The location of Real County lies at the southern edge of the Edwards Plateau along the Balcones Escarpment, an area of rugged mountains and canyons named for the Frio, Sabinal and Nueces Rivers. The county line between Edwards County and Bandera . . . — — Map (db m111321) HM
Area's first settlers - families of Louis Bohme, Charlie Jones, Gus Heard and Laurence Pike Heard - arrived in 1875 in search of new frontiers and range lands.
The first post office was called Heard, as was the first school which opened in . . . — — Map (db m189347) HM
Tennessee native John Leakey (1824-1900) came to Texas in 1847, settling for a time in Henderson County where he was a brickmason and rancher. He and his wife Nancy (Patterson) moved to Uvalde County in 1852 near present day Sabinal. A desire to . . . — — Map (db m111322) HM
Settlers began to arrive in the Frio Canyon in the mid-nineteenth century, and the population increased dramatically by the 1880s. Many of these settlers wanted a place to worship together as the Church of Christ. In the early years, Christians . . . — — Map (db m161278) HM
Leakey was the county seat of Edwards County from 1883 to 1891 when a vote moved the seat to Rocksprings. Real County, named for businessman and State Senator Julius Real, was organized from parts of Edwards, Kerr and Bandera counties in April 1913. . . . — — Map (db m111300) HM
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