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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SJ_old-texas-ranger-trail_Bandera-TX.html
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 thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SA_captain-jack-phillips_Bandera-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27RM_bandera-county_Bandera-TX.html
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, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LZ_camp-montel-c-s-a-texas-civil-war-frontier-defense_Bandera-TX.html
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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 defenses. Occupied by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LX_bandera-county-courthouse_Bandera-TX.html
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 s…