!! Which would now be the underpass of 45/airline.Originally posted by SaltwaterSlick View Post
All this old time talk made me drag out a photo album.
#stonecoldkillers
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I cant confirm how that brush puppy died via 22.250 ruger 1 and 55 grains of vmax. The aforementioned statue of limitations is prolly over!
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In high school I hunted in and around an abandoned rock quarry... was actually outside city limits of San Antonio at ingram & loop 410.
Back then loop 410 was the city limits.
that abandoned rock quarry... now is Ingram Park Mall. AND we had our guns in our truck back windows at school and NOBODY CARED...
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I had a great aunt who lived in Round Rock and our family reunions were held at her house for many years while I was growing up. A bunch of us kids would run through the fields, play in the creeks and fish the ponds all over that place. That land is now Mopac. We would sometimes drive into Austin which seemed like quite a hike back then. We would see deer and woods darn near everywhere. If you drove at night it was almost pitch dark drive all the way.
My...how things have changed.
Of course that whole area and I-35 corridor is all just a concrete jungle now...starting north around Georgetown all the way south to Buda.
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Originally posted by Pullersboy View PostYep, the woods across from my folks' house in Keller on FM 1709 are now a plastic surgeon's office, an oral surgeon's office, gold course and big fancy houses. Was a horse ranch with lots of wooded area and a creek running through it. We had free run of the place. It was a great place to grow up. The place I used to dove hunt and fish some of the best stock tanks around is now a huge neighborhood. It was a good sized dairy farm. Funny, they named the neighborhood the same thing as the actual dairy farm that used to be in that spot "Crawford Farms", up in north Fort Worth/Keller. Mr. Crawford was the owner/operator of his dairy farm, but was also the counselor at the high school. I was friends with his youngest daughter. We were able to fish any time we wanted. Dove hunting was pretty solid around those stock tanks during dove season. Every time I drive by there, I remember and wonder if the folks that live in Crawford Farms even realize that it actually was "Crawford Farms." I'm told when he finally cut it loose, he sold that place for $11,000,000.00! Wouldn't surprise me at all, it was a good sized chunk of land in a prime spot.
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