Click the Button below for Excerpt from Cobb’s Creek in the Early Days of the Old Powder Mill By John W. Eckfeldt – Available on Smithsonian Internet Archive Early Days of the old Power Mill
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Kyle Stallones opens the Tomball Museum Center 2024 Oral History Project with an interview of Hank Weirich, a 5th generation Tomball resident and descendent of Christian Weirich who was born in Germany in 1824. Hank relates colorful stories of the Weirich, Bode, Winkle and Caulking families through the evolving Tomball years, detailing life in the
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All Hallow’s Eve Celebration We feel we were successful in serving our Tomball community as well as introducing the history of Tomball to many, many children, and adults with our first major Halloween event. We had almost 500 visitors. The best part for me happened when I was visiting the different activities areas provided
Sunny skies and a light breeze were the gift of a beautiful day for the Tomball Holiday Parade. Thank you to Mrs Hearn, the drama teacher, at THS for partnering with the museum to present an entry for the Santa’s Beach Bash themed parade. We had 4 student actors in 1920s bathing suits set around
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Kip Coe, of the Tomball Coe family group, is interviewed by Kyle Stallones for the Tomball Museum Center Oral History Project on June 8, 2023. Kip describes at length the early days of growing up in Tomball, his love of gardening and Tomball history as well as sugar cane harvesting, land development, saw mills, cattle
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The History of Halloween by Ann Meador Recently retired professor at Sam Houston State University, gives a spooktacular history of the derivation of Halloween in the United States. 50 minutes. Filmed at the Tomball Museum Center October 26, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aROJkRCMRp0
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“Docents love history and learning. What a wonderful experience to upgrade our knowledge of the Wendish people on our first docent road trip. We gained new facts and stories to add to our tours about our own Wendish Cabin. “ The first picture is a painted church. The second is native dress. The third is
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The Tomball Museum Center maintenance group had plenty to crow about recently. David Roche’s property, off FM2978 just into Montgomery County, had a collapsed structure laying dormant for several years. This 60+ year old building was full of beautiful, old, real cedar siding that will live to see another day at the Tomball Museum where
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Museum History PhotosThe First one is Kate,13 and Margaret (sisters) spinning wool on Contemporary wheels. 1976The second one is Carlos Swoke, 8, and his brother Tony, 12 viewing a handmade Santa and Reindeer at the Griffin Memorial House. 1969.
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