Alpine, Texas from the air in 1966picture of Windo Big Bend National parkRoad between Alpine and Ft Davis

Alpine Photos

photos above by Martin Theophilus ©2014 • click photos to enlarge


Some of these photos are from the Theophilusfamily albums and some have been contributed by others.

Theophilus family photos in Alpine, Texas- 1943

  picture of Peggy in Alpine near original house 1943

  picture of Twin Sisters 1945  

 Ollie, Peg & Peggy Anne 1943 • Peggy Anne Theophilus (left) & Alpine WW II

Alpine, Texas 1943 

Martin Mom's letter about first day in Alpine (moving from Ohio) February 15, 1943

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Fay Bowman's comments on Alpine

picture of 1946 snow 1946 snow at Theophilus home   Alpine, Texas 1940's  Alpine, Texas 1940's  

Alpine, Texas 1940's   picture of the Theophilus' Shoppers Guide Press publication     picture of Buddy & Peggy riding by Central Scholl gym 

   picture of Alpine Creek flooding  picture of Phyllis,DonnaLyn, Nina & Buddy at the Ft Stockton swimming pool, late '50s   picture of Rock Hounds  picture of BJM 

 

Margaret & George Crerar 1955

picture of Joe burgess with his dog Zip as they packed to move to Silver City, NM

Joe and Martin bought used WWII signal guns from a surplus supply.  We'd learned Morse code for our ham licenses. So we'd use them to communicate at night.  Best time was when one of us went on"A" mountain and the other to "Twin Sisters" and coded to each other.

Six foot high stack of hail near Alpine, Texas with Martin's Mom Peg on top in May, 1953

Martin & Peggy climbing Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend 1954

Martin riding horses in Big Bend with Peggy Anne & Aunt Ina.

Float prepared for Alpine parade 1950

 

Here's an Alpine parade with a Girl Scout float.  Around the World in 80 Days was showing at the Alpine, Texas Granada Theater.  It was released in 1956.

1967 Aerial picture of Alpine

1966

Peg Theophilus art classes in home

Martin's Mom down on Woodward ranch where she hunted rocks regularly.

view 1950's video of SR Geology trip

Martin's Grandmother (Margaret Crerar) at Santa Elena Canyon

 

Martin's Mom helped the BBC with the "Making of the Continents" by enabling their access on the Hess Ranch.  She joined Chris and Martin on their 1985 UK trip and spent time with Ned Kelly as they were editing the BBC documentary.  On that same trip she donated an extensive collection of Big Bend rocks and fossils to the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology.

Piñata at Theophilus' home 1950s

1963 AHS Band parade (Mr. Banks left)

 

Chris and her Sister Sheila looking at Martin's Mom's donations at the University of Cambridge in 1986 (the year after Peg Theophilus passed away).

Martin & Jackie Crawford

Martin & Jackie Crawford

Pop Crerar and Martin

1964-1965 Larry and Donna Johnson (San Antonio) with Carol - Video

Larry's bat

1964 Larry & Donna River Road w/Carol, Claude & Martin

Carol on her Honda West of Odessa

Martin riding cycles in Big Bend with George Jones

Martin riding cycles in Big Bend with George Jones

George, Aunt Ina, Martin, Dad (Ollie) Mom (Peg) Karen, Aunt Isabel, Peggy & Karl

 

Peggy, George and Karl 1974

Dad & Mom & Martin on their 40th wedding anniversary November 22, 1981

Peg & Oliver's 40th wedding anniversary

Juda & Lee McCollum With daughters

Karl, Keri, Karen & Tom

Christmas in Alpine 1981 Tom, George, George's wife, Peggy, Karen, Peg, Karl, Cheryl, Martin & Ollie

Crerar relatives in Scotland 1984

Peggy & John  married 06/17/83

1983 aerial view of Theophilus home across from Alpine Central School

Family at the First Presbyterian Church of Alpine

Christmas in Alpine 1983

Alpine's Anthony's store staff where Martin's Dad was the accountant

Alpine Presbyterian choir with Ellen Boyd at the organ and Martin's Mom front row center

Karl, Karen, Claudia & Paul

Mom, Dad & Martin in Alpine 1984

Martin, Mom & Dad at Niagara Falls

Martin, Mom, Sally, Don & Dad 1984

In 1984, martin took his Mom & dad back to Ohio and Pennsylvania where they grew up, went to school, worked met and married

Chris,& Martin with Martin's family

June 1, 1985

Chris & Martin's wedding June 1, 1987 (back row) Claudia King, John King, Joe King (in John's arms), Anthony Perez, Kenneth Alan Perez, (front row) Karen Karvonen, Paul King, Peggy King, Chris, Martin, Margaret Theophilus and Ollie Theophilus

 

 

Martin, his Mom, Chris, her Mum, Ms. Chenry 1985 in Chris home Sudbury, Suffolk, UK

Dinner at Lynn and Peters (Chris' brother) on the family farm in Suffolk, UK

Dinner last night before heading home.  Martin's Mom, Peter, Sheila, Lynn, Mum, Chris & Martin

The family Thanksgiving 1985

Thanksgiving 1985 - out for walk on Tangleridge Circle.  Ceda, Orion, Chris, Mom, Joe, Karen, Peggy & Paul.- Last photo of Martin's Mom who passed away on December 22, 1985

The family at George Karvonen's wedding after Martin's Mom passed away

Dad (right) and Rotary friends managing pancake supper at elementary school in Alpine.   Rev Newbill on left

 

Dad showing plaque for Mom's contributions to geology in the Big Bend

Sale of Shoppers Guide Press

Dad (second from right) at grand opening of Shoppers Guide Press after it was bought by the Merrihews in 1986

Dripping Spring restaurant with Mike Kanda, Sally, Judy & Jim, Chris Elsie, Bud & Don - After Ollie's funeral. Martin's Dad passed away on January 1, 1987.

