Old Town Echoes

Fire on Block 36

A midnight fire, a lumberman who rebuilt before the ashes cooled, and what was left 60 years later

Oct 17 • Amanda Durdin

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An Introduction to Mr. Fred

A $10-a-month job, two brothers who knew everybody, and an outlaw at the carnival

Oct 10 • Amanda Durdin

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The Park Between the Rivers

The Monarch's manager, a resort "the equal of any in Texas," and what came out of the ground where it was built

Oct 3 • Amanda Durdin

September 2026

A Well Known Citizen of Georgetown

A grocery solicitor, the boy who remembered him 72 years later, and a question that almost went unanswered

Sep 26 • Amanda Durdin

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The Curiosity at 8th and Ash

A “mysterious rock” given to Georgetown, an origin story that was never settled, and almost a century of standing on the corner with no explanation

Sep 19 • Amanda Durdin

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The Town That Called Itself a City

A council vote with no law behind it, a mayor and a marshal who both refused to call a new election, and the Thursday afternoon Georgetown actually…

Sep 12 • Amanda Durdin

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The Town Rules for the Phone

1885 telephone etiquette, a building on the Square, and the story of how Georgetown talked itself into a telephone exchange

Sep 5 • Amanda Durdin

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August 2026

Introducing Booster Shots

Small doses of Georgetown's biggest brags

Aug 15 • Amanda Durdin

The Theatre Without a Roof

Horses in the opera house, moving picture shows, and Georgetown’s unexpected entertainment history

Aug 8 • Amanda Durdin

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The Farm Southeast of Town

A Leavell inheritance, the granddaughter who survived, and the legacy she left behind

Aug 2 • Amanda Durdin

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July 2026

A Texas Daughter in Georgetown

A Republic-born writer, her father’s famous memoir, and a name almost forgotten by Texas history

Jul 26 • Amanda Durdin

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The Elephants on the Square

Monkey comedians, educated camels, and a young lady who caught it all on camera

Jul 19 • Amanda Durdin

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