Hye, Texas a jewel just west of Johnson City on the Blanco – Gillespie County line. German and Anglo settled in 1860 when a number of farming and ranching families moved to Rocky Creek, three miles east of the site of present Hye.
In 1880 Hiram G. (Hye) Brown, for whom the community was later named, built a small store and house south of the Pedernales River on the Austin-Fredericksburg road at the location of present Hye. In 1886 he established a post office at Hye, which he operated as part of his general store. After the post office came in, other businesses were begun in the area, including a gristmill and a blacksmith shop. In 1906 a cotton gin was erected at Hye, and it continued to operate until 1945. In 1904 Brown built a new structure to house the post office. In 1966 the Hye General store and Post Office was entered in the Texas State Archives as a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark. In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson used the front porch as the setting for his appointment of Lawrence F. O’Brien as United States Postmaster General. Johnson claimed that he mailed his first letter at the age of four from the Hye post office.
Come experience this “Jewel”, Monday June 3rd, 6:00 PM at Hye General Store, Highway 290 West, Hye.
The Blanco County Historical Commission will convene at 6:00 pm. Mr. Porter Watson, whose family first settled Hye will be on hand as well as Oliver Deike, Levi Deike and The Hye Preservation Society. Each Sharing the Stories of Hye, Past, Present and Future. Refreshments will be served.
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