Welcome to the
La Vernia Historical Association
La Vernia, Wilson County, Texas

We hope your visit to our website takes you back in time to a small Texas settlement in the post oaks of Wilson County where....
The Old South Met The Wild West.


 



Chihuahua Street, facing east., c. late 1910s. Photo courtesy of Gertrude Tewes Toney.

 

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Visit the
La Vernia Heritage Museum

The Heritage Museum is located in
the old, red brick firehouse building on
Highway 87 and FM 775
in the center of La Vernia

Click here for hours and
more Museum News

Genealogy Seminar
Saturday, July 11, 2009
8:00am to 3:00pm
Registration begins
at 7:30am
Immanuel Lutheran Church
310 Seguin Street
Registration Fee -
a suggested donation
of $15
Free to LVHA Members
Noon to 1:30 - break for lunch
Speakers:

1:30 pm
David Haynes
Author of Catching Shadows, 18th Century
Texas Photographers
Bring a photo to
get David's help

10:30 am
Regina Kosub
Genealogist, Historian &
Author

8:30 am
Walter Scull III
Using Family Tree Maker
to Find Your Roots

 




Register Now!
for the

3rd Annual
La Vernia
Wild West
HammerFest
Bicycle Ride & Festival
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
8:00am
La Vernia City Park


A
A BikeMS: Valero 2009
Alamo Ride to the River

Recommended Rid
e

 

Where Did the Name
"Lavernia"
Come From?

Learn the answer

here

Visit Our
Updated
Links Page

includes:

Local Churches
County Offices
County Library
Genealogy Links

Next Meeting
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009
GVEC Community Room
7:00 PM

The Public is
Always Welcome!

      
Member: Texas Association of Museums
Member: Greater La Vernia Chamber of Commerce, www.LaVernia.org

           

 
Find out more about the Texas Independence Trail Region,
a Heritage Trails program of the Texas Historical Commission

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We appreciate our sponsors!  Please visit them often!
Bullfrog Books and Sue's Antiques  in La Vernia
www.bullfrogbooks.com
www.suesantiques.net
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