10:30am-12:00pm Presentation at Mammen Family Public Library:

Join us as we learn about two of the families who lived in what is now the Guadalupe River State Park and Honey Creek State Natural Area. This presentation will consist of photographic and documentary history of the Doeppenschmidt and Weidner Families at their ranch.

12:30pm-2:30pm Optional Homestead Site Visit with Friends of Guadalupe River State Park and Honey Creek State Natural Area:

The Friends of Guadalupe River State Park and Honey Creek State Natural Area invite attendees to visit the Doeppenschmidt-Weidner Homestead at the Honey Creek State Natural Area. This trip includes a visit to Adam and Peter Doeppenschmidts’ homesteads and to the grave site of Jacob Doeppenschmidt. There will also be a conversation and discussion with Sara Weidner Turner, descendant of Otto Carl Weidner, in the picnic area in front of the old ranch house. She was a frequent visitor to her grandparents’ house back in the 1960s and has many stories to tell about her time at the ranch. This area of the State Natural Area is not open to the public except for special occasions like this. More details regarding this visit will be provided at the presentation at the library.