New Braunfels News

10/26/2025

Beneath the streets of downtown New Braunfels… could there be a secret network of tunnels once used for bootlegging during Prohibition? 👀🥃

It’s one of the Hill Country’s most talked-about mysteries — with locals split on whether the tunnels ever really existed. Some say they’ve seen them. Others insist it’s just a legend.

So what do you think? Are the tunnels real… or just a really good story that’s stood the test of time? 👇

10/26/2025

10/26/2025

Back then the country funded everything through tariffs, Then Woodrow Wilson, the nation's first socialist president had the bright idea of starting an income tax.

10/25/2025

🌶️ DID YOU KNOW CHILI POWDER WAS INVENTED IN NEW BRAUNFELS?

That’s right, one of Texas’ most flavorful creations started right here. In the 1890s, German immigrant William F. Gebhardt, who ran a small café behind the Phoenix Saloon in downtown New Braunfels, loved experimenting with Mexican flavors but hated that chili peppers were only available seasonally.

So he started drying and grinding them himself, creating the world’s first-ever chili powder blend, originally called Tampico Dust. It allowed cooks to enjoy chili year-round and sparked a whole new way of seasoning food.

By 1896, Gebhardt was bottling his creation as Gebhardt’s Eagle Brand Chili Powder, which he later produced on a large scale after opening a factory in San Antonio.

His company went on to become one of the biggest chili product manufacturers in the world, all thanks to a little inspiration (and spice) that began right here in New Braunfels.

10/25/2025

"There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule"- Mark Twain

“I am not done,” Harris says in the interview with BBC that will air on Sunday.

10/25/2025

Back in the day we called these things clouds.

Unedited photo taken from U.S. Highway 281 just north of Borgfeld looking to the north. 12:47

10/25/2025

Now this was the real batmobile!

10/25/2025

Much needed advice.

10/25/2025

Never tell them that, it hurts their CA feelings.

10/25/2025

10/25/2025

The real question is, will insurance cover the hole in the wall?

Not good for home intruders 😅