{"id":357766,"date":"2026-07-01T21:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357766\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:03:14","slug":"nueces-county-time-capsule-unearthed-after-nearly-50-years-under-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357766\/","title":{"rendered":"Nueces County time capsule unearthed after nearly 50 years under courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nueces County unearthed a time capsule that had been buried beneath the floor of the courthouse on Leopard Street since 1977, when the building first opened.<\/p>\n

The opening brought together past and present county leaders to reflect on nearly 50 years of local history.<\/p>\n

Kathy Wemer, chair of the Nueces County Historical Commission, said the moment captured something universal about the passage of time.<\/p>\n

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“All of us every day are living history and sometimes it takes a long time for it to wake up,” Wemer said.<\/p>\n

Former Nueces County Judge Richard Borchard, who served from 1981 to 2002, had placed a letter to himself and a Robstown yearbook inside the capsule nearly 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

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“Something words can’t describe. You feel it but you can’t describe it,” Borchard said.<\/p>\n

Borchard said he planned to read the letter later in the day.<\/p>\n

“I don’t remember what I wrote,” Borchard chuckled.<\/p>\n

Former Nueces County Judge Max Bennett also retrieved a personal item \u2014 a pipe he buried in 1977 \u2014 and announced his plans for it to cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n

“After this ceremony… we go outside, fire it up,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Wemer praised Bennett’s contributions to preserving local history.<\/p>\n

“He has done so much to save our history in Nueces County, Max Bennett,” Wemer said.<\/p>\n

Other notable names from Nueces County’s past, including former Nueces County Commissioner and Congressman Solomon Ortiz also returned for the occasion.<\/p>\n

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Among the items lifted from beneath the floor were the flag that flew over the 1914 Nueces County Courthouse, a yearbook from Ray High School, and a “Book of Etiquette.” Nueces County commissioners gathered around the recovered items, marveling at what previous generations had left behind.<\/p>\n

Nueces County will place a new time capsule in the ground, set to be unearthed in 2076.<\/p>\n

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