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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bandera County, Texas
Adjacent to Bandera County, Texas
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| On Highway 173 0.5 miles north of Highway 16 when traveling north. |
| | The Bandera Cemetery has served the town of Bandera since the 1850s. The site's oldest burial dates to 1851, before the town's establishment several years later. Many former community leaders of the area are buried in the cemetery. In addition, . . . — — Map (db m155430) HM |
| On State Highway 16 at Old San Antonio Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 16. |
| | A strategic Indian point in early days. Rangers and Comanches struggled here in 1843. In 1854 Elder Lyman Wight settled Mormon colony. In 1855 Poles settled here. From early days a part of Bexar County, created and organized in 1856
Bandera, . . . — — Map (db m117676) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173) north of Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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First permanent courthouse for county, which was organized in 1856, but used makeshift quarters for offices and courtrooms until this building was erected 1890-91. Style is local version of the Second Renaissance Revival. White limestone for the . . . — — Map (db m111201) HM |
| On 11th Street at Cedar Street, on the right when traveling east on 11th Street. |
| | The origin of the name of Bandera Pass and its namesake city and county dates back to conflicts between the Spanish Army and native Lipan Apaches in the early 18th century. The history of the townsite began in the early 1840s, when Charles de Montel . . . — — Map (db m130359) HM |
| On 11th Street at Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling north on 11th Street. |
| | Built 1880 by members under leadership of B.F. Langford, Sr. Gothic architecture. Hand-cut limestone, with oak timbers. Though enlarged and remodeled, retains original charm. Rev. John Devilbiss (who helped found first Protestant church in San . . . — — Map (db m155445) HM |
| On Hwy 173 10.6 miles north of SR 16, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m24384) HM |
| On State Highway 173 1 mile north of Farm to Market Road 2828, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The prominent feature known as Bandera Pass is a notable landmark in the topography and history of the region. The pass is a narrow natural cut through a chain of hills which run roughly east and west and divide the Guadalupe and Medina river . . . — — Map (db m157932) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173/16) at Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | The tradition of the Texas cowboy originated from northern Mexico with the vaqueros, individuals mounted on horseback who herded livestock, mainly cattle, through the open prairie. These men became legends in Bandera County. The City of Bandera . . . — — Map (db m130352) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173/16) at Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | July 12, 1984 - The State of Texas House of Representatives, House Concurrence Resolution No. 94, signed by Texas Governor Mark White. "Be it additionally resolved that the Texas county of Bandera be declared the international headquarters . . . — — Map (db m130398) HM |
| On 11th Street at Cedar Street, on the right when traveling east on 11th Street. |
| | Bandera's First Bank. On Texas Republic land grant. Hand-cut native rock. Built about 1860. A school, home, shop. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 — — Map (db m130358) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173) north of Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Camp Montel C.S.A.
Site 25 mi. West on Hy. 470, 1 mi. South. Established 1862 as part of Red River-Rio Grande defense line. Named for Captain Charles DeMontel, surveyor and colonizer of Bandera, leader of county . . . — — Map (db m111200) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 16) at Pecan Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | A Bandera County Deputy Sheriff, Capt. Jack Phillips, set out alone on Dec. 29, 1876, on an official visit to Sabinal Canyon. Indians attacked him at Seco Canyon Pass, 22 miles southwest of Bandera. Phillips raced for the nearest settlement. When . . . — — Map (db m117712) HM |
| On Highway 470 1.5 miles west of Highway 16, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Located on the original homestead of Bandera County pioneer Amasa Clark (1825-1927), this small cemetery contains the graves of several generations of the Clark family. The first recorded burial was that of Clark's first wife, Eliza Jane, . . . — — Map (db m155427) HM |
| On 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Georgia stonemason Henry White is credited with building this structure about 1868. In 1877 a store occupied the first floor and the Masonic Lodge met on the top floor. County commissioners bought the building that year to provide space for county . . . — — Map (db m130355) HM |
| On 13th Street at Pecan Street, on the right when traveling north on 13th Street. |
| | Built 1933 to house Western collection of J. Marvin Hunter, Sr. (1880-1957), noted historian, journalist, editor and author. Having lived throughout the west, he settled in Bandera as owner of "New Era", 1921-1934. In 1923 he founded . . . — — Map (db m155429) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173/16) at Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | The Great Western Cattle Trail (also known as the Old Texas Trail and the Dodge City Trail) was the longest of all 19th century trails used to drive cattle from Texas to distant markets. In 1874, Capt. John T. Lytle and other cowboys led 3,500 . . . — — Map (db m130351) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 16), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Entered the year-old town of Bandera in March, 1854. Leader was Lyman Wight, church elder who had separated from followers of Brigham Young and taken a colony of 250 to Texas in 1846.
Settling first in Austin, then Fredericksburg (where they . . . — — Map (db m130135) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173) at Cypress Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
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Built 1873 for E. Huffmeyer & brother, by B.F. Langford, Sr., contractor; of native stone.
Bandera's oldest building. Used over 30 years by W.J. Davenport, Sr., as general store. Damaged by fire, 1936.
Restored and remodeled by Thomas . . . — — Map (db m111521) HM |
| On 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built 1881. Local stone, cypress floors used. Housed county offices until 1890. Used 57 years. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 — — Map (db m130354) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 16) at Pecan Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | This winding, 100-mile trail from San Antonio to Kerrville was, during the 19th century, a strategic patrol road traveled by Texas Rangers to protect the surrounding area from hostile Indian attacks.
During uneasy pioneer days roads such as . . . — — Map (db m117711) HM |
| On Polly's Chapel Road 0.1 miles north of Old School Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Named for Policarpo Rodriguez (1829-1914), Texas Ranger, Army Scout and Guide; 1858 Privilege Creek settler. Converted here to Methodist faith, built with his own hands, in 1882, chapel of native stone, where he and others have preached. . . . — — Map (db m155675) HM |
| On 7th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Polish settlers, who came to Bandera in 1855, built this convent and Catholic school in 1874. All classes, except religion and music, were moved in 1882 to a nearby frame school building. In 1922 a second story was added to the native limestone . . . — — Map (db m130357) HM |
| On 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Communities in the 19th century relied on mills to provide lumber, shingles, flour and cloth. Local millers and blacksmiths were integral community members, providing the necessary materials for early development. Stephen F. Austin reported in 1833 . . . — — Map (db m130356) HM |
| Near Highway 16 0.1 miles north of Orchard Park Boulevard. |
| | Joe H. Newcomer (Jan. 19, 1910 - Dec. 23, 1967) Special Texas Ranger, Deputy Sheriff, Justice of Bandera County, World War II Shipboard Security Officer for Chemical Company, Also Uvalde Alderman, County Clerk, Chief of Police. Member . . . — — Map (db m155439) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 462 2 miles south of County Highway 211, on the left when traveling south. |
| | During the mid-1800s the Texas Hill Country was the site of many hostile encounters, some deadly, between pioneer immigrants whose permanent settlements ran counter to area Native Americans accustomed to unrestrained hunting and gathering. One . . . — — Map (db m155608) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 187 0.3 miles north of West Sabinal Road, on the left when traveling north. |
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Founded 1883, named for Henry Taylor. He, Gid Thompson and other early settlers gave land and founded school. First trustees were D. Harper, H. Kennedy, H. Taylor. First one-room frame building had homemade desks and recitation benches. . . . — — Map (db m111332) HM |
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