Books For Sale

Mason County Historical Commission offers the following books for sale. Please copy the order form at the bottom of this page, fill it out, enclose check or money order, and mail to Mason County Historical Commission, PO Box 524, Mason, Texas  76856

  • The Communities of Mason County $25 Contains histories of Art, Bauer, Brockmann, Fredonia, Fly Gap, Grossville-Simonsville-Honenstein, Hedwig's Hill, Hilda-Beaver Creek, Long Mountain, Lower Willow Creek, Loyal Valley, Mason-Fort Mason, Pontotoc, Ranch Branch, Streeter-Bluff Creek, and Wagram-Blue Stretch communities. 1986, 190 PP, hardbound.

  • Mason County Historical Book Supplement No. 2 $8 Contains histories of Grit Community, Crosby Cemetery, and biographies on Wm. Hoerster, Fritz Thumm, Anna Martin, and others. 1994, softbound.

  • Lucia Holmes Diary 1875-1876, The Hoo Doo War Years $8 Contains transcription of Holmes eye-witness account of the Mason County Hoo Doo War. Holmes, a seamstress for men and women, notes travels of her attorney husband, Hal Homes, visitors to their home, clients, weather, and her feelings about the Hoo Doo War. 1985, 117 pp., softbound.  New reprint with extensive index.

  • Mason County Census Records for 1860, 1870, & 1880, with index by Joyce Capps. $10 102 PP, softbound.

  • Mason County Census for 1900 with index by Joyce Capps. $10 184 PP, softbound.

  • 100 Years of the Hilda (Bethel) Methodist Church and Parent Organizations 1856-1955 $3. Contains history and translations from original German records of the enrollment, marriages, births, and deaths of church members. 19973, 73 PP, softbound.

  • The Hilda United Methodist Church Through 125 Years 1862-1887 $12. Contains history, biographies of ministers, historic and modern photographs, bibliography, and translations from German to English of the 1913, 1919, and 1938 Annual Conference minutes. 1987, 42 PP, softbound.

  • Edwards Plateau HISTORIAN Vol. VI 1974-1977 $10. Contains annotated and indexed articles on Coleman, Kimble, Sutton, and Tom Green counties. 1977, 102 pp. softbound

  • Edwards Plateau HISTORIAN Vol. VII 1978-1982 $10. Contains annotated and indexed articles on Kerr, Llano, Mason, Menard, and Runnels counties. 1982, 72 pp. softbound.

  • Edwards Plateau HISTORIAN Vol. VIII 1983-1989 $10. Contains annotated and indexed articles on Concho, Kimble, Mason, Runnels, and Tom Green counties. 1989, 91 pp. softbound.

  • Life of Thomas W. Gamel $15. 1930s' reprinted by Mason Historical Society. Recollections of Tom Gamel about early events of Mason County in the 1850s to the 1880s. Many contemporary authors refer to this book which has been out of print for many years. Annotations from Dave Johnson. 1994, 75 pp. softbound.
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  • Edwards Plateau HISTORIAN Vol. IX 1990-1996 $10. Contains annotated and indexed articles on Tom Green County, Gillespie County, Runnels County, San Saba County, Menard County and Kimble County. 63 pp. softbound.

  • Mason County Historical Supplement I - Reprint, contains biographies on George Freeman Hurley, James Wright Butler, Henry Julius Behrens, Daniel Hoerster, Conrad Pluenneke, Henry Marcus Holmes, Albert Lee McGehee, William James Bolt & Related Families, Friedrick Albrecht Ellebracht, Jr., Ludewig (Louis) Martin, and August Wilhelm Hofmann.  Softbound, 44pp., $8.00.
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  • Mason County Graves and Cemetries, $20.00.  Contains names, dates, epitaphs from grave markers.  Cemeteries records arranged alphabetically, throughout county, updated thru 1997, over 200 pp., softbound.
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  • Hill Country Folklore Through Song, Verse, and Stories by Stella Gipson Polk.  Contains historic and traditional songs, verses, and stories about Texas Hill Country, softbound, $12.00
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  • Mason County Historical Supplement III, $8.00.   Contains histories of Robert and Mary Cavaness, John Worley, John W. & Zack Light, Alfred McWilliams Family, Allie McWilliams Burton Family, Mary Barbara Fink Mueller, William W. Parker, The Mason County (or Hoo Doo War), John Warren Hunter, Whitmill Holland, and Margaret Bierschwale.  1999, 90pp., softbound.
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  • Limited edition - A Century of Celebration with Christ, The United Methodist Church, Fredonia, Texas 1887-1994.  Softbound, $6.00.
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  • Limited edition - One Hundred Years of Christian Witness, A History of the First Baptist Church of Mason, Texas 1872-1972.  A number of pictures, softbound.  $10.00

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