Wimberley Town Square, 02.12.12

Sunday, February 12, 2012 (updated on 2/12/2012 at 12:46 a.m.)

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The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics. Jacque Mason readies her clothing store called Wall Street Western for opening on this weekend morning.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics. Jacque Mason readies her clothing store called Wall Street Western for opening on this weekend morning.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Marcus and Sara Wisnieski stroll along the square as they visit from Austin.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics.

Story: Wimberley Town Square anchors Hill Country village

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Wimberley Square in 1900.

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A cattle drive through Wimberley Town Square in the 1930s.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

A family walks across the town square and it's busy street.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics.

Story: Wimberley Town Square anchors Hill Country village

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Cypress Creek was the focal point as it runs through town and was the site of a mill. It was built by William Carvin Winters in 1856. He is considered to be the founding father of the town, though its true namesake Pleasant Wimberley came later.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics.

Story: Wimberley Town Square anchors Hill Country village

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jacque Mason readies her clothing store called Wall Street Western for opening on this weekend morning.

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Cathy Immel, shop owner of the Blue Willow, readies to open for business on the sunny Saturday morning.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Parked by the Wimberley Cafe it is not uncommon to see new cars alongside tractors.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Longtime resident Bill Johnson, 88, stops in front of Wimberley Cafe on the square to chat with owner and council member Mac McCullough. Johnson's family dates back to the 1830's while McCullough says his ambition is to get a sewer system for the town. He also says he purchased the building behind the Cafe that his wife runs.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Longtime resident Bill Johnson, 88, whose family dates back to the 1830's, stops in for a chat with friend Jenelle Flocke, who is married to Mayor Bob Flocke, seen here in her shop called Aunt Jenny's Attic. Half of the proceeds from sales in her store are donated back to the community.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Longtime resident Bill Johnson, 88, meanders through the square and comes across artwork from the Old Mill Store.

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Betsy, left, and Gail Benner, right, arrange items for their Rough Creek Lavender Fields shop in the open-air market. Benner said the drought has caused her to lose several lavender farmers.

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Shoppers pass along the Blue Willow shop owned by Cathy Immel.

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A welcome sign leads shoppers to Jacque Mason's Wall Street Western shop.

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Mackenzie Ursha, 7, pushes her doll stroller through town with her friend Avril Paul, 6, visiting from Houston and their respective families.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Claire Billingsley, works on the archives committee for the Wimberley Institute of Cultures. She holds a photograph of Pleasant Wimberley, whom many think was the founding father of the town, but in fact that distinction belongs to Williams Carvin Winters who built the mill on Cypress Creek in 1856. She is standing in refurbished Winters-Wimberley home off the square.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Wimberley Mayor Bob Flocke rides his bicycle through the town square on this sunny weekend afternoon.

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Longtime residents Aurora LeBrun, center left, and Bill Johnson, 88, center right, navigate a busy intersection on the square as they walk about on this sunny weekend day. Johnson's family dates back to the 1830's in Wimberley.

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A couple wait to cross a busy intersection on the square.

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Denise Jackson, left, operates Wimberley Stained Glass and talks with customer Mark Penschle about a piece he is having her create for him.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jenelle Flocke, married to Mayor Bob Flocke, hugs her dog Sherman who keeps her company in her shop called Aunt Jenny's Attic. Half of the proceeds from sales go back to the community.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics.

Story: Wimberley Town Square anchors Hill Country village

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Wimberley Town Square is a slice of life in the Texas Hill Country. There are cafes to grab lunch or a cup of coffee, shops to browse and buy nicknacks or works of art and townspeople to meet and converse about small town living and politics.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

This is a view from the balcony of the Cypress Cafe on the square.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Mercy Raines arranges her assortment of jewelry in the open-air market.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Hillary Burrows, visiting from Beaumont, finds the selection of boots to her liking in the Wall Street Western shop owned by Jacque Mason.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Longtime resident Bill Johnson, 88, stops in front of mural on the square as he walks about on this sunny weekend day. Johnson's family dates back to the 1830's in Wimberley.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Viki Jackson gives massages in the open patio in front of her Bed and Breakfast that is under construction in the background. Her client this sunny afternoon is resident Reed Coleman.

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(Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Viki Jackson gives massages in the open patio in front of her Bed and Breakfast that is under construction in the background. Her client this sunny afternoon is resident Reed Coleman.

Story: Wimberley Town Square anchors Hill Country village

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