Bandera in Bandera County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Bandera Pass

Photographed by Bill Royal, November 7, 2009

1. Bandera Pass Marker

Inscription. Celebrated Indian pass known from the earliest days of Spanish settlement · Identified with many a frontier fight and many a hostile inroad · Old ranger trail from the Medina to the Guadalupe River and the United States Army route between frontier posts followed this route through the mountains

Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 293.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Military • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list.

Location. 29° 51.542′ N, 99° 6.338′ W. Marker is in Bandera, Texas, in Bandera County. It is on Hwy 173 10.6 miles north of SR 16, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bandera TX 78003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Hill Country

and in the San Antonio Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Bandera Pass (a few steps from this marker); Site of Camp Verde (approx. 2.3 miles away); One Mile to Ruins of Camp Verde (approx. 2.4 miles away); Penateka Comanches (approx. 2.4 miles

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

away); Camps Verde C.S.A. (approx. 2.4 miles away); Camp Verde General Store and Post Office (approx. 2.4 miles away); Center Point Cemetery (approx. 6.6 miles away); N.O. Reynolds (approx. 6.7 miles away).

Photographed by Steve Henderson, November 20, 2010

2. Bandera Pass Marker

Photographed by Bill Royal, November 7, 2009

3. Bandera Pass Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2009, by Bill Royal of Sun City Ctr, Florida. This page has been viewed 5,996 times since then and 151 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 11, 2009, by Bill Royal of Sun City Ctr, Florida. 2. submitted on November 21, 2010, by Steve Henderson of Marble Falls, Texas. 3. submitted on November 11, 2009, by Bill Royal of Sun City Ctr, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.