Martin & Chris with Peggy & family

Peggy, Martin's Sister (2003)

John, Paul,Karen,Claudia,Joe,George,Margaret,Karl & Peggy (Martin's Sister)

Chris, with the Theophilus' in Wales & Martin

Thanksgiving - Peggy, Ken, Ken's friend, Mindy John, Margaret, Joe, C & M

1995 trip to UK with Helen & Bud (Martin's Uncle -Dad's brother)

Karen participating for Sul Ross at riding competition

Chris' brother Peter and Sister Sheila

Peter's 50th Birthday party 1993 UK

Alpine Balloon event 1998

Theophilus' old Shoppers Guide Hallmark bookstore now managed by the Merrihews as an office supply store.

Chris & Martin with Karen & Tim, Timothy, Becky &

03/10/07 Fort Davis

 

Anthony, Sharon, Chris& Martin at Sheila and Jon's wedding - San Juan, Puerto Rico • MORE PICS & Movies

Ken's B-Day

 

 

2001 Fort David with the Kings and Caswells

picture of Peggy's obituary in Alpine Avalanche  picture at Peggy's service in Farmers Branch

Peggy - 1942 - 2004

Pictures from the 2005 Alpine High School Reunion    Pictures from the 2005 Alpine High School Reunion   Pictures from the 2005 Alpine High School Reunion  Pictures from the 2005 Alpine High School Reunion  

Martin's 41st Alpine High School reunion 2005

 

Pictures from the 2005 Alpine High School Reunion  Pictures from the 2005 Alpine High School Reunion Pictures from the 2005 Alpine High School Reunion  Carol, Martin, Chris, Donna, Larry, Sue 

  Go to more picsGo to Alpine Reunion 2005

   

 

Chris & Martin were hosted to a wonderful English breakfast at Beryl & Ben Wright's in Pleasanton, TX in 2006

   

April 7th & 8th Midland with Alice and Carl Williams  2007

Anthony, Sharon,Julius, Jan, Chris, Uncle Don & Aunt Sally, Martin -Columbus, OH July 30th through August 3rd 2008 • more pics & movies

         

2009 Peter, Elaine, Ken, Chris and Martin celebrated New Years dinner together - view movie sharing some laughs and Skype

      

Peter (Chris' brother) and Elaine visited for a week around New Years2009 - Peter, Elaine, Chris and Martin video visited with Sheila and Michael (UK) using Skype

 

 

Chris and David working on DPM files in 2010. Chris has been with David Perkoff Music since 1990.

 

 

Julius, Sharon and Anthony came to Texas 2009!• view slide showQT movie

Chris, KD & Dominique

  

   

Dr. Wolff and Troubador at A&M on 09/17/09. Trou diagnosed with encephalitis - given 16 months to live and with good meds and lots of love was with us for 4 more years• Chris with hay and Trou and Brac on 091809 • Martin & Troubador 092009 • Carl's hamburger on Sept 26th

Chris with Rowan and Anthony

  

Chris and Martin begin celebrating 25th Aniversary with a party 05/30/2010


Sharon & Anthony with Julius and Rowan in Ohio

June 1, 2010

Wonderful visit with Sharon, Anthony, Julius and Rowan over Holloween weekend • view QT movie

   

Chris with Dancer & KD

Bracken & Troubador

Chris SkyDive San Marcos 040911 • view YouTube video

Chris & Martin flew in a B-17 in Austin April 09, 2011  • view video

    

June 1, 2011 anniversary  •  Ampex 200A press release pic

Skype 062411 Sharon, Rowan, Julius & Anthony

  

  

Chris & KD attended a horse event • Martin rode

Sharon, Anthony, Julius & Rowan visit Chris & Martin Oct/Nov 2011

 

 

     

United Kingdom trip Dec 4 to Dec 14, 2011

David & Stephanie's daughter Natalie married

 

 

Chris filling septic area with compost • video

 

    

March 17 2012 Alpine In Austin at Lolly Lockhart's home

October 5,2012 - anniversary of Chris & Martin's first date!

 

Phantom History for version IV of the Vintage Recording DVD  Part 2

Chris Martin, John and Sharon's sister Sheila

Seattle with Sharon, Anthony  Julius & Rowan  •  view slideshow  •  view video

 

While in Seattle we went to see Donna and Larry on Whidbey Island •  view video 2012

Skyping with Sharon, Anthony, Julius & Rowan

Thanksgiving 2013 - Barbara, Larry, Martin, Cris, David & Ken

 Chris and Ken re-builing our fence

 

 

July 4th KD's birthday, Ken

 

Ken, Martin, Chris, Anthony, Julius, Sharon & Rowan

NBC KXAN Jim Swift interview about vintage recording collection - video  View Austin's NBC KXAN story by Jim Swift about the vintage collection • story

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Sept 13, 2013 - AT&T Dallas Cowboy's Stadium Sul Ross vs Eastern NM 

   

 

  

Visit with Donna Lynn & Larry at Darryl Mueller's  2014


Alpine, Texas from the air in 1966picture of Windo Big Bend National parkRoad between Alpine and Ft Davis

Alpine Photos

photos above by Martin Theophilus ©2014 • click photos to enlarge

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