Bandera Historic Town Center

Bandera Historic Town Center (HM2ELS)

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N 29° 43.455', W 99° 4.353'

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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 and John James explored and surveyed the area on the northeast side of the Medina River. The men formed a company with John Hunter Herndon and purchased land from Bernardino Ruiz out of Bexar County Land Survey No. 58, Section 5, on December 9, 1841. De Montel, a German immigrant, became a soldier in the Texas army and an early area settler; James surveyed across Texas including some of the earliest mapping of the Hill Country; and Herndon was one of the wealthiest men in Texas at the time. Together, these three men oversaw the establishment of buildings and expansion for the town of Bandera. Near what became the center of the townsite survey (now 11th street), Ruiz had built a small stone house, which was later used by James as a land office and then sold to de Montel. James and de Montel also established a sawmill in the new town.

In 1854, Lyman Wight established a Mormon colony near Bandera, which included a schoolhouse and furniture factory. The following year, Polish immigrants arrived, and many of their early hand-cut limestone buildings are among the city's architectural



heritage. Polish immigrant Johann Dlugosz (John Dugosh) built the first combined store and post office for German immigrant, August Klappenbach. The Texas legislature created and organized Bandera County in 1856 and made Bandera the county seat. Settlers of various origins became part of the community, including African American, British, Norwegian, Scottish, Irish and French immigrants.
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HM NumberHM2ELS
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Year Placed2015
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 at 10:03pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 492983 N 3288232
Decimal Degrees29.72425000, -99.07255000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 43.455', W 99° 4.353'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 43' 27.3" N, 99° 4' 21.18" W
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