Resources & Acknowledgements

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 Our Community Email Group

ourjoppacommunity@outlook.com 

[It is the policy of the "Our Community" email group not to promote products or services. 

[Please note: “Did You Know?” has no endorsement from the Burnet County Historical Commission nor any endorsement of information associated herein.  Photos used by permission.]

BOOK: North of Joppa, Vol I, The Iron Truss Bridges of Burnet County, by Rachel Bryson, is available for purchase. 100% of the proceeds go to the Burnet County Historical Commission.

If interested in purchasing a copy contact our neighbor, and 5th Generation Texan:
Rachel Bryson, Chariman, BCHC
rabryson1964@gmail.com

Burnet County Historical Commision (BCHC)

Herman Brown Free LIbrary Resources  https://www.hermanbrownlibrary.org/genresources

The Hanbook of Texas Online  https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook

The Portal to Texas History  https://texashistory.unt.edu/

Traces of Texas photo archives  https://tracesoftexas.com/ 

https://www.burnetcountytexas.org/page/hist.home

https://sites.google.com/site/burnetcohistcomm/Home 

Photo and information sources:  

· Burnet County History Book Volumes I and II

· Burnet County Historical Commission

· Rachel Bryson

· Many resources are acknowledged in the book, "North of Joppa" by Rachel Bryson

· Milli Riley Williams

· Delbert & Elaine Cain

· Descendants of early Settlers of Pool Branch | Joppa Community

· Susann Honaker and various residents, friends, neighbors of Joppa Community

· Damon Beierle, County Commissioner 

 BOOKS:  

· "North of Joppa" by Rachel Bryson

· Burnet County History Vol I

· Burnet County History Vol II

· Burnet County Cemetery Records 1852-1982

· Burnet County Cemetery Records 1983-1992

https://sites.google.com/site/burnetcohistcomm/history-and-cemetery-books-for-sale

Please share current or historic stories and photos of Pool Branch and Joppa Community

Please share your old photos for our web collection.  We will create a pre-1975 photo gallery, and possibly a pre-1950, pre 1930, and so on, galleries as we receive older photos.

ALSO, Do you have your own stories centered around our historic Joppa Bridge?   

Marriage Proposals, Family Reunions, Weddings, and other special ocassion stories.  

Please share them with us.

Thank you to everyone who has shared information, stories, photos, history for this web site.

I appreciate your input.   

Please contact me if you see errors, typos, omissions, etc.

Photos and Stories are needed and welcome to make this site a wonderful resource.

This site will grow as new content is shared with me by neighbors, historians, and more.

Toni Schmid Stevenson
Joppa resident since 2019

512-796-1123 voice, text, email

toni.schmid@gmail.com