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Willie goes to Luckenbach for the Fourth of July
On this day in 1995, Luckenbach, Texas, where "Everybody is Somebody," was the site of Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic. The event drew thousands to the "town," which had a population of three. Luckenbach is on Ranch Road 1376, thirteen miles from Fredericksburg in southeastern Gillespie County. It was founded in the 1840s or 1850s and had a population of 492 in 1904, after which the number of residents dwindled. Luckenbach was bought by Hondo Crouch, a former swimming champion, actor, and columnist who styled himself "mayor" and declared Luckenbach "a free…state of mind." Frequent festivals including an annual Mud Dauber's Day, an annual Hug In, a women's chili cook-off, and picnics like Willie's bring thousands to the pastoral setting.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- LUCKENBACH, TX
- CROUCH, JOHN RUSSELL [HONDO]
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
- Convention considers annexation (1845)
- First train to Brownsville touches off Kingsville celebration (1904)
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